Damen Shipyards Group and Norway’s Folla Maritime have launched a joint venture shipyard, Damen Folla, to focus on the design and construction of vessels for the aquaculture sector.

The partnership combines Damen’s global network of shipyards with…

Classification society ABS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Texas-based Saronic Technologies, an unmanned surface vehicle specialist, to explore autonomous technology in the maritime sphere. The two organisations will collaborate…

Edda Wind has taken delivery of a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) from Vietnamese shipyard, Vard Vung Tau. Upon commissioning, the Monsoon Enabler will be deployed in Taiwanese waters until the end of the year.

The vessel is one of a…

Hamburger Hafen und Logistic (HHLA) has handled just over 3.17 million TEU over the first half of the year compared with 2.94 million in the corresponding period a year earlier, and increase of 7.9%.

Despite geopolitical conflicts, growing…

HAV Group and Havila Voyages have teamed up in a bid to establish a coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes that is at least climate-neutral, with an ultimate aim of achieving zero emissions. The current four ships and future newbuildings will meet…

ASRY has launched two bunker tankers for Bapco Refining, a subsidiary of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The turnkey project has involved every stage of the building process – from design to construction and outfitting. Following the formal launch of…

The 86,920m3 very large gas carrier (VLGC) Luna Pathfinder has been named at Kawaski Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Works in Japan by NYK, one of the country’s largest shipowners. The vessel is the sixth in a series of dual-fuel VLGCs capable of…

Following its recent spin-off from thyssenkrupp AG, naval shipbuilder TKMS has celebrated the naming of the second Tamandaré-class frigate at the thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul shipyard in Itajai, Brazil. The ship’s sponsor was Lu Alckmin, wife of…

The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) and the Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have established a two-year partnership to boost ship decarbonisation in the dry bulk sector.

Bulk carriers…

Swiss-based Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six pure car and truck carriers (PCTC), Ocean Breeze, from China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. The 7,500-CEU vessel, with LNG dual-fuel propulsion, has been delivered four months ahead of…