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LR to class Torghatten Nord’s hydrogen-powered ferry duo for Arctic sailings
The two H2-powered vessels will be built in Norway and will operate in the country’s most challenging Arctic waters. Two hydrogen-powered passenger ferries ordered by Norwegian transport company Torghatten Nord are set for Lloyd’s Register (LR) class …
Apr 26, 2024 / Curious
MOL Becomes First Japanese Operator to Commercially Install Onboard CO2 Capture System
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Monday (Apr22) announced that it has decided to equip its LR1 product tanker Nexus Victoria (75,000 DWT class) with the "Filtree System," an onboard CO2 capture system with a SOx scrubber manufactured by Value …
Apr 24, 2024 / Curious
Opsealog and Jackson Offshore Renew Contract for Fleet Digitalization
Opsealog, a provider of data integration and analysis services for the maritime and offshore industry, announced today the extension of its partnership contract with Jackson Offshore Operators (JOO), a shipowner operating in the offshore sector in …
Apr 23, 2024 / Curious
Navigator Gas Announces Successful First Ship-to-Ship Transfer of Ammonia
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (Navigator Gas) (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces that on April 3, 2024, it successfully performed its first ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia. …
Apr 10, 2024 / Curious
Smart solutions onboard: Alewijnse increasing safety and efficiency for Jumbo vessels
Efficiency and safety at sea. Alewijnse is committed to ensuring these through the delivery of advanced alarm and monitoring systems that comply with the latest safety requirements. This includes the SPS notation which comes into effect on July 1, …
Mar 20, 2024 / Curious
Avance Gas Holding Ltd (AGAS): Successfully completed the sale of our fifth VLGC newbuilding
Avance Gas Holding Ltd. (Avance Gas) (OSE: AGAS) announced earlier today the successful sale of newbuilding hull 2367 with intended name Avance Castor for a cash consideration of $120 million less broker commission as previously announced in a press …
Mar 19, 2024 / Vessels
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
Wärtsilä simulator technology delivers high quality training and research at newly inaugurated Sharjah Maritime Academy UAE
Technology group Wärtsilä has supplied its latest simulator technology to the prestigious Sharjah Maritime Academy. Located in Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates, the academy, is one of the region’s leading providers of quality maritime studies, …
Mar 12, 2024 / Curious
Jan de Nul extends fleet connectivity contract with Castor Marine
80+ dredgers, jack-up barges, cable installation vessels, fall-pipe rock installation vessels, multipurpose ships, heavy lift vessels, and Unmanned Survey Vessels to be served. After winning a 3-year contract for more than 80 vessels to VSAT, …
Mar 5, 2024 / Curious
The first Norsepower Rotor Sail™ funded by German Government to be fitted on Baltrader’s new cement carrier
Baltrader Capital GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, and Norsepower, the leading global provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, have signed a contract concerning the delivery of one 24m x 4m sized Norsepower Rotor Sail™ in summer 2024. The product …
Feb 23, 2024 / Curious