RINA has awarded UK-based Drift Energy with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an energy-harvesting ship design which, it is claimed, will be the world’s first net-positive vessel. It is the first AiP to be awarded for a vessel that uses…

The Estonia State Fleet has ordered its first fully electric passenger ferry at Poland’s Crist S.A. shipyard. Scheduled for delivery at the end of 2028, the vessel will operate mainly on shore-charged green electricity. It will be designed for…

Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte has taken delivery of the tanker, Northern Purpose, marking an important step in the group’s expansion into carbon capture and storage in shipping. The liquid CO2 carrier, with a capacity of 7,500m3, has a dual-fuel LNG…

WinGD has won its first order for large ethanol-fuelled X-DF-M/E engines for two 325,000dwt bulk carriers to be built for China’s Shandong Shipping. The vessels will be constructed at Beihai Shipbuilding and chartered on 25-year deals to Brazilian…

Spain’s state-owned shipbuilding and design company, Navantia, has signed a deal with ABB for the supply of complete DC-based power distribution and propulsion systems for two hydrographic vessels.

Scheduled for delivery by 2028, the ships will…

Rotor sails installed by London-based Anemoi Marine Technologies on an Ultramax bulk carrier owned by Blue Planet Shipping have completed more than eight years of continuous operation and generated consistent fuel and emission savings over the…