Stena Line held a naming ceremony for its latest vessel, 'Stena Futura' in Belfast Harbour, the first such ceremony in Belfast for about 20 years. The new hybrid freight ferry is said to be a significant milestone in Stena Line’s 30-year partnership with Belfast and...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has held a christening and launch ceremony for the ‘Oshima Maru’, a training ship for National Institute of Technology (Kosen), Oshima College, at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has held a keel laying ceremony marking the start of construction for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilised in...
Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Trafikverket Sweden for the delivery of two semi-autonomous all-electric ferries, with an option for two vessels. The ferries will sail according to autonomy level 2 and will be controlled from a remote control centre...
A.P. Moller-Maersk has ordered a further six large (17,000 TEU) ocean-going vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), which that can sail on green methanol. Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, Maersk CEO Fleet and Strategic Brands, said: "Our customers are looking to us...
UK-based rotor sail company Anemoi Marine Technologies has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI), one of China’s major shipbuilding organisations, with nine yards capable of up to 7.5m dwt annual production across all major vessel segments and...
In the Northern Netherlands, the maritime sector is pooling its knowledge and expertise in the Green Maritime Coalition to realise the technology needed for green shipping and digitalised shipbuilding. The Green Maritime Coalition, founded on the initiative of the...
China Classification Society (CCS) is hailing a major milestone after overseeing the delivery and naming ceremony of the first VLCC built in China deploying four 40m rigid wing sails. CCS attended the naming ceremony of the 307,000 dwt, 333m crude oil carrier New Aden...
Automation specialist Høglund Marine Solutions has signed six more contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard Group and Babcock LGE to supply Integrated Automation (IAS), Cargo and Fuel Gas Control Systems (CCS and FGCS) for six very large ethane carrier (VLEC) newbuilds. Three...
Austal Philippines has successfully launched the 115m high speed vehicle-passenger ferry 'Express 5', for Molslinjen of Denmark, utilising a new vessel transportation system designed by Austal. The Auto Express 115 catamaran ferry is the largest ferry (by volume)...
French ship operator CMA-CGM has ordered a total of seven new container vessels, three of 7900 TEU capacity and four of 7,300 TEU capacity, all intended to be fuelled by biogas, to serve the French West Indies. The vessels will apply technology that aims to protect...
Norwegian transport group Asko, which supplies NorgesGruppen grocery stores among other customers, has formally named two battery-electric driverless vessels which were recently delivered from India. The two vessels, known by Asko as 'maritime drones' were named Marit...
Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, an intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, says that it has succeeded in winning an order for eight ships worth a total of 525bn won. The company has signed a contract with two African shipping...
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