A 700-TEU container ship to be deployed in Japan’s domestic liner trades is the first newly constructed ship to be granted ‘AUTO-Nav2(All)” notation by ClassNK. It provides assurance that the ship has been designed and built under the MEGURI2040…

Steel has now been cut for two large offshoe tugs at Albwardy Damen Shipyard in the UAE. Construction will combine the shipyard’s expertise with that of marine engineering specialist, Alewijnse, a Netherlands-based electrical, automation, and systems…

EcoNavis Solutions, a Glasgow-based developer, says it is working on a next-generation wind-assisted propulsion system aimed at improving the performance and commercial viability of Flettner-type rotor sails for deep-sea shipping.

The company’s “Eco…

Wah Kwong NatPower and Chinese green energy company, Wuxing Ruituo, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to focus on the development of zero-carbon inland waterway shipping routes in China.

The partners believe that there is huge…

Hong Kong-based Wah Kwong Maritime Transport and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) have celebrated the delivery of the Long Range 2 (LR2) tanker, Frontier Venture, the first in a series of new tankers with “augmented ship” features that integrate…

Gothenburg-based Stena RoRo has taken delivery of its 13th E-Flexer RoPax ferry from China Merchants’ Weihai shipyard. Named Capu Rossu, the vessel has been handed over to Corsica Linea following its delivery to the Swedish company. It will be…

Classification society ClassNK has awarded Shinkurushima Sanoyas Shipbuilding an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a “Liquefied CO2 Carrier intended to Socket SPAR Unit for injection facility”. The AiP is part of a project undertaken by the…

Rotterdam-based Acta Marine has now commissioned its latest walk-to-work DP2 construction service operation vessel (CSOV), Acta Hercules, built by Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard. The vessel, number two in a series of four, is designed for deployment in the…