Danish short-sea operator Baltic Shipping Company has welcomed two new Damen-built vessels, 'Baltic Iron' and 'Baltic Timber,' strengthening its fleet with two next-generation coasters featuring wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) and battery technology. Both...
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding of Japan has delivered what the yard says is the world’s first LNG dual-fuelled Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier. The vessel is equipped with a dual-fuel engine operating on LNG as its primary fuel. Compared with conventional HFO, the use of LNG is...
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Malta-based Polidano Group for the delivery of two Combi Freighters (CF) 3850, to be used primarily for the transport of aggregates. The new vessels will be named Denise P and Julia P in honour of Polidano family...
Damen Shipyards Group's Damen Yichang Shipyard in China has delivered the second of four Combi Freighters (CF) 3850 to Reederei Bernd Sibum following successful sea trials in Shanghai. The new generation CF 3850 vessels are designed for high efficiency. In their...
The lead bidder for a contract to build two new low-emission freight flex vessels to serve the Aberdeen to Kirkwall/Lerwick ferry route has been identified, with Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) declaring its intention to award the contract to Guangzhou...
Canadian operator BC Ferries has launched the 10th and final Island Class vessel, the 'Island K’asa', at Damen Shipyards in Galați, Romania. With four new vessels in the Island Class programme set to enter service between Summer 2026 and early 2027, the Island K’asa...
Shortsea operator AtoB@C Shipping has taken delivery of 'Astramar', the tenth vessel in its series of 5,400 dwt plug‑in hybrid newbuildings. The ship's first deployment will be to sail to Europe with a full load of windmill components. Built at Chowgule & Co in...
Damen Shipyards Group has completed construction of its first Waterbus 2907 Electric, a fully electric vessel designed to provide sustainable public transport in urban areas, operating with extremely low levels of wash and zero emissions. Damen is now offering the...
Sanmar’s Tuzla Shipyard recently held a ceremony to mark the delivery of four of its fully electric ElectRA tugboats to Türkiye’s state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company, Botaş. The four eco-friendly, emissions-free harbour tugs are based...
Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente shipyard and MSC Group company Explora Journeys have celebrated a triple event, with the launch of cruise ship 'Explora IV', the coin ceremony of 'Explora V', and the start of construction of 'Explora VI'. The number of ships that...
United European Car Carriers (UECC) is further expanding its fleet of eco-friendly pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) with the order of two additional multi-fuel battery hybrid newbuilds at a Chinese shipyard that will boost its cargo-carrying capacity and...
NYK and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) have been collaborating since 2020 to develop a method for estimating a vessel’s propulsion performance in actual sea conditions before construction and to establish a technical and objective evaluation framework, using...
Singapore's Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has celebrated a milestone in Singapore’s maritime decarbonisation journey with the successful naming of 'Eon', Singapore’s first fully electric...
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