Month: November 2014

Ferry operator Stena Line has confirmed its plans to convert the 240m, 1,500-passenger, 2001-built ro-pax ship ‘Stena Germanica’ to run on methanol fuel.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has completed what it says is the world’s largest containership – the first of five 19,000 teu containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).

Japanese class society ClassNK reports that the first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in the construction of its cargo tanks has now been…

A new association has been set up to encourage, advise and support the use of wind propulsion technologies in the commercial shipping industry.

Sweden’s oldest passenger shipping company has awarded an order for a new ferry with a capacity of 1,650 passengers to the Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has secured a contract for the supply of four 9L48/60CR engines for two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong Ferry and Dadong Ferry.

What is said to be the world’s most advanced deep-sea research ship, the €124.4 million Sonne, was handed over to the German Government Monday in Wilhelmshaven by Meyer Werft, reports Tom Todd.