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Performance Shipping Signs Shipbuilding Contract for the Purchase of a Newbuild LNG Ready Tier III LR2 Product/Crude Oil Tanker With Scrubber
Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, announced today that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a shipbuilding contract with China Shipbuilding …
Mar 9, 2023 / Vessels
Hiroshima Port Welcomes Its First LNG-fueled PCTC
On February 27, an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) entered the port of Hiroshima for the first time. The vessel, Jasmine Leader, is NYK’s third LNG-fueled PCTC and the first of four to be delivered from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard …
Mar 2, 2023 / Vessels
CCS, SDTR and SDARI develop 85,000 DWT Ammonia-Fueled Bulk Carrier
Recently, China Classification Society (CCS), together with Singapore’s SDTR Marine Pte Ltd. (SDTR) and Shanghai’s Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), jointly developed the world's first 85,000DWT Ammonia-Fueled Bulk Carrier. A …
Feb 22, 2023 / Curious
Kongsberg Signed Contract With Grimaldi For Their New Class Of Hybrid Ro-Ro Ships
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a repeat order from client Grimaldi Group to supply engineering and technology for two new 7800-line metre (LM) Roll on – Roll off (Ro-Ro) vessels, which will be built at China Merchant Jinling Shipyard. The contract was …
Feb 15, 2023 / Vessels
World’s new generation 2000 tonnes WTIV Baihetan built by CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding put into operation
Recently, the world’s new generation 2000 tonnes Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) “Baihetan” which was classed and inspected by China Classification Society (CCS), built by CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, is put into operation in No. 8 …
Feb 9, 2023 / Vessels
Seacon's first ship of the Year of the rabbit was named and delivered
On Feb 1, first of four 85,000 DWT bulk carriers built by China Shipbuilding Trading and CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited for Seacon Shipping Group Holding Limited were named and delivered in Nansha, Guangzhou. The ship was …
Feb 3, 2023 / Vessels
Grimaldi Group Brings Its Ammonia-Ready Car Carrier Orderbook To 15
The orderbook for the Grimaldi fleet keeps growing. As part of the agreement signed in late October with China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu (a company part of China Merchant Industry Holdings - CMI) for the construction of five new PCTC (Pure …
Jan 24, 2023 / Curious
Waigaoqiao won an order for the construction of five 9,000 CEU PCTCs
Recently, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, China Shipbuilding Trading and Grimaldi Euromed, a subsidiary of the Italian Grimaldi Group, signed a contract for the construction of five 9,000 CEU PCTCs. The ship type is designed by SDARI, with a total …
Jan 16, 2023 / Vessels
DSIC delivered the VLCC NEW SPLENDOR to CMES
On January 4, the 307,000 DWT VLCC NEW SPLENDOR built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry for China Merchants Energy Shipping was christened and delivered. NEW SPLENDOR is the final work of the new generation of energy-saving and environment-friendly …
Jan 6, 2023 / Vessels
LNG Easy, Bluesoul, Deltamarin to develop large LNG carrier designs
Singapore-based LNG Easy is joining forces with China’s Bluesoul and Finland-based designer Deltamarin, a part of China Merchants Group, to develop new large LNG carrier designs based on type B tanks. According to a statement by LNG Easy issued via …
Jan 5, 2023 / Curious