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Höegh Autoliners use option to add four more Aurora class RoRo vessels
Transportation services provided Höegh Autoliners has exercised the option to construct additional four new multi-fuel and net zero carbon ready Aurora class RoRo vessels. The company said it will have the option to convert one or more of these …
Jul 18, 2023 / Curious
SeaRoad announces newbuild name at keel-laying ceremony
Tasmanian shipping and logistics company SeaRoad has revealed that the name of its new roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) vessel, currently under construction in Germany, will be SeaRoad I. The announcement coincided with the traditional keel-laying ceremony …
Mar 1, 2023 / Vessels
MOL Decides to Merge Two Group Companies for Ferry and Coastal RORO Vessel Business
Japan's Largest Ferry and Coastal RORO Vessel Company Launch TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced its decision to integrate two wholly owned ferry and coastal RORO vessel operating companies, MOL Ferry Co., Ltd. (MOL Ferry) and Ferry …
Feb 13, 2023 / Curious
MOVE Logistics Group Plans Methanol-fueled RoRo Vessel
MOVE Logistics Group (MOVE) is going full steam ahead on green coastal shipping solutions with procurement approved and underway for a new methanol-capable vessel. Earlier this year, MOVE successfully secured $10 million in co-investment funds from …
Sep 15, 2022 / Vessels
Aurelia’s 100% hydrogen powered design awarded RINA approval
The new design concept is a RORO vessel for transporting ro-ro cargo, with electric propulsion using highly compressed H2 as fuel Aurelia Green Ship Concept Design has unveiled a new design with 100% hydrogen propulsion, which challenges the future …
Sep 14, 2022 / Curious
Wärtsilä and CLdN cooperate in building of innovative hybrid RoRo vessels
The technology group Wärtsilä and logistics provider CLdN have jointly developed an innovative hybrid design for two new RoRo vessels. The propulsion arrangement is such that the ships can operate as gas/diesel-mechanical vessel now, or in the future …
Sep 8, 2022 / Curious
KNUD E. HANSEN joins the project to design the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel
On June 21st 2022 Wallenius Marine and KNUD E. HANSEN signed an agreement that KNUD E. HANSEN will join the project of designing the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel, as Naval Architects.The vessel will:use wind as the main form of …
Jun 28, 2022 / Vessels
The first hybrid ro-ro vessel delivered to Finnlines
The first vessel of Finnlines’ EUR 500 million Newbuilding Programme, the hybrid ro-ro vessel Finneco I, was delivered on 28 April 2022. Caption: MS Finneco I is part of Finnlines’ EUR 500 million Newbuilding Programme, which consists of three …
Apr 29, 2022 / Vessels
APM Terminals Itajaí resumes Ro-Ro operations with BMW Group Brazil
With the docking of the Florida Highway ship, owned by K-Line, on 15 March 2022, roll-on roll-off (RoRo) operations returned to APM Terminals Itajaí. More than 460 premium segment vehicles from BMW Group Brazi were unloaded. This is the first time …
Mar 17, 2022 / Vessels
ABS Updates Rules on RoRo Vessels in Response to Fires
In the wake of recent incidents of fire on RoRo vessels carrying vehicles, ABS has responded to industry concerns with an update to its Rules addressing electric vehicles on board.The culmination of more than a year of work with leading industry …
Mar 14, 2022 / Vessels