SVANEHØJ PUMPS FOR LIQUID CO2 CARRIER VESSELS
Danish marine pumps company Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to supply pump systems for two CO2 carriers that will transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights storage facilities in Norway. Northern Lights is developing infrastructure to transport CO2 from...
C-JOB UNVEILS ZERO-EMISSION LIQUID HYDROGEN SHIP DESIGN
C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen tanker that the company believes will revolutionise the renewable energy market. The tanker concept, developed in partnership with LH2 Europe, is considered a critical element in realising a green...
NEW MEYER GROUP COMPANY BRINGS SUSTAINABILITY TO CRUISE SHIPS
The German Meyer shipbuilding group has established a new company, Meyer Re, to complement its core business of construction of new cruise ships. Meyer Re aims to partner with Meyer’s cruise operation customers to maintain ships throughout their entire service...
NYK AND CNOOC ORDER SIX LNGC NEWBUILDS
NYK of Japan has ordered six LNG carrier vessels from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, in what is believed to be the largest LNG carrier order placed with a Chinese builder. At the same time, a long term charter agreement for the six ships was signed with CNOOC Gas and...
SCHOTTEL FORMS NEW EAST ASIA SUBSIDIARY
The targeted expansion of Schottel’s international network of subsidiaries has developed further with the foundation of Schottel East Asia, located near Busan, to intensify market development in South Korea and Japan. In addition to the growing market in South Korea,...
ALL-ELECTRIC AUTONOMOUS CONTAINERSHIP NAMED IN NORWAY
What is said to be the world’s first electric autonomous container vessel, ‘Yara Birkeland’, has been christened near the Yara Porsgrunn plant, in the presence of 500 local students and the Crown Prince of Norway, Haakon Magnus. The emission-free ship was...
ECSA APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY GENERAL
Sotiris Raptis has been appointed by the General Assembly to lead the European Community Shipowners’ Associations as its new Secretary General. Raptis has extensive EU political and policy experience, having worked for different organisations in Brussels over...
HYUNDAI CARBON CAPTURE AND GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECT RECEIVES ABS AiP
A pioneering joint development project (JDP) to advance carbon-reduction technologies between ABS and Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI Group) has taken a significant step forward by securing Approval in Principle (AiP). ABS has awarded AiP to the carbon dioxide...