The steel cutting ceremony of the first of two next-generation Methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine took place on 18 January 2023 at Tersan Shipyard. The SX216 design of the vessel has been developed…
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) plans to have a new icebreaking research vessel built at a cost of $205 million to support its expanding research efforts in the Arctic and in Antarctica where it expects to open…
Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (DACKS), a joint venture between Cosco Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, has floated out a new 24,000 TEU boxship built for Hong Kong-based shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). The launching ceremony of the new…
On 17 January Crowley and Danish offshore maritime leader ESVAGT announced they will jointly build and operate a service operations vessel (SOV) under a long-term charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, enhancing a service crucial for the US clean wind…
A public appeal was launched on 19 January 2023 to urgently raise funds to enable the historic Paddle Steamer Waverley to afford dry dock fees and recommissioning costs, and therefore sail in 2023. In 2022 Waverley operated in several areas…
Incat Tasmania is currently in discussions to deliver the world’s first large, lightweight, zero emissions ferry. Among vessels under construction at the shipyard is a 130m lightweight ferry, originally intended to be powered by LNG, that will carry 2100 passengers…
Damen’s partner in Colombia, LINEAL Engineering, has opened a new office in Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Since the company was founded five years ago it has been based in the inland capital, Bogotá, an ideal location for supporting its…
Japanese shipping company MOL has decided on a new series name and a new hull colour design for its LNG-powered car carriers. MOL has ordered a total of eight LNG-fuelled car carriers with a capacity of 7,000 units capacity, as…
The popular ferry Viking Grace, which has already carried more than ten million passengers, celebrated ten years of service on 13 January 2023. Grace, built at the Perno shipyard in Turku, was one of the world’s first passenger ships to…
The 60,309dwt Ultramax bulk carrier STH New York, built in 2015 by Tokyo-headquartered Japan Marine United (JMU), has been acquired by Diana Shipping of Greece and renamed DSI Aquila. Its purchase brings the Greek company’s fleet up to 40 ships…
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