ASRY has launched two bunker tankers for Bapco Refining, a subsidiary of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The turnkey project has involved every stage of the building process – from design to construction and outfitting. Following the formal launch of…

The 86,920m3 very large gas carrier (VLGC) Luna Pathfinder has been named at Kawaski Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Works in Japan by NYK, one of the country’s largest shipowners. The vessel is the sixth in a series of dual-fuel VLGCs capable of…

Following its recent spin-off from thyssenkrupp AG, naval shipbuilder TKMS has celebrated the naming of the second Tamandaré-class frigate at the thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul shipyard in Itajai, Brazil. The ship’s sponsor was Lu Alckmin, wife of…

Swiss-based Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six pure car and truck carriers (PCTC), Ocean Breeze, from China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. The 7,500-CEU vessel, with LNG dual-fuel propulsion, has been delivered four months ahead of…