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Performance Shipping Signs Shipbuilding Contracts For The Construction Of 2 Newbulding LNG-Ready Scrubber Fitted Tier III LR2 Tankers

Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, announced on Wednesday (Dec20) that, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, it has signed two shipbuilding contracts with …
Dec 21, 2023 / Curious

Two more ammonia-ready PCTC vessels for Grimaldi: 17 car carriers now under construction for the Group

The Grimaldi Group has further grown its order book with two more new Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels. Last January, the company signed an agreement with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company Limited (SWS) and China Shipbuilding …
May 31, 2023 / Curious

Double naming ceremony for Anglo American’s LNG-powered bulker pair

Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding hosted a naming ceremony for two 190,000-ton dual-fuel LNG bulk carriers intended for UK-based mining company Anglo American. The two bulkers were named Ubuntu Empathy and Ubuntu Humanity at an …
May 10, 2023 / Vessels

GTT Receives AiP From Bureau Veritas For the Design Of An LNG Dual-Fuel Very Large Crude Carrier

GTT has obtained, in Shanghai, an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for the design of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC). This approval is part of a Joint Development Project (JDP), started in May …
May 9, 2023 / Curious

Maran Dry’s first LNG-fueled Newcastlemaxes delivered with DNV Class

Maran Dry Management Inc. (MDM), the dry bulk shipping arm of the Angelicoussis Group, recently took delivery of two Newcastlemax bulk carriers, Ubuntu Unity on February 28th and Ubuntu Community on April 18th - both from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Ship …
Apr 25, 2023 / Vessels

Grimaldi Group Orders Five More Ammonia-ready Car Carriers

2023 opens with a new order for the Grimaldi fleet. The Neapolitan group has commissioned Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company Limited (SWS) and China Shipbuilding Trading Company Limited (CSTC), two subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding …
Jan 16, 2023 / Curious

SWS awarded by RINA First AiP of LNG/Hydrogen Fuelled VLCC

The innovative ship design and propulsion arrangement from the Chinese shipyard will reduce ship resistance by around 5-10% and exceed IMO 2050 targets RINA has announced the Approval in Principle (AiP) of the first very large crude carrier (VLCC) …
Dec 23, 2022 / Vessels

A 190K DWT dual fuel bulk carrier, Ubuntu Harmony, successfully delivered by SWS to UMING

A 190K DWT dual fuel bulk carrier named Ubuntu Harmony was successfully delivered by SWS to UMING through signing the delivery documents by mail on December 19th.  So far, SWS has once again achieved outstanding results on the basis of …
Dec 22, 2022 / Vessels

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding delivers Aframax dual-fuel tanker PROTEUS IWONA to owner

On the 27th Sep 2022, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (SWS) successfully delivered the second 109,000-dwt Aframax dual-fuel tanker "PROTEUS IWONA" to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.  This vessel is the first …
Oct 24, 2022 / Vessels

U-Ming takes onboard Jotun’s Hull Skating Solutions for bulker newbuild

U-Ming, SWS and Jotun have signed commercial agreement for the groundbreaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) for U-Ming’s 190,000 dwt dual fuel bulk carrier newbuilding project at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) in Shanghai, China. The …
Oct 11, 2021 / Vessels