Udupi Cochin Shipyard receives 1100 cr order for 8 dry cargo ships

Wilson ASA, based in Bergen, Norway has entered into an agreement worth 1100 crores, with a leading shipyard in India, the CSL or Cochin Shipyard Limited, for the construction and designing of eight dry cargo ships of 6300 tonne each. Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited, a subsidiary of CSL has received the order for the vessels,

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding bags orders for methanol-fueled RORO cargo ships

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received orders from Toyofuji Shipping and Fukuju Shipping for Japan’s first methanol-fueled roll-on/roll-off (RORO) cargo ships. The two ships will be built at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, with scheduled completion and delivery by the end

BHP considers nuclear-powered cargo ships

Dutch nuclear energy development and consultancy company ULC-Energy BV has completed a study – commissioned by global mining company BHP – to investigate the potential use of civil nuclear technologies to power commercial maritime vessels. The study compared key characteristics of various civil reactor designs against the requirements for the potential use in commercial maritime