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New way to carry LNG: LNG CARRIERS

Norway’s LNG New Technologies has successfully completed a mock-up testing of its new LNT A-BOX containment system for LNG carriers in China in cooperation...

Heavylift: A giant among giants

Holland’s Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, which placed the world’s largest heavylift semi-submersible, Dockwise Vanguard, into service last year, is proposing to build an even...

COMPANY NEWS: COSCO scraps and builds

Last August China’s COSCO announced that it was going to scrap 13 ships, including four container carriers and nine bulkers, as part of a...

TECHNOLOGY: Bulbous bow surgery

Another owner has elected to perform bulbous bow surgery in an effort to optimise fuel efficiency. Clipper Project Shipping had the bulb of its...

Container ships: NYK agrees charter for ULCCs

Japan’s second largest container line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has confirmed that it has reached agreement to time-charter a series of eight new 14,000TEU...

Industry news: A decade of IMO numbers

International Maritime Organization (IMO) numbers, the unique identifiers for ships, ship owners and management companies, were introduced under the SOLAS Convention to improve maritime...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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