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Glencar appointed to construct new manufacturing HQ in Birkenhead Docks redevelopment
Peel Ports Group has awarded the construction contract for a new warehouse at Birkenhead Docks as part of an ongoing collaboration with the wood-based panels specialist Finsa UK. Construction of the 340,000 square foot quayside facility at the UK’s …
Feb 24, 2025 / Curious
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and partners conduct field trial of the “InfraLaser” rust and coating removal system on an actual vessel
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Furukawa Electric), TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk) conducted a successful field trial of the “InfraLaser” system on the outer …
Feb 17, 2025 / Curious
Seaspan Launches Fourth Ship Under the NSS, the Canadian Coast Guard’s State-of-the-Art Science Vessel
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) launched the Canadian Coast Guard’s flagship science vessel, CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, Canada’s newest and most modern research vessel. The fourth ship designed, built and launched by Seaspan under the National …
Aug 21, 2024 / Vessels
Altera Infrastructure’s FPSO Petrojarl Kong and FSO Yamoussoukro are ready to leave for Côte d'Ivoire for phase 2 of Eni’s Baleine development project
Today, Altera Infrastructure celebrated the naming of its Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, FPSO Petrojarl Kong and its Floating Storage and Offloading vessel, FSO Yamoussoukro. The vessels are now in their final stages of upgrading …
Jul 25, 2024 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Receives Orders for Japan's First Methanol-Fueled RORO Cargo Ships
Ships for Toyofuji Shipping and Fukuju Shipping, Scheduled for Completion and Handover by the End of Fiscal 2027 Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received orders from Toyofuji Shipping Co., …
Jun 19, 2024 / Curious
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to ensure operational reliability for two Japanese ferries
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed two Lifecycle Agreements covering two ferries owned by Japanese operator Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd (SNF). The vessels are each powered by four Wärtsilä 31 engines. The agreements are designed to provide optimal …
May 29, 2024 / Curious
Fukujin Kisen selects Marlink to equip its owned fleet with smart hybrid network
Marlink, the smart network and digital solutions company, has won the contract to deploy its smart hybrid network solutions on the owned fleet of leading Japanese shipowner Fukujin Kisen Co Ltd. Marlink already provides communications solutions to …
Feb 1, 2024 / Curious
Jinling Shipyard signed a batch order for 4+4+4 methanol dual-fuel 9300 CEU PCTCs
On October 24, China Merchants Industry Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) and Eukor, a company controlled by Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA, signed a shipbuilding contract for 4+4+4 methanol dual-fuel 9300 CEU PCTCs in Hong Kong. The 9300PCTC series signed this …
Oct 27, 2023 / Curious
Eneti Signs Installation Contract for Newbuild WTIV
Eneti Inc. (NYSE:NETI) announced today that Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and a leading provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client to …
Oct 25, 2023 / Curious
ORLEN to expand its presence in global liquefied natural gas market with two new LNG carriers
Saint Barbara and Ignacy Łukasiewicz are the new additions soon to join the ORLEN Group’s fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels. The ship naming ceremony took place at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries shipyard in Mokpo, South Korea. Slated …
Oct 20, 2023 / Vessels