Vessels & Shipyards

A new chapter in the development of seaborne trade in ethane is set to unfold following the January handover of an 85,000m3-capacity liquefied gas carrier for shipments from the USA to China,…

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore (DSIC Offshore) delivered its first 85,000 m3 very large ethane carrier (VLEC) to JHW Engineering & Contracting (JHW) on 15 January. The keel-laying of a second VLEC took…

Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation delivered a 14,000 TEU ultra large container ship, the ONE GRUS, to Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 1 February. The delivery is the 13th of…

Oshima Shipbuilding delivered a new coal carrier to shipping and logistics company “K” Line on 1 February 2019. The 91,861 DWT coal carrier, the CORONA YOUTHFUL, is equipped with a binary cycle…

Shipowner interest in using LPG as a marine fuel is picking up, both for LPG carriers and for other vessels, with engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions confirming receipt of a seventh order…

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply the engines for a new heavy-lift crane installation-vessel for Oslo-based OHT (Offshore Heavy Transport), the specialist heavy-transport-and-installation contractor. MAN’s scope of supply covers…

Irish Ferries has realised a major new stage of fleet development with the introduction in January of the German-built, 54,985gt ro-pax ferry W.B.Yeats to Dublin/Holyhead sailings. Currently the largest ferry on the…

Hyundai MIPO Dockyard (MIPO) has received an order for six 50,000 DWT product carriers from a European ship operator. The contract includes an option for two product carriers.

Oshima Shipbuilding delivered a new coal carrier to shipping and logistics company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) on 23 January 2019. The 89,372 DWT coal carrier, the Pirika Mosiri Maru, is equipped…

German carrier, Oldendorff, has taken delivery of a new bulk carrier built by Samjin Shipbuilding Industries, with a second expected in April 2019.