The German Meyer shipbuilding group and Dutch shiprepair company Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) have signed a joint cooperation agreement, under which DSC will work with the Meyer subsidiary Meyer Re, a subsidiary of the Meyer Group. Meyer Re offers shipping...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has launched a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilised in conjunction with initiatives by the New Energy and Industrial...
Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of eight new vessels, comprising four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid, three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) and one,...
Austal Philippines has delivered the 115m high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry 'Express 5' to Molslinjen of Denmark, following the successful completion of sea trials in Balamban, Cebu. The Auto Express 115 high-speed catamaran ferry is the largest ferry (by volume)...
Six Japanese companies - Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun, Niihama Kaiun, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding and Hanshin Diesel Works -have announced the decision to build a methanol-fuelled coastal tanker. The ship, of about 570gt and 65.5m length,...
Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has received the order from logistics company Samskip Norway for the design and construction of two zero emission feeder container vessels with an option for two more vessels. The project is believed to be one of the first zero...
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the joint venture between Japanese companies MOL, NYK and 'K' Line, has ordered 10 large new container vessels with a carrying capacity of over 13,700 TEU to be delivered in 2025 and 2026. The 10 new vessels will be ready for methanol and...
The newbuild coal carrier 'Kagura' owned by NYK and chartered to Chugoku Electric Power Co (EnerGia) has been delivered from Oshima Shipbuilding. Under a long-term transport contract with EnerGia, the 235m 99,990 dwt vessel will use carbon offsets to theoretically...
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority owned by the Canadian Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan, has officially named and blessed its new harbour tug boat fleet – which includes the world’s first fully electric harbour tug boats, along with dual fuel (LNG and...
The floating out of 'Sun Princess', the first of two LNG-fuelled cruise ships for Princess Cruises, took place at the Fincantieri yard in Monfalcone, Italy. At 175,500gt Sun Princess is the largest ship built so far in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship built...
National Energy Corporation (NEC), a subsidiary of the state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, has taken delivery of a new Damen ASD Tug 2811. NEC has opted to have installed a Class certified Damen Marine NOx Reduction System to make it IMO Tier III...
Brittany Ferries' latest newbuild, 'Santoña', has begun servive on the company's twice-weekly Portsmouth (UK) to Santander in northern Spain service, to which is added a single weekly return-crossing to Cherbourg in France. Santoña is fuelled by LNG, expected to...
The Port of Gothenburg's inspection vessel 'Hammen', which has been in service since 1979, is to be converted to run on electrical power. Replacement of the 20.3m vessel was considered, but the port authority felt this unnecessary, as the 43-year-old Hammen was still...
