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Wah Kwong Maritime and CIMC ENRIC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Green Methanol Bunkering​

Hong Kong-based ​Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited has entered a strategic collaboration with ​CIMC Enric Holdings Limited​ (3899.HK), a global leader in clean energy equipment and integrated services, to drive green methanol …
Mar 4, 2025 / Curious

Van Oord celebrates delivery of offshore installation vessel Boreas

The brand new offshore installation vessel Boreas has successfully been handed over to Van Oord during a festive ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. After an intensive construction period, colleagues, partners and …
Jan 8, 2025 / Vessels

UECC expands eco-friendly fleet with dual-fuel LNG newbuild Blue Aspire for key European route

United European Car Carriers (UECC) is further expanding its fleet of eco-friendly car carriers with the addition of the dual-fuel LNG newbuild Blue Aspire that is set to boost vessel capacity on its key European North-South trading network from …
Dec 16, 2024 / Curious

CIMC SOE delivered second 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessel to Seaspan Energy

On October 23rd, the second 7,600 cubic meter LNG bunkering vessel (S1062) built by Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd., (CIMC SOE) for Seaspan Energy of Canada was successfully named and delivered. The naming and delivery …
Oct 31, 2024 / Vessels

CIMC SOE held a keel-laying ceremony for the 1450TEU container vessel

On the morning of October 18, Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd. (CIMC SOE), held the keel-laying ceremony for the first-of-class 1450TEU dual-fuel container vessel (S1073) on the company's West Area Shipway No.1, marking …
Oct 31, 2024 / Vessels

Golar Issues Notice to Proceed to CIMC Raffles and Black & Veatch on Golar MK II FLNG Project

The FLNG vessel marks the 3rd for Golar’s fleet, the first FLNG constructed by CIMC, and the 6th FLNG project to utilize Black & Veatch’s PRICO® Liquefaction Technology Global floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) infrastructure solutions leader …
Oct 1, 2024 / Curious

Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas successfully launched

Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel Boreas was successfully launched at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The Boreas’ dual fuel engine set is able to run on methanol and is purpose-built for the transport and …
May 14, 2024 / Vessels

Dual-Fuel Methanol Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel from Yantai Receives ABS Approval

ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. for its design of a dual-fuel methanol, heavy-duty, offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The WTIV is capable of transporting and installing the largest wind …
Feb 21, 2024 / Vessels

Smyril Line has signed contracts for two modern and environmentally friendly RoRo cargo ships

Smyril Line has announced that a contract has been made with the CIMC Raffles shipyard in China to build two new cargo ships for the company. These are two identical RoRo ships, measuring 190 meters in length and having 3,300 lane meters for …
Feb 8, 2024 / Curious

CIMC Raffles picks TMC for Havfram Wind’s WTIVs

CIMC Raffles has chosen TMC Compressors to supply a complete marine compressed air system to the two Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) Havfram Wind has ordered from the Chinese shipbuilder. Havfram Wind is an offshore wind company focused on …
Jan 17, 2024 / Curious