The Roald Amundsen is optimised for expedition cruising in environmentally sensitive regions. VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dawn of a new era of expedition cruising

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Al-air battery beats li-ion on weight and price

MSC Gulsun VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

New MSC 23,000 TEU ULCS enters service

Samsung Heavy Industries expects construction of a 3,630m2 LNG system test and demonstration facility at Geoje shipyard to be completed by December 2020. (Credit: SHI) LNG

SHI to develop LNG test centre at Geoje shipyard

SUPPLIER NEWS

Vickers Oils BIOGEAR XP – “10 years trouble free operation”

Japan Marine United delivered Fomento Four, the latest example of its Newcastlemax G209 BC design, to Fomento Bulk Carriers from Tsu Shipyard on 18 June. VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

NYK orders first upgraded Newcastlemax type from JMU

Imabari commissioned a new drydock, No3, at Marugame in 2018. VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding to construct Navios VLCC for Imabari

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding of Japan has won the first order for a new upgraded Handymax type, the TESS42. VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

TSUNEISHI EXTENDS HANDYMAX BULKER RANGE

The new innovative hybrid solution to be installed on the Paolo Topic is another industry first from Wärtsilä. GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä in first hybrid solution for bulk carrier agreement