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…

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,…