News

Pacific Gas orders Wärtsilä systems for VLECs

Hong Kong-based Pacific Gas has ordered cargo handling and fuel supply systems from technology group Wärtsilä for four very large ethane carriers (VLECs) currently under construction at Jiangnan Shipyard in China. The VLECs, which are designed…

07.03.2023

Offshore

Keppel starts work on Greece’s first FSRU

Keppel’s Singapore shipyard has started work on the conversion of GasLog’s 155,000m3 LNG carrier, GasLog Chelsea. The converted vessel will become Greece’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Aegean Sea. The tri-fuel…

07.03.2023

Shipbuilding

Norway’s Torghatten Nord opts for fuel cells

The Norwegian ferry firm, Torghatten Nord, has ordered hydrogen fuel cells from PowerCell Sweden for two ferries that will operate on the country’s longest ferry route in the north, across the Vestfjorden between Lofoten and Bodø. PowerCell will…

06.03.2023

Shipbuilding

FSG lays keel of new RoRo, SeaRoad1

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has laid the keel of a new RoRo vessel, SeaRoad1, for Tasmania-based shipowner, SeaRoad. The order is worth more than EUR 100 million. The 210m-long freight ferry, the largest in SeaRoad’s history, will be…

02.03.2023

Shipbuilding

EU funding for methane slip project

The European Union (EU) is to provide EUR 7 million to support the Green Ray project, a collaborative venture to cut methane slip from LNG-fuelled engines. The consortium will be coordinated by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and…

01.03.2023

Companies & People

Anschütz returns to a German owner

Germany’s DMB Dr. Dieter Murmann Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has taken over the entire Anschütz group known previously as Raytheon Anschütz and a subsidiary of the US defence company Raytheon. The change of ownership includes all existing rights and…

27.02.2023

Offshore

Partners work on GHG reporting metrics

Classification society DNV and partners have launched a new JIP, called EMRED. The JIP aims to establish a monitoring and reporting framework for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the offshore wind installation sector. The partners comprise…

27.02.2023

Companies & People

SSY to buy Westshore, targets offshore

Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has agreed terms to acquire Norway’s offshore broking specialist, Westshore. The move is part of the 143-year-old global shipbroking firm’s strategy to expand into the global offshore sector. Westshore, based in…

27.02.2023

Shipping

Cyprus and UK to increase cooperation in shipping

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) and the Department for Transport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen shipping relations between the two states. …

24.02.2023

Offshore

Eidesvik and Reach Subsea to acquire Edda Sun

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore and compatriot subsea service company, Reach Subsea, have established a joint venture to own and operate the 2009-built inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) ship, Edda Sun. The joint venture, 50.1% owned by Eidesvik…

24.02.2023

Shipping

ONE claims success in fourth biofuel trial

Japanese container line, Ocean Network Express (ONE), with stakeholders K Line, Mitsui OSK Lines, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha, has completed successful trials of biofuel on board the 4,803 TEU container ship, MOL Endowment, built in 2007. It is the…

23.02.2023

Offshore

Damen ramps up offshore construction capability

Damen Shipyards Group is gearing up to provide a new offshore construction service to include design, fabrication, and delivery of major components. With two projects already in progress, it has identified offshore wind as a sector of particular…

23.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Steiner Construction to build eco-friendly tug for ACBL

U.S. yard Steiner Construction Company has signed a contract to design and construct an environmentally friendly tug. The order was placed by U.S. provider of marine transportation, American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL). The 27m-long vessel will be…

22.02.2023

Offshore

German market: EnBW and Equinor to collaborate on offshore wind

Karlsruhe-based EnBW and Norwegian state energy firm, Equinor, have announced that they are to cooperate on German offshore wind development. The German renewables company has earmarked renewables development in Germany and selected foreign markets…

21.02.2023

Shipbuilding

SunStone Ships orders another Infinity-class cruise vessel

Miami-based SunStone Ships has ordered another cruise vessel to be built to an Ulstein Design & Solutions’ Infinity class specification, at China Merchants Heavy Industry Haimen yard. The 104.4m-long vessel will have Ulstein’s distinctive X-Bow, a…

20.02.2023

Shipbuilding

MacGregor to supply handling equipment for two RoRo vessels

Cargotec subsidiary, MacGregor, is to provide cargo handling equipment for two new RoRo ships built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in South Korea for Luxembourg-based CLdN group company, Cobelfret CLdN. The ships are scheduled for delivery during…

20.02.2023

Shipbuilding

HMM signs newbuilding contracts with HSHI and HJSC

Two South Korean yards have received orders by Seoul-based ship operator HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) to build nine 9,000-TEU container vessels powered by methanol dual-fuel engines. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), part of the group Korea…

20.02.2023

Shipbuilding

MAN licensee wins methanol engine deal in Japan

Mitsui E&S Machinery, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee in Japan, has won a contract to build a methanol-fuelled engine for a 65,700dwt bulk carrier to be built at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. Mitsui will supply a MAN B&W 6G50ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection…

17.02.2023

Shipbuilding

RINA and ABB sign MoU focusing on emissions reduction

Classification society, RINA, and technology company, ABB, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on commercially viable strategies to advance decarbonisation. The partners cited fuel cell systems with carbon capture as one…

16.02.2023

Shipbuilding

New vessel for Leinebris to be built at Tersan

Norwegian fishing company Leinebris AS has placed an order with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard for a 64.9m fishing vessel. Leinebris AS is a long-term partner of Tersan. The previous, still operating vessel named Leinebris had been delivered in 2015. Desi…

15.02.2023

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