Ship&Offshore
27.03.2025
Shipbuilding

LNG bunker barge to have methane emissions control

Wärtsilä is to supply its NextDF methane emissions control systems on three Wärtsilä 25 engines for a new 18,600m3 LNG bunker barge being built for Spain’s marine service group, Ibaizabal. The vessel is currently under construction at Hudong-Zhonghua…
Ship&Offshore
26.03.2025
Shipbuilding

DNV releases Recommended Practice for WAPS

Standardised and verifiable data are essential for the comparative assessment of different wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) technologies. At Singapore Maritime Week, classification society DNV released a Recommended Practice (RP) as a basis for…
Ship&Offshore
25.03.2025
Shipbuilding

Naming ceremony for Germany’s first fully electric ferry

Reederei Norden-Frisia has held a naming ceremony for a fully electric catamaran ferry, Frisia E-1, built to a Damen Fast Ferry 3209 Electric design. Charged with electricity from onshore solar panels, the catamaran  will be Germany’s first fully…
Ship&Offshore
25.03.2025
Shipbuilding

CMB.TECH and MOL sign up for nine ammonia-powered ships

The Belgian shipowner, CMB.TECH, which operates a diversified fleet of more than 160 vessels, has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Limes, Ltd, (MOL) and MOL Chemical Tankers Pte Ltd for Newcastlemax bulk carriers and chemical tankers to be…