Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has won a contract from GSX Energy to supply cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for four LNG bunkering vessels under construction at China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering shipyard. GSX Energy is a…

A new report from Switzerland’s Accelleron, called Accelerating to Net Zero: Asia Pacific as the Proving Ground, has revealed how Asia Pacific ports are pioneering developments in new sustainable marine fuels including green hydrogen and e-fuels. The…

Netherlands-based Concordia Damen has closed a deal to build a 41m-long shallow draught pusher tug for an undisclosed client in Paraguay. The CDS 4115-type unit will be built at the inland shipyard in the Netherlands and is scheduled for delivery in…

London-based Orca AI and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on integrated autonomous navigation, berthing, and speed control systems both for new ships and as retrofits for existing vessels.

The…

Classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for an “Ammonia-Fueled Panamax Bulk Carrier Equipped with an IMO Type B Independent Fuel Tank”. This is the first design in which the Type B tanks are installed on the exposed…

Marine battery firm AYK Energy has completed sea trials on the first battery-methanol harbour tug which, it is claimed, is the most powerful electric escort tug built so far.

The Svitzer Balder, built at Uzmar Shipyard in Türkiye and the fifth…

New ammonia-fuelled main engines for very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries will now go ahead following the successful Factory Acceptance Test of the first Everllence B&W 6G60ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection…

Tokyo-based NYK Line, Norway’s Yara Clean Ammonia, and Singapore bunker firm Golden Island have drawn up a non-binding Term Sheet in preparation for a partnership to explore the marketing and supply of low-carbon ammonia as marine fuel in Singapore. …