Australian mining giant, Fortescue, and Bocimar, CMB.TECH’s bulk carrier subsidiary, have signed an agreement for the charter of up to 12 ‘ammonia capable’ Newcastlemax bulk carriers.

Up to three of the dual-fuel ammonia vessels are likely to enter…

British maritime tech firm, BMT, and Australian shipbuilder and defence firm, Austal, have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on commercial ship projects, providing scalable ship design and boosting engineering capacity.

The agreement,…

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued the first Type Approval Certificate to Belgium-based BeHydro for its 100% hydrogen marine engine. The company, a joint venture between Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) and CMB.TECH, has developed…

Cyprus-based RoRo owner, Sallaum Lines, has signed up with Xiamen Shipbuilding in China for two, option two, 8,600-CEU pure car truck carriers (PCTCs). The vessels will be the shipowner’s largest so far.

With five liftable decks, the 200m-long PCTCs…

BLRT Grupp has begun construction of a new floating dock for its Klaipėda-based ship repair yard, Western Shiprepair, in a move that will expand capacity and enable the facility to handle larger vessels, including Panamax ships.

The project reached…

DNV says the successful methanol conversion of the 20,000-TEU containership COSCO Shipping Libra demonstrates that meaningful decarbonisation of existing fleets is already technically achievable, following one of the largest low-carbon fuel retrofits…

China’s Zhoushan Xinya Ship Repair Co has completed what is believed to be the world's largest bulk carrier-to-containership conversion, transforming an 80,000-dwt Kamsarmax bulker into a 3,600-TEU containership following a six-month retrofit…

An EU-backed consortium has launched a EUR 4.17 million (USD 4.8 million) project to help shipowners cut emissions from existing vessels using artificial intelligence, reflecting growing recognition that fleet decarbonisation cannot rely solely on…