K Line has signed shipbuilding contracts for four LNG dual-fuel car carriers as part of its strategy to strengthen short-sea shipping operations across Europe while advancing its environmental goals.
As the maritime industry wrestles with the practicalities of decarbonisation, a new study by the Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI) and DNV has cast a sharp light on the challenges facing Europe’s short sea dry bulk sector.
Vigorous Dutch reinvestment and development of short-sea fleet capacity has found further expression in a domestic contract for two notably low-consumption dry cargo vessels of 3,700dwt.