Internacional

Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) has entered into a 20-year strategic partnership with Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd. (Adbri) to build and operate what has been described as the ‘world’s first fully electric battery-capable self-unloading vessel’. The custom-designed ship is intended to replace Adbri’s Accolade II and support the company’s limestone operations in South Australia with a focus on enhanced efficiency ...

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, through its joint venture company CWEC (Shanghai) Company (CWEC), has been contracted to supply dual-fuel auxiliary engines for the sixth liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier owned by ADNOC Logistics & Services. As explained, the Finnish supplier will deliver four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines. The Wärtsilä 34DF engine, together with the Wärtsilä greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction package, ...

Swedish electrofuel (eFuel) developer Liquid Wind has submitted an environmental permit application for the company’s third commercial-scale green electrofuel facility, FlagshipTHREE, at the Land and Environment Court in Umeå, Sweden. According to Liquid Wind, once operational, FlagshipTHREE, located in Umeå, north-east of Sweden. will contribute to a 271,000-ton reduction of CO2 emissions annually. Its construction is planned to start in ...

The Neapolitan shipping group Grimaldi has taken delivery of the third ro-ro multipurpose unit belonging to its “G5” class of vessels named the Great Tema. The RoRo was built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and it is intended for maritime transport services between Northern Europe and West Africa. The G5-class ships are able to transport ...

Despite the challenges that defined this year, the maritime industry may be closing the chapter on 2023 with a sense of optimism. Namely, BIMCO’s recent analysis provides a beacon of hope, suggesting that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ambitious goal of achieving 5% zero or near-zero fuel usage by 2030 is not as elusive as it may seem. The IMO ...

Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has agreed to sell its two remaining 91,000 cbm dual fuel newbuildings scheduled for delivery next year. The company said that the two newbuildings would be sold for $240 million en bloc. The buyer of the vessels was not disclosed. The very large gas carriers (VLGCs) are being built by Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo ...

Canada has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue the establishment of a green shipping corridor between Canada’s West Coast and ports in the United Arab Emirates, Korea and Japan. The announcement was made by Pablo Rodriguez, the Minister of Transport, on the margins of COP28. The international, multi-port, multi-jurisdictional green maritime corridor will extend from Canada, including Prince Rupert, ...

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has delivered 13,000 TEU LNG-powered containership CMA CGM Bahia to French shipping giant CMA CGM Group. As informed, the delivery ceremony took place on December 7. The ship has a total length of 336 meters, a width of 51 meters, a depth of 26.8 meters, a designed service speed of 21 knots, and a maximum load capacity of 13,200 TEUs. The boxship adopts an LNG dual-fuel power system and is ...

Norwegian equipment provider Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply design, engineering, and equipment for two MGO/biofuel and methanol-ready chemical tankers for Swedish tanker operator Sirius Rederi AB. As explained, these low-emission 15,000 dwt tanker vessels will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime equipment and can operate on battery-powered hybrid propulsion. Options for further vessels are included, the company ...

Swiss marine power company WinGD has concluded a four-party agreement underwriting Belgian bulk carrier operator CMB.TECH’s order of X72DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines. CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding (QBS) and engine builder CSSC Engine Co (CSE) have also signed the agreement for the joint undertaking to power a series of 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be delivered from Qingdao through 2025 and 2026. ...