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ESL Shipping to sell its Supramax vessels

ESL Shipping has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its two Supramax class vessels Arkadia and Kumpula to companies belonging to HGF Denizcilik Limited Sirket group, a Turkish shipping and logistics company. The sale of the vessels is part …
Mar 19, 2024 / Curious

Hanwha Ocean and Bureau Veritas Partnership Advances Safety and Performance in New Standard 270K LNG Carrier Design Development

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has announced the successful conclusion of a Joint Development Project (JDP) with Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Ocean) for the development of a 270K LNG Carrier. Hanwha …
Mar 18, 2024 / Curious

GEFO chemical tanker Tosca is a certified industry pioneer

GEFO’s LNG dual fuel tanker Tosca is the first chemical tanker in the maritime industry to be awarded the Green Award CO2 label, setting a new benchmark for environmental performance and responsibility. The certification underlines GEFO’s commitment …
Mar 18, 2024 / Curious

Storylines and Brodosplit Shipyard Renew Ship Building Contract to Construct Private Residence Ship

Storylines, a pioneering force in the residential ship industry, has renewed a shipbuilding contract with Brodosplit shipyard based in Split, Croatia, to construct the world's first environmentally sustainable private residence ship. The signing of …
Mar 18, 2024 / Cruise

The first hybrid electric vessel built in South America will use a Corvus battery system

Corvus Energy to supply the battery energy storage system onboard the Magellan Discoverer— the first hybrid diesel-electric vessel to be constructed in South America. Photo caption: The Magellan Discoverer has a unique design especially made for …
Mar 18, 2024 / Vessels

Maersk Supply Service partners with Edison Chouest Offshore in the US for the construction and operation of a Jones Act-compliant windfarm feeder

Maersk Supply Service to partner with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) for the construction and operation of a windfarm feeder concept specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation Wind Installation Vessel. Based on innovative …
Mar 18, 2024 / Curious

NYK and Astomos Energy Christen New Dual-Fuel LPG Carrier

First new joint ownership with Astomos Energy in 21 Years On March 1, a naming ceremony was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for the first new LPG carrier jointly owned by NYK and Astomos Energy Corporation (Astomos Energy) …
Mar 15, 2024 / Vessels

LNG-fueled Car Carrier CERULEAN ACE Delivered

MOL Moves Steadily toward Goal of 90 LNG/Methanol-fueled Vessels by 2030 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on March 13, the LNG-fueled car carrier CERULEAN ACE (Note 1), was delivered at the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima …
Mar 15, 2024 / Vessels

PaxOcean Group successfully delivers Compact Semi-Submersible Vessel FATEH to the Adinin Group of Companies

PaxOcean Group (PaxOcean), a trusted leader in shipbuilding, proudly announces the successful delivery of FATEH to the Automac Multiresources Sdn Bhd., a member of the Adinin Group of Companies. This achievement underscores PaxOcean’s unwavering …
Mar 14, 2024 / Curious

Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to support optimised low-emission operations for two P&O Ferries vessels

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Lifecycle Agreement with UK-based P&O Ferries. The five-year agreement covers two vessels, the M/V Pioneer and the M/V Liberté, and is designed to optimise and ensure minimal impact on their operations, …
Mar 14, 2024 / Vessels