Vard has signed a €200m-plus contract with US-based research organisation Inkfish for the design and construction of what is believed to be one of the most modern research vessels yet. Inkfish is a global philanthropic organisation that integrates vessels,...
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has officially commissioned a new Damen Interceptor 1503 FRP, named 'HMC Sentinel' for duty in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. HMC Sentinel is a custom-built prototype, the result of a three-year project with extensive...
The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) has welcomed the publication of the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at an event on Merseyside. SMI CEO Tom Chant (pictured) said: " The Society of Maritime Industries has played a key...
Wärtsilä has secured a new agreement for its exhaust gas cleaning systems to be installed on two newbuild 218m ro-pax vessels at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China. The contract will see Wärtsilä fit and commission two 25MW V-SOx hybrid scrubber systems,...
U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation has named its newbuild 99,900 dwt Post-Panamax bulk carrier, contracted with Japan’s Sumitomo Marine and Oshima Shipbuilding, 'Cemtex Excellence'. The online ceremony was held at Far Eastern Group's HQ in Taipei, connected to the...
What is believed to be the first all-electric passenger ferry in the Southern Hemisphere, 'Ika Rere', has recently completed its first round trip. The 19m 135-passenger New Zealand-developed vessel was built by Wellington Electric Boat Building Company (WEBBCo) for...
The Germany-based Meyer Group says that its goal is green shipping and green shipbuilding, with digitalisation and Industry 4.0 forming part of these initiatives. This was what prompted the group to founded the start-up company Alfred Maritime in 2019 as a think tank...
UK shipbuilder the Wight Shipyard has secured an order for two hybrid passenger catamarans for the River Thames, to be operated for Uber Boat by Thames Clippers. Building on the shipyard’s technology and sustainability credentials, the new contract is considered a...
NYK of Japan has taken delivery of the LNG carrier 'Elisa Aquila' from shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The 297m long, 118.753gt vessel will be commercially managed by NYK/Geogas LNG joint venture company, France LNG Shipping, under a long-term charter...
The delivery of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class vessels is now halfway, following the delivery of the 'Eco Malta', sixth of the group's 12 units ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. Grimaldi says that the GG5G ships are not only the...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has held a naming and launching ceremony for the first of Japan's first two LNG-fuelled ferries which were ordered from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at the Shimonoseki Shipyard Enoura Plant. The 199.9m 17,300gt newbuild ferry was named Sunflower...
'Vista', the first of two new generation cruise ships that will start the Allura class for Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, has been launched at the Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard. Vista will be about 67,000gt and able to accommodate 1,200...
What is said by China Classification Society (CCS) to be the first LNG dual-fuel VLCC, the ‘Yuan Rui Yang’, is being handed over at Chinese yard Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for shipping giant Cosco, and classed by CCS. Yang Guang, Deputy GM CCS...
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