Oslo-based Yara Clean Ammonia has staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the world’s first renewable ammonia-powered container ship, Yara Eyde. The company, the world’s largest shipper and trader of ammonia, plans to deploy the ship on the…

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to provide an integrated power package for India’s first electric tug. Described as a major step in the country’s Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP) and awarded by Mandovi Drydocks and partner Ripley Group,…

Höegh Autoliners has named the 9,100-CEU Höegh Moonlight at a ceremony in Gothenburg. The sixth pure car truck carrier (PCTC) in the 12-ship Aurora-class was sponsored by Jenny Westermark, senior vice president, GTO Production Logistics, at Volvo…

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has completed successful test runs on a seven-cylinder dual-fuel ammonia/heavy fuel oil engine due to be installed on a medium-sized gas carrier next year. The engine has a 50cm bore, operates at high pressure, and…

Zurich-based ABB and Stockholm-based Wallenius Marine have set up a new joint venture in Stockholm to deepen their collaboration in the OVERSEATM project.

The setup gathers and analyses data from a series if vessels trading worldwide. Experts in the…

Wärtsilä has been retained by Finland’s Wasaline as electrical integrator in a project to increase battery capacity on board the RoPax vessel, Aurora Botnia. The ferry’s batteries will be boosted by nearly five times, increasing the current 2.2-MWh…

The Windcat Rotterdam, the first in a series of six commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV) in the Elevation Series, has been launched at Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam. Developed together with Damen Shipyards Group and CMB.TECH for spells…

The first wing sail from Oceanbird, a joint venture between Alfa Laval and Wallenius Lines, has been installed at Oresund Drydocks in Landskrona, Sweden at an inauguration ceremony. The permanent ‘Wing 560’ installation will be used for crew…

The first of two ferries to be deployed on the Little Minch Scottish island service has been launched at Cemre Marin Endustri in Yalova, Turkey. The Lochmor and sister vessel, Claymore, will operate on the route between the Isle of Skye and the…