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MSC Athens marks first shore-side power test at Hamburg’s Altenwerder Terminal
The newest shore-side power station of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) has successfully passed its first practical test. For the first time, a container ship – the MSC Athens – has been charged with …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
Aker Arctic to design next-generation icebreaker for Finland
Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) has chosen Aker Arctic to design the next-generation Baltic Sea assistance icebreaker as part of the Winter Navigation Motorways of the Sea III (WINMOS III) project co-financed by the European Union. In …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
Port of Rotterdam takes important step in making shipping more sustainable: pilot prepares port for safe bunkering of ammonia
Trammo, OCI and James Fisher Fendercare successfully conducted an ammonia bunkering pilot between two vessels at a terminal in the port of Rotterdam on 12 April, 2025. This marks an important step in preparing the port for vessels bunkering clean …
Apr 15, 2025 / Curious
DHT Holdings announces the sale of two VLCCs
DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) (DHT) today announces that it has entered into an agreement to sell the DHT Lotus and the DHT Peony for a combined price of $103 million. Both vessels were built at Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co, China, in …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
Damen signs with Arena Offshore A.S. for Turkish construction of Stan Tugs 1606
Damen has chosen Arena Offshore A.S. for the construction of two Stan Tugs 1606, marking its first design collaboration with an external company in Türkiye Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Istanbul-based Arena Offshore A.S. for the …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
Crowley’s First Avance Class Vessel Quetzal Begins Maiden Commercial Voyage
Crowley’s new LNG-powered containership Quetzal has successfully begun its inaugural commercial voyage, opening the company’s next era of faster, frequent ocean shipping with a new class of vessels for the U.S., Central America and the Dominican …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
Eni and YPF sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint evaluation of a phase of the Argentina LNG project
Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, and the President and CEO of YPF, the State Energy Company of the Republic of Argentina, Horacio Daniel Marín, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate Eni's participation in the Argentina LNG project, …
Apr 15, 2025 / Curious
MHI Awarded a Study on CO₂ Capture Modules for FPSOs
Study Will Advance CO₂ Reductions on Future FPSOs, Further Promoting Decarbonization Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced the signature of a study with Single Buoy Moorings Inc., the subsidiary of SBM Offshore (SBM), for the application …
Apr 15, 2025 / Vessels
bound4blue breaks records with installation of largest ever eSAIL® suction sails on Louis Dreyfus Company’s chartered juice carrier
bound4blue is announcing the completion of the installation of the world’s largest suction sails, with four 26-meter high eSAILs® fitted to the MV Atlantic Orchard. Chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and owned by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden (Wisby …
Apr 14, 2025 / Vessels
Sea-Cargo and Norsepower continue their collaboration in sustainable shipping with two more RoRos
Norsepower, the global leader in wind propulsion systems for ships, and long-term partner Sea-Cargo have strengthened their partnership with a repeat order for two additional vessels. The Norwegian shipowner will retrofit its two RoRo vessels, MV …
Apr 14, 2025 / Vessels