Lloyd’s Register has awarded GazTransport & Technigaz (GTT) Approval in Principle (AiP) for a three-tank LNG carrier design with a range of environmental and operational benefits. The 200,000m3 vessel will have three cargo tanks instead of four; and…

MAN Energy Solutions (MAN) has claimed that full-scale tests of a liquid gas injection ammonia (ME-LGIA)  two-stroke engine at its Research Centre Copenhagen herald the start of a new era in ammonia-fuelled machinery. The new tests follow a…

Rotterdam-based green energy specialist, SwitcH2, and Sweden-headquartered CorPower Ocean are teaming up to develop industrial-scale offshore green hydrogen and green ammonia production units based on floating production, storage and offloading…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s recent speech in the German Bundestag met with much approval. The conditions were not ideal: the so-called “traffic light” coalition between the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals had collapsed…

Wärtsilä is to supply an integrated propulsion package for a 10,600dwt tanker of FKAB Marine Design that is under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Yangzhou) Dingheng. The vessel is the third tanker equipped with a similar Wärtsilä…

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Jiangnan Shipyard, and DNV have celebrated the naming and delivery of the 175,000m3 Al Shelila, the first in a series of large-scale Mark III Flex membrane LNG carriers. The ship is claimed to be one of the…

Damen Shipyards Group and Herman Sr., a tug and workboat company, have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for two 49m-long multi-purpose workboats. The MPV 4916 combines features of the Damen Shoalbuster and Multi Cat Series to offer broad operational…

The first of two project cargo RoRo vessels, Rotra Futura, has been launched at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China. Together with a sister ship, Rotra Horizon, the vessels have been developed in a partnership between shipbuilder Concordia Damen,…

UK-based wind sail developer, BAR Technologies, has signed a deal with Mitsubishi Corporation and Nihon Shipyard to expand its business in the Japanese market. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the three parties which will see…

Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary, Vard, is to build five walk-to-work offshore vessels for an unnamed international customer. The ships will be deployed in supply, maintenance, and operational servicing of offshore platforms in the oil and gas…