General News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is reported to have placed an order for three Newcastlemax bulk carriers with Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, with an option for a further three vessels, according to…

4th September 2023

EPS reported to place 3+3 dual-fuel NH3 Newcastlemax order

4th September 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Resurgent UK shipyard group Harland & Wolff (H&W) has woven another strand in its business development strategy by pitching for the construction and operation of ferries to serve the Isles of Scilly.…

4th September 2023

Harland & Wolff Pitch For Ferry Business

4th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s state innovation agency, Innovation Norway, launched risk-based loans for environmental investments in the country’s short-sea shipping sector.

4th September 2023

Innovation Norway offers green shipping funding

4th September 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

China’s shipbuilding industry has reached a new milestone through the production of its first large-scale cruise vessel, the 135,500gt Adora Magic City. An extended trials campaign was implemented by builder Shanghai Waigaoqiao…

1st September 2023

China In New Challenge To European Yards

1st September 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The second phase of the Nippon Foundation’s MEGURI2040 project was announced in July 2023. The project, which intends to support the full-scale commercialisation of fully autonomous ship technology by 2025, will focus…

31st August 2023

Japanese fully autonomous vessel project targets 2025 commercialisation

31st August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

DNV has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and MISC Berhad (MISC) for their Floating CO2 Storage Unit (FCSU) concept. The innovative design is capable of functioning as an intermediate CO2 storage unit or as…

31st August 2023

AiP For Floating CO2 Storage Unit Concept

31st August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) is planning to place an order with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co for a dual-fuel methanol-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC), according to a stock exchange filing.

30th August 2023

CMES to order methanol-fuelled VLCC

30th August 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

DNV has confirmed that Erma First’s alternative maritime power (AMP) system, BLUE CONNECT, meets the requirements to be categorised as an ‘energy-saving device’ (ESD). In the same document, DNV recognises the solution’s ability…

29th August 2023

Erma First’s AMP solution recognised as Energy Saving Device

29th August 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

K Line has inked a memorandum of understanding with Navtor to develop K Line’s global fleet monitoring and support system. Under the terms of the agreement, K Line will extend the functionality of NavFleet,…

29th August 2023

K Line adopts Navtor fleet monitoring platform

29th August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Wärtsilä is announcing that it has begun to offer carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies to shipowners and operators. The studies have already been conducted on a range of vessel types including…

29th August 2023

Wärtsilä to offer onboard CCS feasibility studies

29th August 2023