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’. CNW Group/The CSL Group The custom-designed ship is intended to replace Adbri’s Accolade II and
ASYAD Shipping, a part of Oman’s national logistics provider ASYAD Group, and Oman LNG have signed a long-term agreement for the charter of two 5th generation LNG carriers. Illustration only; Courtesy of Oman LNG According to Asyad, the agreement for two 170,000 cubic meter LNG carriers affirms the company’s commitment
Fugro is planning to repurpose two platform supply vessels (PSVs) into geotechnical vessels. This news comes as the Dutch company is currently in the process of repurposing two other PSVs into geotechnical vessels. Sea Gull. Source: Remøy Shipping Fugro announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the Wartsila-designed Sea
Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has signed two contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two 114,000 dwt LNG-ready LR2 Aframax product/crude oil tankers. Illustration only; Image credit Euronav The oil tanker vessels are expected to be delivered in January and April of 2026, at
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has contracted Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) to deliver an onshore charging system for its berth in Puttgarden, Germany. Image credit: Scandlines The Norwegian maritime system integrator NES will deliver the land-based charging system to the Puttgarden ferry berth, and connect the equipment to the power
Australia-based developer of green hydrogen projects Provaris Energy has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German energy company Uniper to evaluate the supply of green hydrogen to Germany using Provaris’ compressed hydrogen carriers. Illustration of Provaris’ H2Neo Compressed Hydrogen Carrier and the H2Leo Barge Storage for continuous loading
ACWA Power, a Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has signed a framework agreement on the development of the first phase of a green hydrogen project in Egypt with a capacity of 600,000 tons per year of green ammonia, with an
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe, together with its partners Flexens and Stockholm University’s Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences (DEEP), has introduced the Baltic Sea Oxygenation and the Super-Green Hydrogen Economy project, also known as BOxHy, as the new step in the works on ocean reoxygenation. Courtesy of Lhyfe The
Swiss marine power company WinGD has signed an agreement with Mitsui E&S Diesel United (MESDU), part of Japanese shipbuilding company Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding group, that will see WinGD engines being built at the latter’s main Tamano Works for the first time. Image by WinGD As explained, the agreement adds
Japanese shipping major NYK Line has revealed it will install a Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) system on LNG (liquefied natural gas) fueled car carriers to be built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard. Illustration; Courtesy of NYK As explained, the VCR system can adjust the air compression ratio in the engine combustion