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MSC Cruises signs up for two more World Class vessels

MSC Cruises has ordered two more LNG-powered World Class vessels at Chantiers de l’Atlantique. The deal, signed at the Hôtel des Minstres in Paris, takes the Geneva-headquartered cruise line’s tally of World Class vessels at the shipyard to six. They…

MAN completes successful type approval tests on new engines

MAN Energy Solutions has revealed that type approval tests (TATs) have been conducted successfully on a new engine intended for use as an auxiliary genset or electric propulsion at constant speed, respectively, of 720 and 750rpm. The TATs involved…

13.05.2025

Indian-built ships to have MacGregor cranes

Four multipurpose ships to be built at India’s Chowgule shipyard for Netherlands-based Vertom group, will be equipped with fully electric cranes from MacGregor. Each vessel will have two cranes with a safe working load of 80 tonnes at 18m.

The crane…

12.05.2025

Gondan delivers autonomous USV Challenger

Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilders has delivered the first unmanned vessel to be built at its facilities. The USV Challenger has been developed in a joint venture project with Solstad Offshore, Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean. It represents a key development…

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‘Surprising upside’ possible from FuelEU

Hamburg-based OceanScore has emphasised to shipowners that unlike some other decarbonisation measures introduced recently, FuelEU Maritime actually offers the potential to generate a net financial gain of potentially as much as EUR 250 million across…

16.05.2025

JDP signed to develop rotor sails for MR tankers

London-based wind sail developer Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd is joining forces with tanker major, Hafnia, China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International, and DNV, to design rotor sails for installation on 50,000dwt medium range (MR) tankers. The…

15.05.2025

Offshore

CorPower Ocean to build wave energy plant in Scotland

Sweden-based clean energy firm, CorPower Ocean, has signed an agreement to build a 5-MW wave energy plant at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The project, which will have 14 wave energy converters (WECs) designed for 15…

13.05.2025

Ship Operation

Atlas Elektonik to lead AI maritime defence project

Atlas Elektonik, the marine electronics division of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), is to become consortium leader in the GhostPlay@SEA research project. This is an extension of the original GhostPlay project which created a ‘Defense Metaverse’…

The Trump administration in the United States has lifted a month-old…

Brokers say Indian state-owned energy group Oil and Natural Gas Corp…

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Global shipyards form alliance to speed up maritime decarbonisation

Drydocks World has joined four international shipyards to launch the Global Green Shipyard Alliance (GGSA), a new coalition aimed at accelerating sustainability in the maritime sector.

The alliance brings together shipyards from the UAE, Spain,…

South Korea’s shipbuilders court US amid trade talks and defence realignment

South Korea’s major shipbuilders, HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean, are stepping up efforts to build strategic ties with the US, leveraging growing US interest in revitalising its domestic shipbuilding and port infrastructure sectors. The outreach…

Anemoi-led project targets rotor sail integration on MR Tankers

Anemoi Marine Technologies has partnered with Hafnia, Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), and DNV in a Joint Development Project (JDP) to integrate Rotor Sails into 50,000 dwt medium-range (MR) tankers. Signed in April 2025, the initiative aims…