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Ship&Offshore
13.08.2024
Shipbuilding

Damen wins Columbian frigate contract

Damen Shipyards Group has won a contract from Columbia’s Corporacióm de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Deslarrollo de la Industria Naval, Maritima y Fluvial (Cotecmar) to support the country’s construction of its first domestically built frigate. The…

Ship&Offshore
12.08.2024
Ship Operation

Yantian Express bunkers biofuel in Barcelona

Hapag-Lloyd container ship, Yantian Express, has been supplied with biofuel in a bunkering process carried out by Gibraltar-based fuel supplier Peninsula, using its IMO II bunker tanker, Aalborg. The 7,506-TEU container vessel received 2,200 tonnes…

Ship&Offshore
09.08.2024
Ship Operation

Aberdeen embarks on shore power project

Scotland’s Port of Aberdeen has broken ground on the country’s largest shore power system. The GBP 4 million project, scheduled to deliver its first green power in March next year, will ultimately enable the port to supply clean electricity from…

Ship&Offshore
07.08.2024
Shipbuilding

Höegh takes delivery of first Aurora PCTC

Oslo-based Höegh Autoliners has taken delivery of the first vehicle carrier in its Aurora class at a naming ceremony in China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Jiangsu shipyard. The 9,100-CEU Höegh Aurora, with 14 decks, is the first of 12 Aurora-class…

Ship&Offshore
06.08.2024
Shipbuilding

Low-carbon sailing ship arrives in Marshall Islands

The 300dwt low-carbon sailing cargo ship SV Juren Ae has been delivered to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation (MISC).

The 48m-long vessel has been built to Korean Register (KR) class by Asia Shipbuilding Co Ltd. in Geoje City, South Korea,…

Ship&Offshore
05.08.2024
Offshore

Vard wins ECV contract

Norwegian offshore firm, Wind Energy Construction AS, has ordered one, option one, energy construction vessel (ECV) at Vard, a Fincantieri subsidiary. The vessel will be based on a Vard 3 11 design but will be tailored to meet client-specific…

Ship&Offshore
05.08.2024
Ship Operation

Cosco and Fortescue focus on green fuel supply chain

Cosco Shipping and Australia-based energy and metals company, Fortescue, have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of a sustainable green fuel supply chain. The collaboration includes scope for the mining company to use Cosco vessels,…

Ship&Offshore
05.08.2024
Shipbuilding

Largest Jones Act-compliant LNG bunker barge delivered

An LNG bunker barge, Progress, has been delivered to owner Crowley by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The barge is the largest Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind.

On commissioning, the barge will make LNG available as a…

Ship&Offshore
02.08.2024
Shipbuilding

ABS grants AiPs to liquefied gas innovations

A new design for an ultra large ethane carrier (ULEC) and a patented insulation system for Type B low-temperature cargo tanks, both developed by China’s Jiangnan Shipyard, have been awarded approvals in principle (AiP) by ABS.

The ULEC design is the…

Ship&Offshore
30.07.2024
Offshore

Rina issues AiP for hydrogen retrofit

Classification society Rina has awarded Green Marine UK with an approval in principle (AiP) for a retrofit arrangement for crew transfer vessels (CTV), equipping them with hydrogen fuel cells connected to electric motors, and batteries.

Project…