French container line, CMA CGM, is to install newly released EnviroPac methane reduction systems from Wärtsilä on eight 9,200-TEU LNG-fuelled container ships under construction at Shanghai Waigaogiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China.

The EnviroPac…

Germany’s crisis-hit FSG-Nobiskrug shipyards, which filed for insolvency during the second week of December, could be rescued from collapse by industry-related German companies, the provisional insolvency administrators announced last week. Just…

Copenhagen-based towage company, Svitzer, has ordered another battery-powered tug to be built by Sanmar Shipyard and deployed in the Øresund Strait between Denmark and Sweden. With a capacity of 1,818 Mwh and a 70-tonne bollard pull, the 52m-long…

Carnival Corporation & plc is to install air lubrication systems from Silverstream on two more cruise ships, taking the total number in the Carnival fleet to 16. The vessels will be the third and fourth 180,000-gt ships in the Excel class to have…

Rotterdam-based offshore construction company, Van Oord, has taken delivery of the offshore installation vessel, Boreas, at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China. Named after the Greek God of the northern winds, the vessel has been designed to…

Marine fuels firm, KPI OceanConnect, and Neste, the Finnish oil company, have completed the first delivery of renewable diesel, HVO100, for the cruise industry in Singapore. MY Renewable DieselTM,, sourced from the Vopak Penjuru Terminal, was…

Towage company, Svitzer, and vehicle transporter, Höegh Autoliners, have cooperated in the development of an emissions-reducing procedure in towage operations in Australia. At the end of the Höegh Aurora’s maiden voyage to Australia, Svitzer…

A Norwegian-led partnership, NuProShip, is examining the scope for nuclear propulsion in shipping. Funded by the Research Council of Norway, the project is being supported by the Norwegian subsidiary of Fincantieri, Vard, the Norwegian University of…

Goltens Dubai has hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Polar expedition vessel Captain Arctic for French owner Selar. The 70m-long vessel will rely primarily on renewable energy sources for propulsion, resulting in a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions…