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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
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
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
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
DOF Wins New EPRD Contract Award at the Knarr and Gaupe Fields in the North Sea
DOF has been awarded a Substantial Subsea Engineering Procurement Removal and Disposal (EPRD) Contract from A/S Norske Shell in the Atlantic region, with more than 100 combined days utilisation of the vessels Skandi Hera and Maersk Installer. …
Mar 12, 2024 / Vessels
World 1st 'Long-Range and Real-Time Wind Condition Measurement Device' Installation at RORO vessel
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Metro Weather Co., Ltd. has announced the start of a demonstration experiment on the route between Tokyo and Fukuoka using Metro Weather's Doppler LiDAR (Note 1), a long-range wind condition measurement device …
Mar 12, 2024 / Vessels
CLdN Launches New Services Between Rotterdam And Ireland And Expands Capacity Between Rotterdam And The UK
CLdN has announced the launch of new services between Rotterdam and Ireland. CLdN has chartered two 962 TEU lift-on / lift-off (LoLo) cargo vessels (M/V Pavo J and M/V Andromeda J) that will ship container cargo between the recently acquired …
Mar 11, 2024 / Vessels
Misje Rederi takes delivery of eco-friendly hybrid bulker from Colombo Dockyard
Norwegian shipowner Misje Rederi has welcomed the fourth eco-friendly hybrid bulk carrier Misje Flora from Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard. As informed, the company took delivery of the 5,000 dwt newbuild vessel on March 5. The ship was launched in …
Mar 7, 2024 / Vessels
Safe Bulkers Announces the Sale of Two Dry-bulk Vessels
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the Company) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into two separate agreements, for the sale of MV Panayiota K, a 2010-built Post-Panamax class …
Mar 7, 2024 / Vessels