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ClassNK certifies the world’s first onboard CCS installation on EVERGREEN’s Neopanamax container vessel
ClassNK has granted its “SCCS-Full”*1 class notation to “EVER TOP”, a Neopanamax container vessel owned by EVERGREEN. The notation signifies that the vessel is now equipped with an onboard CO2 capture and storage (CCS) systems, marking it as the …
Mar 22, 2024 / Vessels
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement provides operational support and cost savings for Korean container vessels
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Lifecycle Agreement with Korea Maritime Transport Co (KMTC). The agreement covers two post-Panamax container vessels, each powered by Wärtsilä 12RT-flex96C-B two-stroke main engines, and became …
Mar 19, 2024 / Curious
Safe Bulkers Announces the Sale of Two Dry-bulk Vessels
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the Company) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into two separate agreements, for the sale of MV Panayiota K, a 2010-built Post-Panamax class …
Mar 7, 2024 / Vessels
Safe Bulkers Announces Sale of One Panamax Class Dry-bulk Vessel
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of MV Maritsa, a 2005 Japanese-built, Panamax class, dry-bulk vessel, the oldest …
Feb 13, 2024 / Vessels
Hafnia and Mercuria Join Forces in the Panamax Tanker Segment
Tanker company Hafnia (Hafnia Pools Pte. Ltd.) and energy and commodity trading group Mercuria (Mercuria Shipping Sarl) introduce a new “Hafnia Panamax Pool” to commercially operate Panamax Tankers together from their respective US, Europe, and Far …
Jan 29, 2024 / Curious
K Line Announces Conclusion of Contract for Construction of Three Next-Generation, Environmentally Friendly Post-Panamax Bulkers
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and NIHON SHIPYARD CO., LTD. (NSY) have entered into a contract for the construction of three post-Panamax bulkers which NSY had newly developed and designed as next-generation, environmentally friendly …
Jan 19, 2024 / Curious
Safe Bulkers Announces Sale of a 2004-built Panamax Class Dry-bulk Vessel
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the Company) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of MV Katerina, a 2004 Japanese built, Panamax class, dry-bulk vessel …
Nov 15, 2023 / Vessels
Crowley Moves to Launch First-Ever LNG Bunkering at Panama Canal’s Pacific Side
Global shipping and sustainable energy logistics leader Crowley is proceeding with plans to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, under the first permit issued by the Panama Maritime Authority …
Oct 25, 2023 / Curious
World's First LNG-fueled Panamax Commences Operation
The world's first LNG-fueled Panamax-class*1 coal carrier, which was being built by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden), was delivered on October 2. The vessel was named Shoyo *2 in a naming ceremony held …
Oct 13, 2023 / Vessels
Panama Canal to limit transit to 32 total ships daily effective July 30
In light of the prolonged effects of the dry season and in compliance with its responsibility to provide reliable and sustainable service, the Panama Canal has notified its customers that, effective immediately, it will maintain a draft of 44 feet or …
Jul 31, 2023 / Curious