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Seaspan Corp and Hapag-Lloyd to convert five vessels to methanol-fuelled main engines

The world’s largest owner of container ships, Canada’s Seaspan Corp, and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd are to convert five 10,000-TEU container ships from conventional fuel main engines to dual-fuel methanol-powered vessels in a project costing USD 120…

SDARI unveils two new MPV designs

Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI) has revealed details of two new multi-purpose vessel (MPV) designs suitable for heavy-lift and project cargoes. The Octopus 12.6 and the Octopus 12 have been developed in collaboration with…

19.04.2024

Kongsberg Maritime completes upgrade of PSV with hybrid battery power system

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed the installation of a hybrid battery power system on the 3,821dwt 2019-built Seacor Yangtze, owned by US-based Seacor Marine. This is the first of five PSVs to be converted for this operator –…

23.04.2024

Zero-emission boxship project launched

Japan’s container feeder operator, Imoto Lines, and software firm Marindows have embarked on a zero-emission container ship project for operation on the Japanese coast. An initiative within the Ministry of the Environment’s three-year ‘Carbon Neutral…

Ship&Offshore

19.04.2024

Hydrogen-powered ferries to be classed by LR

A pair of hydrogen-powered ferries to be built at Norway’s Myklebust Verft for Tromsø-based Torgatten Nord will be classed by Lloyd’s Register (LR). The ships’ design was granted Approval in Principle (AiP) by the classification society in August…

19.04.2024

Ship Operation

BSM launches seafarer training initiative

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has set up a new education programme for seafarers. With support from a number of universities around the world, the BSM Smart Academy is intended to close the gap between academic knowledge and practical…

18.04.2024

MAN wins methanol genset order

MAN Energy Solutions has clinched an order for three dual-fuel methanol gensets for a 7,990dwt IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker, due for delivery in the final quarter of 2025. The three MAN 6L21/31DF-M engines will be part of a diesel-electric…

15.04.2024

Offshore

Bourbon orders six crew boats in Vietnam

Bourbon Mobility, an offshore passenger transport company and a subsidiary of the Marseille-based Bourbon Group, has ordered six new crew boats at Chantiers Piriou in Vietnam. The 27m-long Surfer-type vessels are expected to consume 20% less fuel…

South Korean container and bulk shipping line HMM plans to double the…

Italian defence group Leonardo is close to finalising a deal to sell…

Ship Repair

Greece’s Seajets drydocks recently acquired cruise ship Mykonos Magic in Turkey

Greek ferry operator Seajets has drydocked its recently acquired cruise vessel Mykonos Magic at the Turkish repair yard of IÇDAS in Canakkale for unspecified upgrading work. The 102,784gt 2004-built vessel is the former Costa Magica and drydocked in…

UK Docks Martine Services completes drydocking and refit of research vessel Ocean Endeavour

The east coast UK repairer UK Docks Marine Service’s Teesside yard has completed the drydocking and refit of the locally-owned 1,967gt 1986-built research vessel Ocean Endeavour on April 4th, following the 77.1m vessel’s return to the UK from a…

Turkish owner to pilot trial new propeller cap boss for retrofit market

An unnamed Turkish shipowner is to pilot trial a new UK-developed propeller cap boss that is aimed at the retrofit market for large deepsea vessels. The owner will retrofit one of its Kamsarmax bulk carriers with a propeller cap boss designed and…