CIMC RAFFLES DELIVERS LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND INSTALLATION VESSEL TO VAN OORD
Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles, a subsidiary of CIMC Group, has successfully delivered ‘Boreas’, said to be the world’s largest and latest generation offshore wind installation vessel, to Van Oord. Boreas is 176m long, with deck area over 7000m2, and...
MOL AND MADOQUA SIGN PORTUGUESE GREEN CORRIDOR MoU
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a green corridor connecting Portugal to Northern Europe with Dutch-Portuguese company Madoqua Renewables Holding and various other partners. Madoqua is a renewable energy developer and...
METHANOL-READY OCV PAIR ORDERED FROM PAXOCEAN
Singapore -based PaxOcean has signed shipbuilding contracts for two offshore construction vessels (OCVs) for an unspecified European shipowner, to be built at its shipyard in Zhoushan, China to the Salt 310 )CV design. Equipped with modern technology, these vessels...
SUSTAINABLE DAMEN DREDGER FOR NZ PORTS
Damen Shipyards Group and Port Otago with partner Napier Port have signed a contract for the delivery of a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 1000. At nearly 60m in length, this standard Damen design has a maximum hopper volume of 1000m3 with twin azimuth...
ELOMATIC THRUSTER TECHNOLOGY INCREASES RO-RO EFFICIENCY
Elomatic, a Finland-based international consulting and engineering company, has signed an agreement with Northwestern European multimodal logistics provider CLdN to install its patented Elogrid tunnel thruster technology on two new ro-ro vessels that are currently...
KOREA SHIPBUILDING RECEIVES DNV AiP FOR AMMONIA-FUELLED SHIP DESIGN
Korea Shipbuilding says that it is striving to develop eco-friendly ship technology in line with the global decarbonisation trend, and recently obtained a conceptual design certification (AiP) for an ammonia dual-fuel propulsion Suezmax-class crude oil carrier from...
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS AND SVITZER JOIN FOR AUSTRALIAN LOW-CARBON TOWAGE
Towage company Svitzer and ro-ro operator Höegh Autoliners have partnered to deliver Svitzer’s first EcoTow solution in Australia, servicing what is regarded as the largest and most environmentally friendly car-carrier vessel class on its call to four Australasian...
‘K’ LINE JOINS e-METHANE COALITION
Japanese ship operator Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line) has joined the e-NG Coalition, the world’s first international alliance targeting the global expansion of e-methane. The members of this alliance, founded in October 2024, envision that...