Swedish ship designer FKAB has announced the successful delivery of 'Weco Memphis Elle' and 'Weco Senna', the first two of a series of MR tankers ordered jointly by Hartree Partners, Weco Tankers and Oceangold Tankers, and constructed at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu...
Design and engineering consultancy Foreship has secured a 40th shipboard battery project, following previous consultancy, design and installation assignments which have included the largest Energy Storage System (ESS) ever connected and key work to standardise systems...
Mercedes-Benz and Wallenius Wilhelmsen have signed a letter of intent (LoI) initiating the 'Orcelle Wind' project, which aims to develop a concept for a dedicated car-carrier, that uses wind as its main propulsion form, thereby significantly reducing emissions, and...
YSA Design has appointed Fabiana Vale Dornelas (pictured) and Trond Sigurdsen as Head of Sustainability and Implementation and Head of Sustainability and Technology, respectively. In the newly created roles, Dornelas, Senior Interior Architect, and Sigurdsen, Senior...
YSA Design has become a member of the team planning to build the first zero-emission cruise ship, following a formal invitation to join the consortium behind the Northern Xplorer (NX) venture. The Oslo-based design firm will take oversight of key aspects of project...
Danish naval architect Knud E Hansen has designed, project-managed and supervised the construction for a Live Fish Carrier (LFC) for Bakkafrost in the Faroe Islands. This innovative vessel is one of the largest LFCs at 109.2m in length and 22.2m breadth and with...
Anticipating upcoming large-scale floating windfarm installation, Damen Shipyards has developed a vessel concept, Flow-SV, prepared for operation using methanol as fuel. The Flow-SV is intended to accelerate the development of this new maritime segment being specially...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has recently completed a conceptual study for an ammonia bunkering vessel capable of supplying ammonia fuel to ships. The study involved joint investigations with Inpex Corporation, which claims...
Deltamarin of Finland and French company Socatra have signed a contract for a conversion basic design package for installing two Norsepower rotor sails onboard the 50,000dwt Chemical/Product tanker 'Alcyone'. The MR chemical tanker built in 2022, will be retrofitted...
Sea Trials of 'Ocean Albatros', Sunstone Ships' latest Ulstein-designed cruise vessel, encountered what were described as "terrible weather conditions, which included more than 20m/s storm and heavy fog", but the vessel performed well and was completed in time for the...
Design and engineering consultancy Houlder has recently completed a major design project for Shell International Trading and Shipping Company: the development of a concept design for a 20,000m3 liquid hydrogen (LH2) carrier. Houlder collaborated with Shell on the...
Marinetrans, a logistics company headquartered in Oslo and Singapore, and specialising in transport of ship spares and marine equipment, has become a partner in a foiling hydrogen-fuelled boat project at Delft Technical University. Marinetrans joins other companies in...
Vessel designer Chartwell Marine has been awarded a £320k Innovate UK Smart Grant, which will enable Chartwell and its consortium partners — Boat Electric & Electronics and Engineered Marine Systems — to develop and test the feasibility of a market-first...
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