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Fratelli Cosulich holds steel‑cutting ceremony for Lucia Cosulich chemical tanker

The steel cutting ceremony of chemical tanker Lucia Cosulich took place on 9th July 2025 at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard, China, with Silvia Bordoni, General Manager of Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (S) Pte Ltd, in attendance. Lucia Cosulich, a …
Jul 11, 2025 / Vessels

Berlin Mаеrsk - New Maersk vessel class to enter service

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has named the first vessel in a series of 17,480 TEU vessels equipped with dual-fuel methanol propulsion. The naming event took place on 18 June at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) yard in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel, …
Jun 26, 2025 / Vessels

DHT Holdings Announces Agreement To Acquire a 2018-built VLCC

DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) (DHT) has entered into an agreement to acquire a VLCC built in 2018 at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for $107 million. The vessel is scheduled to deliver towards the end of the third quarter of 2025.  The …
Jun 23, 2025 / Vessels

Bureau Veritas strengthens support for wind propulsion with Union Maritime’s Methanol-ready tankers

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable shipping by classing a series of methanol-ready oil and chemical tankers for Union Maritime, which are currently being equipped with wind propulsion systems, …
Apr 25, 2025 / Curious

Shanghai International Port Group subsidiary orders 20,000 cbm LNG bunker ship

SIPG Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), has awarded a contract to Jiangnan Shipbuilding for the construction of a new LNG bunkering vessel.   The vessel will be equipped with three IMO type C LNG …
Apr 24, 2025 / Curious

Viking Announces Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship

Set to Debut in September 2025, the New Viking Amun Will be Viking’s Seventh Ship on the Nile River Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) announced on Apr17 its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Amun—was “floated out,” marking a major …
Apr 22, 2025 / Vessels

Solvang begins construction of first two VLGCs at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries

April 14 2025 was a memorable day in Solvang's history, as the steel was cut for the two first hulls in the Panamax VLGC newbuilding series planned for delivery in 2026 and 2027. The steel cutting took place at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan …
Apr 18, 2025 / Vessels

UK-US Collaboration for Zero Emissions at Port with First-Ever Integrated Solution

Startups STAX Engineering and Seabound completed a successful demonstration, proving viable comprehensive emissions and carbon capture for the global maritime industry STAX Engineering, a pioneer in maritime emissions capture and control based in …
Apr 18, 2025 / Curious

Port of Rotterdam takes important step in making shipping more sustainable: pilot prepares port for safe bunkering of ammonia

Trammo, OCI and James Fisher Fendercare successfully conducted an ammonia bunkering pilot between two vessels at a terminal in the port of Rotterdam on 12 April, 2025. This marks an important step in preparing the port for vessels bunkering clean …
Apr 15, 2025 / Curious

bound4blue breaks records with installation of largest ever eSAIL® suction sails on Louis Dreyfus Company’s chartered juice carrier

bound4blue is announcing the completion of the installation of the world’s largest suction sails, with four 26-meter high eSAILs® fitted to the MV Atlantic Orchard. Chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and owned by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden (Wisby …
Apr 14, 2025 / Vessels