LNG

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipowner and shipping fund manager, Pelagic Partners, has invested in two platform supply vessels (PSV) that will see it partner with private investment and asset management firm, Borealis Maritime. 

12th April 2024

Pelagic invests in offshore wind vessels

12th April 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A new generation of vessel blending bespoke capabilities in steel transportation with scope for a much broader cargo range has entered the Baltic and North European trade.

2nd April 2024

FINNISH TRIO SHARPENS STEEL SUPPLY CHAIN

2nd April 2024

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Engine makers have ongoing work underway to reduce methane slip, including tackling emissions from blowdown.

28th March 2024

Blowdown a new target for methane slip reductions

28th March 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Upgraded versions of two of its most versatile propulsion engine series have been developed by MAN Energy Solutions. The revisions to the S50 and S60 types entail a number of design and…

26th March 2024

MAN ES UPDATES MID-RANGE ENGINES

26th March 2024

LNG

LNG

Bolstering German-owned chemical tanker capacity, Hamburg-based John T.Essberger has invested in a series of 7,135dwt parcel carriers for the European short-sea trade.

21st March 2024

LNG-FUELLED PARCEL TANKERS FROM CHINA

21st March 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Production of an 8,000 lane-metre capacity ro-ro freight vessel for northwest European short-sea trade has been set in train by shipbuilding contractor Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD).

12th March 2024

RO-RO BEHEMOTH WITH SMALLER FOOTPRINT

12th March 2024

LNG

LNG

TotalEnergies and Chevron, along with major gas carrier Seapeak, have joined an initiative to tackle methane slip from ships, the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII).

27th February 2024

Chevron, TotalEnergies and Seapeak join methane emission reduction initiative

27th February 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A new breed of vehicle carrier introduced to the Volkswagen Group’s transatlantic trade has been designed to marry high productivity and two-way utilisation with corporate goals as to a much reduced carbon…

27th February 2024

LOW-EMISSION CAR CARRIERS FOR VW TRADE

27th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A gas engine developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries is central to the hybrid propulsion system fitted in a Japanese limestone carrier due to be delivered next month. The purely gas-fuelled, L30KG reciprocating…

23rd February 2024

GAS HYBRID POWER FOR JAPANESE COASTAL BULKER

23rd February 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Norwegian Car Carrier A/S (NOCC) has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with CIMC Raffles Shipyard for a pair of dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) newbuildings.

22nd February 2024

NOCC orders dual-fuel PCTC pair

22nd February 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Survival Technology solutions provider Survitec has announced that classification society DNV has awarded a Type Approval to its reconfigured and enhanced Dry Chemical Powder (DCP) fire extinguishing system.

12th February 2024

Type Approval For DCP System Upgrades

12th February 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

DNV has quantified the gains that owners of LNG carriers could expect to achieve using the new Dual Fuel, Electric+ (DFE+) solution developed by ABB and MAN Energy Solutions. Comprising MAN’s four-stroke 49/60DF…

6th February 2024

DNV study validates energy efficiency gains for DFE+ propulsion solution for LNGCs

6th February 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Deltamarin is teaming up with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) on the design of a new RoPax vessel.

31st January 2024

Deltamarin to design new E-Flexer RoPax

31st January 2024

LNG

LNG

The world’s first large scale renewables-based green LNG project is set to proceed following the expected appointment of Technip Energies as the EPC contractor in early 2024. The project is expected to create the…

30th January 2024

First renewable LNG bunker project set to proceed in Oman

30th January 2024

LNG

LNG

Thetius, the marine technology research consultancy, has launched a Maritime Alternative Fuels Barometer, measuring the gaps between the shipping industry’s perception of alternative marine fuels and the reality in terms of availability, supply,…

25th January 2024

Perception Study Unpicks Complexity Of Maritime Pathway To Net-Zero

25th January 2024

LNG

LNG

JOVO, a major China-based energy supplier, has signed two new Technical Services Agreements (TSA) with GTT, the liquefied gas containment systems specialist. 

25th January 2024

JOVO extends LNGC service agreements with GTT

25th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD is expecting to secure the majority of dual-fuel engine orders for LNG carriers being built in the second phase of QatarEnergy’s newbuilding project. With initial engine and technical specifications confirmed for…

23rd January 2024

WinGD expects to claim ‘majority’ of QatarEnergy phase two engine orders

23rd January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Chinese industry has reached another logistical milestone through the delivery of the first pure car/truck carrier(PCTC) built at a domestic yard specifically for the export of Chinese-made vehicles.

23rd January 2024

Fleet Build-Up For Chinese Car Exports

23rd January 2024

LNG

LNG

Nakilat has placed an order with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the construction of two 174,000 cbm LNG carriers and four 88,000cbm Very Large LPG/ Ammonia gas carriers on Tuesday, 9 January. The vessels are scheduled…

9th January 2024

Nakilat orders LNG and gas carrier series from Hyundai Samho

9th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that an order for MAN B&W ME-GA engines has been placed in connection with an order for a series of 4 × 174,000 cbm. LNG carriers placed by Nippon…

9th January 2024

MAN ME-GA engines specified for NYK LNGC newbuildings

9th January 2024