Ships & Yards

Japanese shipbuilder and engineering conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has begun construction of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier.

Classification society DNV GL – Maritime has awarded Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with approval in principle (AIP) for the design of a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Jiangnan Shipyard Group Company with approval in principle (AiP) for its new 91,000m3 very large gas carrier (VLGC).

Waterfront Shipping Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest (Marinvest) have welcomed two new clean-burning vessels to the Waterfront Shipping fleet.

ABS and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on up to 14 new gas carriers. The agreement covers seven newbuild Very Large Ethane Carriers…

When International Chamber of Shipping chair Espen Poulsson recently underlined that we “cannot achieve the 2050 GHG reduction target using fossil fuels”, he also made it clear that the hunt is on…

The European innovation project FLAGSHIPS has been awarded EUR5 million to support the development and deployment of two hydrogen fuel cell vessels in France and Norway.

Aditya Aggarwal, ABS Director, Global Gas Development, provides an overview of the global ethane market, and the opportunities it holds.