Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Delivers World’s First Methanol Dual-Fuel Bulk Carrier

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., based in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, has delivered the first-ever methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier in the 65,700 deadweight tonnage (DWT) class. The vessel, part of the TESS66 AEROLINE series, was handed over at the company’s Tsuneishi Factory on May 13.Designed for improved environmental performance, the ship combines the fuel efficiency and cargo capacity

Evergreen orders $3 bn worth of LNG dual-fuel box ships

The Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard International under China State Shipbuilding Group Corp (CSSC) will construct five of the eleven 24,000-TEU LNG dual-fuel box ships that Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp has ordered, with the remaining six being built by Hanwha Ocean Co. of South Korea. The overall amount of the order to the South Korean business

Wärtsilä lifecycle agreement will support decarbonisation goals of new Baleària ferry

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year Lifecycle Agreement with Spanish ferry operator Baleària. The agreement covers Baleària’s new high-speed aluminium structure catamaran Ro-Pax ferry, the Margarita Salas, which recently entered service. The ship was built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain. It operates with four Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel engines, four Wärtsilä WXJ hydraulic waterjets,

Maersk orders 12 LNG dual fuel ships

Maersk Line has ordered 12 LNG dual-fuelled 16,000 TEU container ships at a Chinese shipyard. It is reported that each ship is priced at $200 million, with delivery slated in 2028. If the options are exercised, the total contract value will be $2.4 billion. The order raises speculations whether the Danish carrier is rethinking its

Vale, Komatsu and Cummins agree to develop dual fuel large trucks

Vale and Komatsu have signed a pioneering agreement to develop and test, in partnership with Cummins, Dual Fuel haul trucks, powered by a mixture of ethanol and diesel. They will be the world’s first trucks of their size, with payloads of 230 to 290 tons, to run on ethanol, in a joint investment in research

Erik Thun takes delivery of LNG dual-fuel vessel

Erik Thun Group has taken delivery of Thun Vettern, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel vessel from the Vinga series. The 17,999-dwt vessel was built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou and is an upgraded version of the sister Thun Venern. All the sister vessels are designed by Furetank together with FKAB with a

Cleanergy Solutions Namibia JV reveals plans for first hydrogen vessel

Cleanergy Solutions Namibia, a joint venture between CMB.TECH and the Ohlthaver & List Group, has hosted a showcase of the Cleanergy Green Hydrogen progress at the plant’s site in Walvis Bay, expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2024. The facility uses only solar energy for the on-site production of green hydrogen and

World’s first green ammonia dual-fuel box ship ordered

CMB.Tech has taken another leap forward in its decarbonisation journey to net-zero with an order for the world’s first ammonia-fuelled feeder box ship. Set to operate between Norway and Germany, the 1,400-TEU ice-class box ship, to be named Yara Eyde, was ordered from China’s Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding for delivery mid-2026. The ship will be owned

Neptune Lines doubles order tally for dual-fuel car carriers

Greek vehicle carrier owner and operator Neptune Lines has added more vessels to its newbuild series at Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. The Craig Jasienski-led firm has contracted another pair of LNG dual-fuel 4,200 ceu ships for delivery in 2027 after signing up for the first two units under the so-called Genesis Project in September

Himalaya’s two dual fuel newbuilds bunkered with LNG

Bulker operator Himalaya Shipping said two of its ships, Mount Norefjell and Mount Matterhorn, have bunkered with LNG in Singapore over the last few days. Mount Matterhorn is the fifth of the twelve 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax dual fuel newbuildings that the company has on order at New Times Shipbuilding in China. A Newcastlemax running on