Repair & Conversion – Page 13
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NewsNew Reefer Boxship Class For Seatrade
A new generation of refrigerated containerships is set to make its debut with specialist operator Seatrade towards the end of 2023.
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NewsMethanol-Ready Baltic Icebreakers
Sweden is preparing to order a new generation of icebreakers readied for future adoption of methanol fuel.
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NewsCSL and Algoma place joint 4+2 order for methanol-fuelled bulkers
Canadian operators Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) and CSL have placed an order with Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (YAMIC) to construct four new methanol-ready ocean-going self-dischargers.
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NewsP&O Maritime Logistics to convert MCV to MeOH-fuelled hybrid Cable Layer
P&O Maritime Logistics has announced plans to convert one of its Modular Carrier Vessels (MCVs) into a Cable-Laying Vessel (CLV). The conversion will see the MCV equipped with an energy storage supply (ESS) and the conversion of its engines to allow them to operate on methanol fuel.
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NewsHanwha Group to acquire HSD Engine
Hanwha Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 33% stake in HSD Engine, the Korean engine builder, and intends to acquire the engine builder in the third quarter of 2023.
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NewsJapan’s Steel Industry Backs Coastal Mode
Japan’s coastwise trading fleet has been augmented by a dedicated ro-ro steel carrier, the 115m JFE Hakuryu. Commissioned by Senba Kaiun of Tokushima, the 5,040dwt newbuild will serve one of the country’s premier steelmakers, JFE, transporting products from the group’s mills to volume customers.
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NewsHMM places order 9 methanol-fuelled 9,000 teu newbuildings
HMM has placed an order with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for 7 x 9,000 teu container vessel newbuildings, and an order with HJ Shipbuilding and Construction (HJSC) for 2 x 9,000 teu vessels. Both orders specify dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol for the newbuildings.
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NewsTsuneishi inks methanol-fuelled bulker contract
Mitsui E&S Machinery has been awarded the contract to supply a dual-fuel engine capable of operating on methanol for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier slated for construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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NewsFincantieri inks cooperation deal with Greek yard
Fincantieri and a consortium of Italian suppliers are extending their industrial cooperation with the Onex Elefsis Shipyards in Greece in the context of an Italian-led bid for a naval programme of Greek corvettes. The agreement envisages future collaboration in commercial shipbuilding as well as the expansion of naval supply relationships.
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NewsAgile Capacity For Offshore Lifts
Dutch heavy-lift fleet capacity and trading versatility has been strengthened by the delivery to Amsterdam-based Spliethoff of the Chinese-built Brouwersgracht.
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NewsWärtsilä to supply propulsion solutions for innovative fast ferry
Wärtsilä has announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply dual-fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new High-Speed Ro-Pax ferry. The ship, TBN Margarita Salas, is being built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària.
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NewsMalaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence
A further stage in the expansion of the Malaysian-owned LNG carrier fleet has been signalled by the construction in South Korea of the 174,000m3-capacity sisters Seri Damai and Seri Daya.
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NewsHigh-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard
Italy’s shipbuilding industry has again shown its mettle in luxury passenger vessel construction by landing a yacht-type cruise vessel order from a joint venture market entrant.
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NewsDetermined Japanese Plan For Long-Term
While the merchant vessel order intake by Japanese yards for 2021 was, at around 16.3m dwt, on a par with that of the preceding year, the indications at this early stage of 2023 are that 2022 brought a pronounced decline in new contract volume, aggravated by a much reduced flow of new bulker contracts.
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NewsDiesel-Electric Flotilla Booked In Turkey
Dutch short-sea specialist Longship has ordered a series of ultra-efficient, diesel-electric cargo vessels from a Turkish yard.
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NewsNYK to build ammonia-ready LPG dual-fuel VLGC
NYK has ordered a fifth liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG / liquefied ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).
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NewsMOL receives AiP for NH3-fuelled Newcastlemax design
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsui & Co. have received an approval in principle (AiP) from ClassNK for a 210,000 dwt bulk carrier design capable of being operated on ammonia as a fuel.
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NewsFirst of series of 12 dual-fuel bulkers completes sea trials
Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping has announced that Mount Norefjell, the first of a series of 12 dual-fuel Newcastlemax bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China has successfully completed its sea trials.
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NewsSteel cut on first Ulstein Twin X-Stern design CSOV
A steel cutting ceremony held on 18 January marked the beginning of construction of the first of two DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine at Tersan Shipyard.
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NewsFincantieri Bay Lands US SOV Order
CREST Wind, a joint venture between US ship operator Crowley and ESVAGT, has awarded a contract for a 88-metre long offshore wind services operation vessel (SOV) to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. The contract represents the first order for an SOV for the Wisconsin shipyard.
