London-based Anemoi Marine Technologies and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) have released details of a new wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) specifically for ultramax bulk carriers in the 60-65,000dwt range. Two configurations have…

Netherlands-based Econowind has launched a new version of its steel suction wing system aimed at larger vessels in ocean trades. The new 5-series Ventofoil is a 30-m version of the company’s smaller 3-series suction wings which are available in 10-m…

Antwerp-based Exmar has named what it calls the world’s first two ammonia dual-fuel mid-sized gas carriers. The 46,000-m3 Antwerpen and Arlon have been developed jointly with HD Hyundai in a project that has taken more than 40 months. The resulting…

A fast hybrid catamaran to be built by Australia’s Austal Limited is to have a battery system supplied by Echandia, a Swedish manufacturer of batteries for the shipping industry. The Gotland Horizon X, ordered by Visby-based Gotlandsbolaget, will be…