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Navig8 takes delivery of third MR newbuild vessel from New Times Shipbuilding
Navig8 announced the delivery of the Navig8 Excellence this week, the third of six newbuild MR vessels from New Times Shipbuilding Co. due for delivery this year. All six of the state-of-the-art MRs are installed with air lubrication systems and …
Sep 13, 2024 / Curious
QatarEnergy inaugurates the “Rex Tillerson”
QatarEnergy inaugurated the first conventional-size LNG vessel under its historic shipbuilding program. The “Rex Tillerson” was named after the former Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil as a tribute to his life-long accomplishments in the energy sector. …
Sep 10, 2024 / Vessels
DNV awards Hudong Zhonghua AiP/GASA certificates for four innovative designs
At today’s SMM trade fair in Hamburg, DNV awarded Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. with three Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates and a General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) certificate for the design of innovative vessels From …
Sep 4, 2024 / Curious
Navigator Gas Announces Order for Two New 48,500 Cubic Meter Capacity Liquefied Ethylene Gas Carriers
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (Navigator Gas) (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces that today, it entered into contracts to build two new 48,500 cubic meter capacity liquefied …
Aug 23, 2024 / Vessels
Naming Ceremony of U-Ming’s Two Bulk Carriers at New Dayang Shipyard
On August 13, New Dayang Shipbuilding (NDY), a subsidiary of SUMEC Marine, officially named two state-of-the-art 64,000 DWT bulk carriers, NDY1254 and NDY1255, for U-Ming Shipping, a subsidiary of the Far Eastern Group. The vessels, named Asian …
Aug 22, 2024 / Vessels
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers order Four 9,000-ton Liquid Cargo Vessels
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers‘s subsidiary, COSCO Shipping (Hong Kong) Investment Development Co., Ltd., will be investing in the construction of four 9,000-ton specialized liquid cargo vessels at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. This …
Aug 7, 2024 / Vessels
Crowley Accepts Delivery of Largest U.S.-Flagged Bunker Barge
Crowley has accepted delivery of the LNG bunker barge Progress, the largest U.S. Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind, after construction was completed at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The Progress will expand access to …
Aug 1, 2024 / Vessels
ADNOC L&S Joint Venture Awards $1.9 billion in Contracts for Very Large Ethane Carriers and Very Large Ammonia Carriers
ADNOC Logistics and Services plc (ADNOC L&S / the Company) (ADX symbol ADNOCLS / ISIN AEE01268A239), a global energy maritime logistics company, today announced that AW Shipping, its joint venture with Wanhua Chemical Group, has awarded …
Jul 23, 2024 / Curious
MOL Announces Delivery of Bulk Carrier Green Winds, 2nd Vessel Equipped with Wind Challenger Hard Sail Propulsion System
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on July 10, the Green Winds, a 63,896 DWT Ultramax bulk carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind power propulsion system (Note 1), was completed at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., …
Jul 10, 2024 / Vessels
Fratelli Cosulich Marine Energy Orders Two Chemical Bunkering Tankers
Fratelli Cosulich Group has placed an order for two 7,999 dwt IMO2 chemical bunkering tankers at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., with options to build two more units later on. The delivery of the first of these methanol-ready vessels …
Jul 9, 2024 / Vessels