EPS places orders for LNG dual-fuel tankers and ammonia bulkers

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has placed an order for two LNG dual-fuel oil tankers and four ammonia dual-fuel bulkers with Chinese shipyards. The Idan Ofer-controlled diversified shipowner ordered two 111,000 dwt LNG dual-fuel LR2 product tankers from CSSC Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI). In June last year, the company ordered two such vessels from the

Aasen Shipping orders three hybrid methanol-ready bulkers

Norway’s Aasen Shipping has returned to Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes with an order for three hybrid-powered methanol-ready self-discharging bulk carriers. The order for 119,95-m-long newbuilds follows Bodewes’ delivery of battery-hybrids Aasfjell and Aasfoss in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The new ships, with the first delivery planned for December 2025, will have a similar design as

Most of the ships are still not EEXI compliant

Over 75% of all tankers, bulkers and containerships will not be Energy Efficiency Existing Index (EEXI) compliant set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). According to a new report from VesselsValue, the date set by IMO for EEXI compliance has only 163 days left to come into play. The study says that shipowner’s do not

Vale develops design for multi-fuel bulkers

Vale, the Brazilian miner, has developed a design to include multi-fuel tanks on iron ore carriers. The system, which could see the bulkers chartered by Vale adapted to store liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol and ammonia, has been developed in partnership with Norwegian companies Brevik Engineering and Passer Marine and verified by the classification society