Bilbao-based multinational energy company, Iberdrola, is to use energy trading software from Volue, a publicly traded Norwegian firm, to optimise power scheduling and algorithmic trading in the German and French energy markets.

The Spanish company…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to install an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) with carbon capture on board the 74,910dwt products tanker, Nexus Victoria. The Long Range 1 (LR1) tanker, built in 2015, will be fitted with a 15-MW EGCS Filtree…

Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI) has revealed details of two new multi-purpose vessel (MPV) designs suitable for heavy-lift and project cargoes. The Octopus 12.6 and the Octopus 12 have been developed in collaboration with…

A pair of hydrogen-powered ferries to be built at Norway’s Myklebust Verft for Tromsø-based Torgatten Nord will be classed by Lloyd’s Register (LR). The ships’ design was granted Approval in Principle (AiP) by the classification society in August…

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has set up a new education programme for seafarers. With support from a number of universities around the world, the BSM Smart Academy is intended to close the gap between academic knowledge and practical…

MAN Energy Solutions has clinched an order for three dual-fuel methanol gensets for a 7,990dwt IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker, due for delivery in the final quarter of 2025. The three MAN 6L21/31DF-M engines will be part of a diesel-electric…

Bourbon Mobility, an offshore passenger transport company and a subsidiary of the Marseille-based Bourbon Group, has ordered six new crew boats at Chantiers Piriou in Vietnam. The 27m-long Surfer-type vessels are expected to consume 20% less fuel…

Amsterdam-based BigLift Shipping, a Spliethoff Group company, and South Korea’s CY Shipping are to boost their four-ship heavy-lift fleet with two new vessels ordered at Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in China. Each company will own one of…

A keel-laying ceremony for a Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has marked the beginning of the build process of a series of four Pohjoanmaa-class vessels for the Finnish Navy.

The multi-role 117m-long corvettes…