Ocean Network Express (ONE) has named ‘ONE Singapore’, the sixth in a series of 20 ammonia/methanol ready container vessels at the Hiroshima Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The 13,900 TEU vessel, which is methanol and ammonia-ready, is seen as a...
A naming ceremony has been held at Gondan’s facilities in Figueras, Spain, for 'Edda Breeze', a new Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) for Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind. The vessel has a length of 88.3m and a beam of 19.7m, it has been designed by Salt Ship...
Strategic Marine of Singapore has delivered two 27m crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to WEM Marine, the pair of vessels, built to the company’s Stratcat 26 design, being the first CTVs to be launched from Strategic’s new Benoi Road shipyard. WEM 5 and WEM 6 have been...
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...
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