DELTAMARIN RECEIVES AiPs FOR VLGC DESIGNS
Five new designs for very large gas carrier (VLGC) ships developed by Deltamarin and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) have received Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR). The AiP certificate is issued for next-generation...
HULL COATING AND PROPELLER FINS HELP GRIEG CUT CO2
Grieg Maritime’s vessel ‘Star Lysefjord’ recently emerged from drydock after installing three measures to increase the vessel’s energy efficiency and make it more climate-friendly. The first of these measures is coating the hull and propeller with a...
OPSEALOG DIGITALISATION HELPS ORANGE MARINE EMISSIONS MONITORING
Opsealog, a provider of data integration and analysis services for the maritime and offshore industry, has confirmed the renewal and expansion of its service contract with Orange Marine, a French company specialising in cable laying and repair operations. The...
ABS APPROVES ECOLOG LCO2 CARRIER CONCEPT
ABS issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a low pressure, shallow-draught, low carbon footprint 40,000m3 liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier design for Ecolog Services. This AiP is the result of extensive cooperation within a joint industry project on the...
LARGEST METHANOL-READY WIND INSTALLATION VESSEL LAUNCHED IN CHINA
A new offshore wind installation vessel ‘Boreas’ built by CIMC Raffles for the Netherlands company Van Oord Ship Management has recently been launched at the Yantai shipyard in China. The vessel, with a launch weight of 37,370t, said to be equivalent to a...
MITSUBISHI LAUNCHES DUAL-FUEL PCTC IN JAPAN
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has launched the ‘Trans Harmony Green’, first of two LNG-powered ro-ro ships under construction for Toyofuji Shipping. The launch took place at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard...
AiP FROM LR FOR AMMONIA-FUELLED MEGA-PCTC
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) for a dual-fuel 12,800 CEU capacity pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) design – potentially the world’s largest car carrier. The...
THREE ECO-FRIENDLY NEWBUILDS CONTRACTED BY KOREAN YARD
Mid-sized shipyard Korea Shipbuilding has announced the signing of contracts for three newbuild ships: two Suezmax-class crude oil carriers for Greek company Atlas Maritime, and another for Oceania Shipping. The order from Atlas Maritime follows signing a letter of...