Kenya Shipyards Limited (KSL) has opened a new shipyard facility in the Port city of Mombasa to tap the lucrative business of shipbuilding and repair. The new yard can handle ships up to 4000 tons and 150m in length. The ... continue reading
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The world’s first autonomous and fully electric container ship, Yara Birkeland is all set to commence its commercial operations. Norwegian owner of the vessel, Yara International has informed that in mid-November the autonomous vessel completed its maiden voyage to ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 7286Following the pursuit of carbon-neutral shipping, United European Car Carriers (UECC) are soon up to the game of eco-friendly shipping. The world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) is all set to start its ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 967Towage operator Svitzer, a part of A.P. Moller Maersk, has reported that it will convert a total of its 10 tugs in London and Medway to run on Marine Biofuel. This is being marketed as 'Ecotow' by offering a ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 918Mitsui O.S.K lines (MOL) has recently acquired the dual-fuel vessel, Capilano Sun, making it the most recent addition to the company's methanol fleet. Mitsui O.S.K lines currently operates 4 of the 13 dual-fuel tankers that ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1695One of the world’s largest producers of methanol, Proman has joined hands with shipping company Stena to develop retrofitting and supply solutions for the existing vessels to help them adapt to methanol as their fuel source. Citing data the ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1167Tianjin Xingang Ship Heavy Industry, one of China's intermediate shipbuilders, stated that it will cease operations by the end of October 2021. The company's dissolution comes despite a recent surge in shipbuilding orders and China's overall dominance ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 2536Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, the largest Chinese shipbuilding company and a division of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has secured a contract to construct two liquefied carbon dioxide carrier vessels with a capacity of 7,500 cubic meters each as part of ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1349Classification society Bureau Veritas has recently issued approval to the ‘Panda 93P’ design for very large gas carriers (VLGCs), aiming to develop what is being referred to as 'World's Largest' VLGC. The design has been developed by Jiangnan Shipyard ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1267Ponant has officially unveiled its newest polar exploration vessel, the Commandant Charcot. The acquisition of the vessel by the French shipping firm adds a ship that is distinctive in many respects to its contemporary fleet, making it the seventh new ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1216The global pandemic has had an unusual impact on the shipbuilding industry with thriving business and record break orders stacking up towards the end of the third quarter. The skyrocketing orders have managed to break the cycle of slow performance ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1648Navtek Naval Technologies, a Turkish tugboat designer, reports that its first ZEETUG (Zero-Emission Electric Tugboat), Gisas Power, has demonstrated its design and operating efficiency over the last year and a half with positive outcomes. The ZEETUG Gisas Power was designed ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1474Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics is making the landmark move in the autonomous shipping world by setting a remotely commanded tug on a 1000 nautical mile voyage. Autonomous tug, Nellie Bly will set sail later this month around Denmark. Excited about ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1579TOTE Maritime, the operator of the world's first LNG-powered container ship, Isla Bella in partnership with bunker provider JAX-LNG, recently refueled the vessel with renewable natural gas in Jacksonville. This is the first time that the fuel has been ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1135On Wednesday, Stena Line inked a deal with Frederikshavn Municipality, and the Port of Frederikshavn, Denmark to amplify the transformation of the transit sector by creating the first global“fossil-fuel-free large ferry line”. This line will carry out operations between ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1782A major announcement came from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. as the company has informed that it will be supplying World Fuel Services with 78 million gallons of liquefied natural gas to power two Pasha Hawaii container ships. It will be ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1784The green energy enthusiasts have good news, the world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry Hydra has won the Skipsrevyen’s Ship of the Year award. Norway’s Minister of Transport and Communications Kunt Arild Hareide presented the award onboard MF Hydra ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1404NAVIS on Thursday, September 16th, announced the successful completion of automation upgrade N4 Terminal Operating Solution (TOS) at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Australia's first fully automated container terminal. Located at Webb Dock East in the Port of Melbourne ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 4528Canada will soon be welcoming the first fully electric car ferries of North America as these ferries have already sailed from Damen Shipyard in Galati, Romania. The ferries named, Wolfe Islander IV and Amherst Islander II are 98m and 68m ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1826Expanding its fleet with innovative motorized tankers, HGK Shipping has placed the order for two type C tankers with Scheepsreparatiebedrijf De Gerlien van Tiem shipyard. With the new order, the Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG owned HGK Shipping has moved ... continue reading
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