Cargo

  • New FPSO comes on stream off Brazil

    New FPSO comes on stream off Brazil

    16th May 2023

    A new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Petrobras’ revitalisation project in Campos Basin offshore Brazil has started production. Malaysia’s Yinson was awarded the contract for FPSO Anna Nery by Petrobras. In June 2022, the FPSO’s naming ceremony…

  • Multraship names two Damen tugs in Terneuzen

    Multraship names two Damen tugs in Terneuzen

    15th May 2023

    On Thursday 11 May 2023 Multraship Towage & Salvage named two Damen-built tugs at a Christening ceremony held at Multraship’s home port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands. Multratug 5, a Damen Stan Tug 1205 and Multratug6, a Damen ASD Tug 2810,…

  • Hybrid-electric shortsea cargo ship calls at Ipswich

    Hybrid-electric shortsea cargo ship calls at Ipswich

    11th May 2023

    On 2 May 2023 Associated British Ports (ABP’s) Port of Ipswich, the UK’s leading grain export port, welcomed the maiden call of Vertom Cyta, a brand-new hybrid-electric shortsea general cargo ship. Vertom Cyta is the second in a series of…

  • Damen delivers Shoalbuster 3209 Aria and Stan Pontoon 4113

    Damen delivers Shoalbuster 3209 Aria and Stan Pontoon 4113

    8th May 2023

    Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered two vessels, a Shoalbuster 3209 named Aria, and a Stan Pontoon 4113 to A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. Damen signed the contract for the Shoalbuster with its customer in December 2021. Closer to completion…

  • New container line between the Port of Gothenburg and Iceland

    New container line between the Port of Gothenburg and Iceland

    5th May 2023

    The shipping company Samskip’s vessel Helgafell moored at APM Terminal’s short-sea terminal in the Port of Gothenburg for the first time in early April. From now on the traffic will call at the terminal every week and then sail on…

  • French tanker to be retrofitted with rotor sails

    French tanker to be retrofitted with rotor sails

    3rd May 2023

    Rotors continue to be seen as viable fuel and emission reducing devices and French tanker operator Socatra has been the latest to take advantage of their use. The Bordeaux-based company, founded in 1977, has entered into a contract with Norway’s…

  • Maran Dry’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulkers delivered

    Maran Dry’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulkers delivered

    1st May 2023

    Maran Dry Management Inc. (MDM), the dry bulk shipping arm of the Angelicoussis Group, recently took delivery of two Newcastlemax bulk carriers: Ubuntu Unity on 28 February 2023 and Ubuntu Community on 18 April. Both were built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao…

  • South Korea’s HMM goes for methanol

    South Korea’s HMM goes for methanol

    1st May 2023

    Following the led of several other companies, South Korea’s HMM has chosen methanol to fuel its next series of newbuilds, which will be nine container carriers to be completed by compatriot builders Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and HJ Shipbuilding and…

  • Merlin Group orders 135m dry cargo vessel from Concordia Damen

    Merlin Group orders 135m dry cargo vessel from Concordia Damen

    30th April 2023

    Inland navigation shipyard Concordia Damen (NL) will build a ‘Type CDS443’ container ship for ID Shipping and Merlin Group. The vessel measures 135m by 14.2m and is the first vessel of this type, which is an improved version of an…

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