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2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed shipping giant and daughter company of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered the world’s first dual-fuel methanol-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC).

23rd November 2023

First dual-fuel methanol-burning VLCC order confirmed

23rd November 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hafnia, the Singapore-headquartered tanker operator, has awarded Wärtsilä the contract to supply propulsion solutions for ten oil and chemical tankers. 

23rd November 2023

Hafnia orders orders Wärtsilä propulsion retrofits for tankers

23rd November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Underscoring the Grimaldi Group’s commitment to the ro-ro multipurpose vessel type for long-haul or deep-sea liner service, the G5 newbuild generation is being phased into trade between northern Europe and West Africa.

23rd November 2023

Grimaldi Shows Faith In Con-Ro Concept

23rd November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Norwegian operator Aasen Shipping has ordered three hybrid-powered, self-discharging minibulkers from Royal Bodewes in the north Netherlands. 

23rd November 2023

Dutch Yard Books Hybrid Self-Dischargers

23rd November 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Stolt Tankers has ordered six 38,000 dwt stainless steel parcel carriers from Wuhu Shipyard in China to be built as alternative fuels ready.

21st November 2023

Stolt Tankers opts for methanol-ready newbuilds

21st November 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Japan’s Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC HD,) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) signed a Key Principles Agreement with Malaysian energy producer Petronas on 28 September 2023 in connection with plans…

21st November 2023

Malaysia offshore CCS project advances, FEED work to begin in 2024

21st November 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABS and Hanwha Ocean have signed a landmark strategic framework agreement to advance the digital transformation of shipbuilding. The agreement was signed at KORMARINE in Busan, Korea.

21st November 2023

Hanwha Ocean Collaboration with ABS to Support Shipbuilding Transformation

21st November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV), the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and NAPA, the maritime software and data services supplier, have completed the first phase of a Joint Development Project (JDP)…

21st November 2023

3D model-based class approval benefits validated by joint project

21st November 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has received an order for two shipsets of variable-speed gensets from Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) in India in connection with the building of two short-sea feeder container ships for global logistics…

21st November 2023

MAN to supply gensets for H2-fuelled Container Feeders

21st November 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Three European ports are working together to explore the development of an intra-European corridor for renewable hydrogen connecting Spain, the Netherlands and Germany.

21st November 2023

Intra-European hydrogen corridor plans advance

21st November 2023