Cargo

  • 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…

  • Proman Stena Bulk names methanol tanker Stena Promise in Rotterdam

    Proman Stena Bulk names methanol tanker Stena Promise in Rotterdam

    29th April 2023

    Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, formally named its third newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt tanker, Stena Promise, in a ceremony in Rotterdam on 26 April. Stena Promise is the third of…

  • May issue of Ships Monthly out now

    May issue of Ships Monthly out now

    27th April 2023

    SHIPS MONTHLY May 2023 The May 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – P&O Pioneer makes Channel debut, two Royal Navy ships decommission,…

  • Maersk launch first green Methanol-powered containership

    Maersk launch first green Methanol-powered containership

    21st April 2023

    Danish shipping company Maersk has launched the world’s first green methanol-powered containership. The vessel, a 2,100 TEU capacity feeder ship, is the first of 19 carbon-neutral ships Maersk has on order that will be powered by green methanol fuel. The…

  • DACKS completes OOCL’s newest 24,188 TEU containership

    DACKS completes OOCL’s newest 24,188 TEU containership

    20th April 2023

    Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) has launched the newest 24,188 TEU mega containership for Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). The launching ceremony took place at the company’s yard on 8 April 2023, and the…

  • UK Charters Bibby accommodation barge to house asylum seekers

    UK Charters Bibby accommodation barge to house asylum seekers

    15th April 2023

    Faced with rising costs and what UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called an unsustainable situation, the UK’s Home Office is chartering an accommodation vessel to provide housing for migrants caught attempting to enter the country in small boats. The…

  • Hybrid cable layer to be built by Vard

    Hybrid cable layer to be built by Vard

    3rd April 2023

    Fincantieri’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary has been contracted to build a 95m by 21.5m hybrid subsea cable laying vessel with a cable carousel capacity of 4,500 tonnes for Denmark’s NCT Offshore. Designed by Vard Design in close collaboration with NCT Offshore,…

  • Technical acceptance of new Damen dredgers

    Technical acceptance of new Damen dredgers

    1st April 2023

    At the Damen Dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, the Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 Krakatoa has been inspected by her owner before shipment. The client has accepted the stationary dredger, which will now be shipped to Indonesia, where it…

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