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KR, SHI and KLCSM Collaborate on Commercialization of Autonomous Navigation Systems

Korean Register (KR), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and KLCSM are joining forces to speed up the development of autonomous ships.Autonomous ships are the next generation of high-value ships that are operated by intellectualized and autonomous system …
Jul 12, 2022 / Vessels

ONE announces signing of Ship Building Contracts for Ten Very Large Container Ships

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. has signed ship building contracts with both Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. to construct 5 vessels each, adding a total of ten modern Very Large Container Ships (VLCS) to ONE’s …
May 31, 2022 / Vessels

ME-GI to Power Ultra-Large Hapag-Lloyd Containerships

Six individual, dual-fuel main-engines bound for series of vesselsMAN Energy Solutions has won an order for 6 × MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 main engines in connection with the building of 6 × ultra-large, 23,500+-teu container vessels for …
Jan 28, 2021 / Curious

ONE announces Letter of Intent for long-term charter of world's largest Ultra Large Container Ships

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. for the 15-year long-term charter of six new Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS) with capacity greater than 24,000 TEU each, the world's largest class …
Dec 26, 2020 / Vessels

HHI Group Completes World’s First LNG-fueled VLCS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group became the world’s first shipyard to construct an LNG-fueled very large container ship (VLCS), taking the lead in building eco-friendly vessels.HHI Group announced today that Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), …
Aug 24, 2020 / Vessels

WinGD wins type approval for biggest and most powerful ever dual-fuel engines

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has received type approval for the biggest and most powerful LNG-fuelled engines ever built. Class society Bureau Veritas awarded the approval for WinGD’s dual-fuelled 12X92DF engines, the first series of which is …
May 28, 2020 / Curious

Marine SOx Scrubber System "DIA-SOx®" Retrofitted Onboard Ultra-Large Container Ships Approved by the Flag States

"DIA-SOx®" R series retrofitted on 2 ultra-large container ships and got excellent sea trial resultsMulti-stream configuration treats simultaneously exhaust gas from multiple engines with 1 towerDIA-SOx R series, the marine SOx scrubbers produced by …
Feb 5, 2020 / Curious

ABS and DSME Sign Digitalization and Decarbonization JDP Agreement

ABS and DSME Explore Next Generation VLCC and ULCS ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) have signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement to explore decarbonization and digitalization strategies for Very Large …
Dec 10, 2019 / Vessels

DNV GL awards Hudong-Zhonghua AiP certificate for gas-fueled 25000 TEU containership design

At the Marintec China trade fair in Shanghai, DNV GL awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to Hudong-Zhonghua for its new gas-fueled 25000TEU Ultra Large Container vessel (ULCS) design at the CSSC booth yesterday. The AiP is for a design …
Dec 6, 2019 / Curious

LR collaborates with DSIC and Man Energy Solutions for first ammonia-fuelled ULCS in China

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC), and MAN Energy Solutions for an ammonia-fuelled 23,000 TEU Ultra-Large Container Ship (ULCS) concept design, the first ammonia as fuel design of its …
Dec 4, 2019 / Curious