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Belships ASA: Acquisition of three new Ultramax bulk carriers

Belships has entered into agreements for the acquisition of three new 64 000 Ultramax bulk carriers which are being constructed at Japanese shipyards. Delivery of each vessel is expected in Q4 2024,  Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.  The vessels are …
Feb 28, 2023 / Vessels

Imperial Petroleum Announces Agreement to Acquire Two Handysize Dry Bulk Carriers

Imperial Petroleum Inc. (Nasdaq: IMPP) announced on Friday (Feb 17) that it has entered into agreements to acquire two handysize drybulk carriers, built in Japan at Nakai Zosen in 2012 and at Shin Kurushima Onishi in 2013 respectively, with an …
Feb 21, 2023 / Vessels

Seacon's first ship of the Year of the rabbit was named and delivered

On Feb 1, first of four 85,000 DWT bulk carriers built by China Shipbuilding Trading and CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited for Seacon Shipping Group Holding Limited were named and delivered in Nansha, Guangzhou.  The ship was …
Feb 3, 2023 / Vessels

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fuelled engines

WinGD and CMB.TECH bring combined expertise to zero-carbon fuel technology in groundbreaking collaboration for fleet of ammonia fuelled bulk carriers.  Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have …
Jan 31, 2023 / Vessels

HSHI’s Bulk Carriers Selected as World Class Products of Korea

On the November 15th, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries announced that their 180,000-dwt (Dead Weight Tonnage) LNG dual-fuel propulsion Bulk Carriers were awarded a new certificate at the ‘World Class Product Show’ held at Kotech (the Korea Technology …
Dec 22, 2022 / Curious

Viridis Bulk Carriers Signs Another Charterer - Steam Shipping AS

Ammonia-powered Viridis Bulk Carriers have signed another MoU with a large client, Stema Shipping, to join the Flexbulk – NH3 power consortium project. Stema is joining the other 7 cargo owners Elkem, Vestkorn, Yara, BioMar, Franzefoss Minerals, …
Nov 14, 2022 / Vessels

Successful Launching of 2 X 210 000 DWT Bulk Carriers at New Times Shipyard

On November 5, 2022, the launching ceremony of two units of 210,000 DWT Bulk Carriers bearing builder's hull nos.0120833 and 0120834 has been carried out successfully by New Times Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.  Shipyard’s  Chairman Mr. Yuan …
Nov 8, 2022 / Vessels

Yangzi-Mitsui received orders for four 66,000-dwt bulk carriers

The joint venture shipyard Yangzi-Mitsui has been established for less than 3 years and has delivered nearly 30 ships in total, with more than 39 orders in hand. The cooperation between Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, the largest private shipping …
Sep 20, 2022 / Curious

SAFEEN Feeders Buys Two Bulk Carriers

SAFEEN Feeders, part of UAE-based AD Ports Group’s Maritime Cluster, has acquired two Supramax bulk carriers Al Saad and Aleena-1.Built in 2010, the Al Saad has 57,124 deadweight tonnage with an overall length of 200 metres and a draft of 12.5 …
Jun 28, 2022 / Vessels

Torvald Klaveness delivers on first year of Sea Cargo Charter reporting

Torvald Klaveness, founding signatory of the Sea Cargo Charter initiative, today joins some of the world’s leading industrial companies and shipowners in delivering on our commitment to measure and publicly disclose emissions data from our shipping …
Jun 16, 2022 / Vessels