Emissions regulation specialist OceanScore and StormGeo, a weather-routing and voyage optimisation consultancy, have signed a collaboration agreement to work more closely on emissions reporting, data validation, and strategies to minimise exposure to…

Marine research company, Inkfish, has placed an order at Vard for a deep-sea research vessel worth close to EUR 700 million. It is the largest order ever won by the Fincantieri subsidiary and the largest-ever newbuilding contract in Norway.

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Global shipping, an essential and constant business that fuels the world economy, usually operates out of sight. This year, Posidonia opens as international shipping hits the headlines every day. With commercial ships stranded in the Arabian Gulf,…

Netherlands-based Jumbo Maritime has released details of its L-Class heavy-lift transport vessels (HLTV), designed in partnership with Rotterdam ship design firm, Vuyk Engineering. The two vessels, to be built at Dajin Heavy Industry in China, are…

Marlink, headquartered in Paris and Oslo, and Athens-based Metis, a marine digital technology specialist, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on expanding and developing IoT capabilities for shipowners and fleet operators.

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Kotug International has announced the launch of two large dual-fuel methanol escort tugs. The two 44m-long vessels, built at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey, will be deployed in British Columbia, Canada, servicing tankers at Burnaby, the Pacific coast…

New safety guidelines on the use of ammonia as fuel on gas carriers have been approved by the IMO. The guidelines have been drawn up by gas shipowner, Exmar, Lloyd’s Register (LR), and the Belgian Government agency, Federal Public Service Mobility…

RINA has awarded UK-based Drift Energy with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an energy-harvesting ship design which, it is claimed, will be the world’s first net-positive vessel. It is the first AiP to be awarded for a vessel that uses…

The Estonia State Fleet has ordered its first fully electric passenger ferry at Poland’s Crist S.A. shipyard. Scheduled for delivery at the end of 2028, the vessel will operate mainly on shore-charged green electricity. It will be designed for…

Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte has taken delivery of the tanker, Northern Purpose, marking an important step in the group’s expansion into carbon capture and storage in shipping. The liquid CO2 carrier, with a capacity of 7,500m3, has a dual-fuel LNG…