Onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) technology now allows as much as 80% of CO2 to be captured from operation of a large ship, with a 30% fuel consumption increase, the Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute (SMDERI) confirmed in…

Cruise vessel Ambition, operated by Ambassador Cruise Line, entered drydock at A&P Falmouth on November 8th for an extensive refit running until December 1st. It is the first collaboration between the line and the Cornish yard, selected after a…

Brazil’s shipyards are regaining momentum, led by offshore demand and backed by state investment through the Merchant Marine Fund. Approved financing of BRL 8.4 billion (USD 1.6 billion) has enabled Enseada do Paraguaçu in Bahia to restart work after…

The Netherlands-flagged gas carrier Coral Medusa, operated by Anthony Veder, has completed a scheduled docking at Orskov Yard in Frederikshavn. The project combined routine maintenance with a gassing-up operation to prepare the vessel for its next…

Drydocks World has completed the conversion of the Marshall Islands-flagged Emem into an FPSO to support production at Nigeria’s Okwok field. The vessel, commissioned by World Carrier Corporation for Oriental Energy Resources, underwent extensive…

Rotterdam Ship Repair and Rotterdam Sales and Service (RSS) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to expand their joint ship repair capabilities, with particular emphasis on hatch cover systems and hatch cranes. The deal was concluded at the…

Norwegian shipowner Berge Rederi has signed a contract with Dutch solar firm Wattlab to equip the coaster BRF Froan with 96 Solar Flatracks, providing 172.8kWp of solar energy – double the output of Wattlab’s previous project. The deal was finalised…

A 277m-long oil tanker avoided a spell off-hire after Hydrex completed an underwater repair off Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Liberia-flagged vessel had suffered corrosion damage that caused a hole in the bottom plating of a ballast tank beneath a…