Damen Shipyards Group has announced the successful completion of sea trials in the Black Sea for the latest Island Class ferry for BC Ferries, the seventh in a series of 10. Damen is currently constructing four Island Class vessels for the Canadian ferry operator....
Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), through the Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA) – a KMG-led industry collaborative effort –recently launched of Singapore’s first fully electric tug (e-tug). Designed and assembled in Singapore by KMG company PaxOcean, the...
Crowley’s newest LNG-powered containership 'Tiscapa' has entered service, adding faster, bigger options for timely ocean cargo transport around the US, Caribbean and Central America. Like its sister ships in the Avance Class, Tiscapa features container capacity for...
German shipping company Reederei Bernd Sibum has received funding from the German Government for investment in sustainable ship technology, enabling the four Combi Freighters (CF) 3850 that Damen is currently building for the company to be upgraded to sail with...
Australian group BHP has signed contracts with Cosco Shipping Bulk, a subsidiary of Cosco shipping Group, for the charter of two newbuild ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers. The new vessels will be two of only a handful of vessels in the world capable of...
Stena Line says that its ro-ro vessel 'Stena Foreteller' is soon to return to service on the Europoort/Rotterdam – Immingham route following a major rebuild and renovation, including an additional cargo deck and a 30% increase in capacity, making the vessel more...
International towage operator Svitzer has taken delivery of its first fully electric tug from Sanmar’s Altinova Shipyard in Turkey. The Sanmar ElectRA 2500SX is based on a design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd (RAL). Sanmar Corporate Strategy Director...
Shipping company James Fisher and Sons has marked a construction milestone in the build of its new chemical tankers, as the keel was laid for the first vessel - 'Orca Fisher' - at the China Merchants Industry Yangzhou Dingheng Shipyard (YZDH). Orca Fisher is the...
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Port Marlborough New Zealand (PMNZ) for the delivery of an ASD Tug 2312. PMNZ will operate the tug in Picton Harbour, where it will provide towage services for the more than 3,000 500GT+ vessels to call annually. The...
Sandefjord, Norway, based Amon Maritime has secured a NOK 253m investment grant from Enova to support the construction of two newbuilds, known as 'Amon Bulk 1' and 'Amon Bulk 2', which will be among the first large bulk carriers fuelled by ammonia. The two vessels...
The Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance programme, jointly operated by Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and ClassNK, has evaluated the LPG dual-fuel LPG/ammonia carrier ‘Crystal Odyssey', owned by Kumiai Navigation and financed by DBJ . With environmental...
Stena Line has announced that 'Stena Futura', the first of its new hybrid ferries destined for the Irish Sea, has successfully completed its sea trials. The completion of the sea trials is seen as a significant milestone in the build of Stena Futura and the vessel is...
HD Hyundai has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and launched a strategic shipbuilding collaboration in the US centred on Tampa Ship, a shipyard operating within the Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) family of companies, to construct containerships in the US. The...
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