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The first hybrid electric vessel built in South America will use a Corvus battery system

Corvus Energy to supply the battery energy storage system onboard the Magellan Discoverer— the first hybrid diesel-electric vessel to be constructed in South America. Photo caption: The Magellan Discoverer has a unique design especially made for …
Mar 18, 2024 / Vessels

NYK and Astomos Energy Christen New Dual-Fuel LPG Carrier

First new joint ownership with Astomos Energy in 21 Years On March 1, a naming ceremony was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for the first new LPG carrier jointly owned by NYK and Astomos Energy Corporation (Astomos Energy) …
Mar 15, 2024 / Vessels

LNG-fueled Car Carrier CERULEAN ACE Delivered

MOL Moves Steadily toward Goal of 90 LNG/Methanol-fueled Vessels by 2030 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on March 13, the LNG-fueled car carrier CERULEAN ACE (Note 1), was delivered at the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima …
Mar 15, 2024 / Vessels

Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to support optimised low-emission operations for two P&O Ferries vessels

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Lifecycle Agreement with UK-based P&O Ferries. The five-year agreement covers two vessels, the M/V Pioneer and the M/V Liberté, and is designed to optimise and ensure minimal impact on their operations, …
Mar 14, 2024 / Vessels

DOF Wins New EPRD Contract Award at the Knarr and Gaupe Fields in the North Sea

DOF has been awarded a Substantial Subsea Engineering Procurement Removal and Disposal (EPRD) Contract from A/S Norske Shell in the Atlantic region, with more than 100 combined days utilisation of the vessels Skandi Hera and Maersk Installer.  …
Mar 12, 2024 / Vessels

World 1st 'Long-Range and Real-Time Wind Condition Measurement Device' Installation at RORO vessel

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Metro Weather Co., Ltd. has announced the start of a demonstration experiment on the route between Tokyo and Fukuoka using Metro Weather's Doppler LiDAR (Note 1), a long-range wind condition measurement device …
Mar 12, 2024 / Vessels

CLdN Launches New Services Between Rotterdam And Ireland And Expands Capacity Between Rotterdam And The UK

CLdN has announced the launch of new services between Rotterdam and Ireland.  CLdN has chartered two 962 TEU lift-on / lift-off (LoLo) cargo vessels (M/V Pavo J and M/V Andromeda J) that will ship container cargo between the recently acquired …
Mar 11, 2024 / Vessels

Misje Rederi takes delivery of eco-friendly hybrid bulker from Colombo Dockyard

Norwegian shipowner Misje Rederi has welcomed the fourth eco-friendly hybrid bulk carrier Misje Flora from Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard. As informed, the company took delivery of the 5,000 dwt newbuild vessel on March 5. The ship was launched in …
Mar 7, 2024 / Vessels

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

First-ever fixed suction sails for ro-ro segment as bound4blue completes eSAILs® installation on Airbus-chartered LDA vessel

Following installation of eSAIL® foundations in Poland in November 2023, the 5,200-dwt Ville de Bordeaux (built 2004) has emerged from a short stopover in a shipyard in Vigo, Spain with its three brand-new, 22-metre-high eSAILs® in place. The …
Mar 6, 2024 / Vessels