Hanwha in talks for $1.2b LNG vessel deal with Hapag-Lloyd

Hanwha Ocean is reportedly nearing a $1.2 billion deal with German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to supply six dual-fuel container carriers powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to reports from Norway-based maritime news outlet TradeWinds and local media on Sunday, the deal is based on unfinalized orders placed by Hapag-Lloyd in 2021 with what was

Hapag-Lloyd concludes green financing of its 24 new container ships

Hapag-Lloyd will use green financings for the 24 large container ships it ordered in October 2024. The newbuildings will have a combined capacity of 312,000 TEU and involve a combined investment volume of around $4 billion.  The financing consists of four components. Around $900 million of the purchase price will be financed using the company’s

Mabanaft in pact with Hapag-Lloyd to supply B30 bunker fuel

Energy company Mabanaft has reached an agreement with the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd for the supply of B30 biofuel. A first test delivery of 1,000 tonnes (mt) of B30 VLSFO from Mabanaft’s Waltershof tank terminal was scheduled for 12 December in the port of Hamburg for the container ship Delaware Express. The delivery follows an extensive

ExxonMobil successfully supplies Hapag-Lloyd with B25 bio marine fuel blend

Hapag-Lloyd’s vessel Colorado Express has successfully bunkered a B25 bio marine fuel blend comprised of ExxonMobil’s Premium HDME 50™ fuel, a 0.10% sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) fuel, and waste-based fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) derived from used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME).The ‘drop-in’ blend met the requirements of ISO 8217:2017 with the exception of

Hapag-Lloyd hails delivery of another LNG dual-fuel 23,600 TEU giant

German liner major Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of the new liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel 23,660 TEU containership from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean. Hamburg Express is the seventh newbuild of the company’s latest Hamburg Express class, a series of twelve ships that are “the largest containerships” ever to sail under the German flag. In total,

GCMD completes final biofuels supply chain trials

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has completed the final supply chain trial for biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), bringing a series of trials launched in July 2022 to an end. The series of trials form a part of a larger pilot to develop a framework to provide quality, quantity,

Hapag-Lloyd, ZeroNorth announce partnership to develop bunker procurement

ZeroNorth and Hapag-Lloyd have announced a new strategic partnership aimed at launching an industry leading bunker procurement and planning solution.  The partnership between the two companies will set out to create a new digital solution that enables Hapag-Lloyd to effectively navigate the energy transition, reduce their fuel spend, and cut their cost to serve. The

STX Group,Titan Clean Fuels complete largest ship-to-ship LBM bunker

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) and biomethane (LBM) supplier Titan Clean Fuels and environmental commodities trading and climate solutions provider STX Group successfully concluded a ship-to-ship bunkering of 2,200 metric tons of LBM to the Brussels Expresss in the port of Rotterdam. This transaction marks Hapag-Lloyd’s entry into using LBM as sustainable bunker fuel, representing the

Two shipping liner bosses discuss potential for nuclear

At a press conference hosted by the World Shipping Council, a liner lobby group, Jeremy Nixon and Rolf Habben Jensen, the CEOs of Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd, respectively, discussed a range of environmental issues while also unveiling a new green fuel pricing mechanism proposal that has been submitted to the International Maritime Organization

Hapag-Lloyd studies wind propulsion for boxships

German carrier Hapag-Lloyd has been studying wind propulsion options for newbuilds. The Hamburg-headquartered liner has unveiled a newbuilding concept design of a ship with a capacity of 4,500 teu featuring eight sails with a total sail area of 3,000 sq m. The six rear sails are extendable, and the two front ones retractable. According to