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DAMEN AND MEYER SIGN DECARBONISATION AGREEMENT

DAMEN AND MEYER SIGN DECARBONISATION AGREEMENT

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...

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MITSUBISHI LAUNCHES LIQUID CO2 CARRIER

MITSUBISHI LAUNCHES LIQUID CO2 CARRIER

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...

EIGHT LOW-EMISSION VESSEL ORDER FROM PURUS FOR DAMEN

EIGHT LOW-EMISSION VESSEL ORDER FROM PURUS FOR DAMEN

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 DELIVERS LARGEST LNG-READY HIGH-SPEED CATAMARAN

AUSTAL DELIVERS LARGEST LNG-READY HIGH-SPEED CATAMARAN

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)...

PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR JAPANESE METHANOL-FUELLED COASTAL TANKER

PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR JAPANESE METHANOL-FUELLED COASTAL TANKER

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,...

SAMSKIP’s ZERO-EMISSION FEEDER SHIPS TO BE BUILT IN INDIA

SAMSKIP’s ZERO-EMISSION FEEDER SHIPS TO BE BUILT IN INDIA

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...

10 BOXSHIP NEWBUILDS FOR ONE WILL BE ALTERNATIVE FUEL READY

10 BOXSHIP NEWBUILDS FOR ONE WILL BE ALTERNATIVE FUEL READY

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...

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Protea
NEW NYK COAL CARRIER OFFSETS GHG EMISSIONS TO ZERO

NEW NYK COAL CARRIER OFFSETS GHG EMISSIONS TO ZERO

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...

ELECTRIC AND LNG TUGS NAMED IN CANADA

ELECTRIC AND LNG TUGS NAMED IN CANADA

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...

FINCANTIERI’S FIRST LNG-FUELLED CRUISESHIP TAKES TO THE WATER

FINCANTIERI’S FIRST LNG-FUELLED CRUISESHIP TAKES TO THE WATER

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...

DAMEN GREEN TUG FOR CARIBBEAN

DAMEN GREEN TUG FOR CARIBBEAN

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...

SECOND LNG-FUELLED BRITTANY FERRIES SHIP BEGINS OPERATION

SECOND LNG-FUELLED BRITTANY FERRIES SHIP BEGINS OPERATION

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...

SWEDISH PORT VESSEL GETS ELECTRIC LIFE EXTENSION

SWEDISH PORT VESSEL GETS ELECTRIC LIFE EXTENSION

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...

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