Japanese classification society, ClassNK, has issued the first accreditation for ‘Machinery Room Safety for Ammonia’ (MRS) which is to be assigned to a 40,000m3 ammonia-fuelled medium gas carrier currently under development by a Japanese consortium.…

Kiel-based navigation specialist, Anschütz, has launched an upgraded version of its Synapsis NX software for Integrated Navigation System (INS), Radar NX, and ECDIS NX applications. The new software will be presented at SMM next month.

The new…

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CMB.TECH subsidiary, Windcat, has retained Hong Kong-headquartered ship manager, Anglo-Eastern, to operate the first of six ‘Elevation series’ commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV).

The vessels, currently under construction at Ha Long…

The AAL Limassol, the first of eight Super B-class project cargo vessels, being built for AAL Shipping at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, has completed its maiden voyage.

The Singapore-based heavy-lift company’s 32,000dwt vessel…

Marine and energy services company, Goltens, and Greener Process Systems (GPS), a US-based carbon capture specialist, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on developing carbon capture systems (CCS) for ports and industrial power…

Meyer Werft and Disney Cruise Line have signed a contract for four additional ships that will join Disney Cruise Line’s fleet between 2027 and 2031. The ship names, designs, and itineraries are still in development.

“We are very happy to continue…

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…

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…