Ships & Yards

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Global energy and commodity group, Mercuria and maritime innovator, ETA Shipping have joined forces on the construction of six state-of-the-art vessels designed with maximum efficiency in mind.

14th August 2023

New efficient vessel design for short sea shipping

14th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. announced that the first steel was cut on the first of a pair of newbuildings for the Canadian Coastguard as part of Canada’s Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) programme on 8…

11th August 2023

Steel Cut On First Canadian Coastguard Newbuilding

11th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Singaporean shipyard Penguin Shipyard International delivered three new Incat Crowther-designed fast ferries at the end of July. The vessels, named WattnExpress, Inselexpress I and Watt Sprinter, will serve three busy routes between the North Frisian Islands and Neuharlingersiel, on Germany’s…

11th August 2023

German passenger ferries delivery

11th August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HD KSOE) received an order in July 2023 for two 22,000cbm liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers from a Greek ship owner.

10th August 2023

First 22,000cbm LCO2 carrier order

10th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has placed an order with Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard in China for 10 x 10,300 teu container vessel newbuildings, according to Chinese language social media posts by the shipyard. The…

10th August 2023

MSC places 10 x 10,300 teu order with Zhoushan Changhong

10th August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Group has won a deal to supply UK Dredging with a Shoalbuster 2711 water injection dredger (WID).

9th August 2023

Damen to supply WID for UK Dredging

9th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a seminal development for China’s expansive inland shipping sector, a battery-electric container vessel is set to be commissioned during the autumn on the Yangtze River. The 700TEU newbuild was launched on…

7th August 2023

All-Electric Boxship For Yangtze Route

7th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Tailored to China’s domestic and feeder trade between inland and coastal ports, a new generation of container ships in the 1,000 TEU category has been ordered from Taizhou Jianxing Heavy Industry.

7th August 2023

Chinese Investment In Open-Top Feeders

7th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

German short-sea specialist Vega Reederei has placed an order for a series of ten diesel-electric multi-purpose cargo vessels.. The vessels will be built by Sinomach Group to a design developed by Conoship International of…

3rd August 2023

German Short-Sea Investment

3rd August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards and Turkey’s Feyz Group have inked a deal for the delivery of three new Damen Combi Freighters 3850 for delivery in early 2025.

3rd August 2023

Damen in Turkish combi freighter deal

3rd August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Testament to the reach and resolve of the Japanese shipping industry, the essential trading tool of the world’s third largest economy, the NYK Group has taken delivery of the initial vessels in…

2nd August 2023

New Chapter In Vehicle Carrier Evolution

2nd August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Giving first form to an extensive new series of Chinese-built, versatile singledeckers for intra-European trade, the 5,200dwt Sommen (ex-JSP Lojt) has cut her teeth on the near-sea traffic lifting cargoes between the northwest Continent and…

1st August 2023

Chinese Serial Production Of Dutch Design

1st August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A newly-established European venture plans to order a series of con-ro type vessels developed to bring efficiencies in refrigerated cargo transportation. Under the aegis of D4R2 Shipping, the flotilla is targeted at…

1st August 2023

Ro-Ro Mode For Banana Trade

1st August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HAV Design has been chosen to develop another methanol hybrid offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) for Esvagt.

17th July 2023

11th SOV from HAV Design for Esvagt

17th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Maersk has taken delivery of the company’s first container vessel capable of operating on methanol. The 2,100 teu vessel, which has yet to be named, was handed over by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and…

13th July 2023

Maersk takes delivery of first methanol-fuelled boxship

13th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Evergreen Shipping’s subsidiary Evergreen Marine (Asia) has placed an order with Samsung Heavy Industries for 16 x 16,000 teu container vessel newbuildings, and a separate order for 8 x 16,000 teu with Japan’s…

12th July 2023

SHI lands 16 x MeOH-fuelled 16,000 teu order from Evergreen

12th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Marseilles-based Compagnie du Ponant, operator of expedition-type small cruise ships, plans to order a newbuild melding a raft of advanced and groundbreaking technologies focused on decarbonisation.

10th July 2023

Cruise Line Fosters Zero-Carbon Approach

10th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Canadian operator Algoma Central Corporation has specified methanol-ready main engine power for two product tankers ordered in South Korea. The 37,000dwt ice-class newbuilds have been fixed on long-term charter to Irving Oil,…

30th June 2023

New Breed For Canadian Product Flows

30th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

The second LNG bunker vessel newbuilding for Fratelli Cosulich s.r.l. was launched at Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) in late June. The Paolina Cosulich will expand the range of LNG bunkering solutions in the…

29th June 2023

Second Fratelli Cosulich LNG bunker vessel launched

29th June 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from ABS for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO₂) carrier and for a 96,000 cbm floating storage and…

29th June 2023

ABS AiP granted for large LCO2 carrier design

29th June 2023