South Korea’s CY Shipping and Netherlands-based BigLift Shipping have ordered two more BC-class heavy-lift vessels at Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd in China.

The 25,000dwt vessels are designed by the partners to carry ultra-large and heavy…

Hyundai companies have been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by the Korean Register for a safety system that will overcome safety and regulatory barriers to the uptake of ammonia fuel in shipping. Hi-CLEARS, which stands for Hyundai integrated…

A new LNG carrier design featuring forward accommodation and a wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS)  developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by Lloyd’s Register (LR) at Gastech in Milan. 

The radical…

Denmark’s Queen, Her Majesty Queen Mary, has named Svitzer’s new battery-powered tug, Svitzer Ingrid, the first fully electric tug for both the harbour and terminal towage company and the country of Denmark.

The Queen presided at a ceremony in…

Norway’s Ulstein Verft has handed over the Windea Clausius, a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), to Bernhard Schulte Offshore. With hybrid battery propulsion and designed ‘ready’ for methanol as fuel, the ship is designed for low-carbon…

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…