Capital Ship Management is to secure ABS notations recognizing investment in decarbonization technologies for its newbuild orders for medium range tankers—said to be an industry first.ABS said it developed the notations with Capital’s input during the ...
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Steel Cut for Finnlines’ New RoPax
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai, China has cut first steel for Finncanopus, the second of two Superstar ro-pax vessels ordered by Finnlines.Construction of the series' first vessel, Finnsirius, started earlier this year, and keel-laying is s...
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Intellian Inks Antenna Supply Deal with SES
Following a successful co-development phase, Intellian announced it has entered into an agreement with content and connectivity satellite service provider SES to supply user terminals for SES’s high performance O3b mPOWER communications system.
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Greece Completes Transfer of 16% Stake in Piraeus Port to COSCO
Greece's privatizations agency transferred shares corresponding to a 16% stake in Piraeus Port Authority to Chinese port operator COSCO Shipping after an amendment to a previous concession agreement, it said on Thursday.Last month Greek lawmakers amend...
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Bureau Veritas Grants AIP for LNG Bunkering Vessel Concept in Malaysia
Bureau Veritas (BV) said it has delivered an Approval in Principle (AIP) to LNG MARINE SDN BHD for its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel concept, which is also the first of its kind ever developed by a Malaysian company.According to BV…
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Horisont Energi Picks Port of Rotterdam as European Distribution Hub for its Blue Ammonia
Horisont Energi, a company working to develop its blue ammonia project in Norway, has signed a deal with liquid bulk storage company Koole Terminals to develop an ammonia terminal and storage facility at the Port of Rotterdam, for further distribution....
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Great Lakes Limestone Trade Up 10.4% in September
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.7 million tons in September, an increase of 10.4% compared to a year ago, trade group the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) reports. Limestone cargos were above the month’s five-year average by 5.2%.Lo...
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Crowley Opens Rhode Island Office to Support Offshore Wind Ops
Crowley Maritime Corporation on Thursday opened a new Rhode Island office for its New Energy division, to advance the development and operation of offshore wind energy installations.The new office, the opening of which was announced by Crowley and Rhod...
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World’s First: Wärtsila, Eidesvik to Equip OSV with Ammonia-fueled Combustion Engine
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik and Finland-based marine equipment manufacturer Wartsila are going to convert an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to operate with an ammonia-fuelled combustion engine with the required fuel supply and safety system.
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GTT Tallies Tank Design Orders from Samsung
French engineering firm GTT announced Thursday that it has received, in Q3 2021, an order from Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of four new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers on behalf of an Asian shipowner.As part o...
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