SHI ORDERBOOOK BOOSTED BY LARGEST-EVER CONTRACT
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has increased its order intake this year to a total of 25 ships, following the 16-vessel order reported earlier in July 2023 from Evergreen. The value of the latest order is KRW 3,959.3bn, which, according to SHI, is the largest ever for...
WORLD FUEL SERVICES BUNKERS LNG IN CHINA
World Fuel Services Corporation has completed what it considers a ‘milestone’ LNG bunkering operation for the refuelling of a carrier at a Chinese port, with the new Hapag-Lloyd ship ‘Berlin Express’ becoming only the second carrier to be refuelled...
NYK ORDERS ANOTHER AMMONIA-READY VLGC
Japanese company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered a further liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG/liquefied ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The86,700m3 capacity ship will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and...
24 METHANOL-FUELLED BOXSHIPS FOR EVERGREEN
According to a Taiwan stock exchange announcement, Taiwanese ship operator Evergreen Marine Corporation has contracted with two Asian shipyards for a total of 24 dual fuel containerships, ready for operation on methanol fuel. The total contract value is put at around...
MAN ES REPORTS SUCCESFUL FIRST TEST OF AMMONIA-FUELLED ENGINE
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC), the combustion test having been performed on a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X type. The test produced positive results with...
IMABARI SHIPYARD ORDERS 12 MITSUBISHI LNG FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has received orders from Imabari Shipbuilding for 12 units of its LNG fuel gas supply system for high-pressure dual-fuel marine engines. The equipment for nine LNG-fuelled...
GOODFUELS BRINGS BIOMETHANOL TO THE PORT OF AMSTERDAM
Green fuels supplier GoodFuels says that fully biogenic biomethanol has now been made available to propel the decarbonisation of the shipping sector in the ARA region. The GoodFuels biomethanol meets the strictest sustainability requirements and is 100% biogenic,...
MAN B&W ME-GA ENGINE COMPLETES GAS TRIALS
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that the first ME-GA engine has completed gas trials aboard an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping. Bjarne Foldager, Head of Two-Stroke Business, MAN Energy...