PCL, Pax Ocean to collaborate with ABS

Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) and PaxOcean Holdings Pte (PaxOcean) are collaborating with ABS to study methanol as an alternative fuel for the PCL fleet. The first step is a recently signed joint development project (JDP) to study methanol as an alternative fuel for the PCL fleet. Under the JDP, ABS will evaluate the means and

New retrofit concept for containership gets AiP

Bureau Veritas (BV) has given its Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new containership retrofit concept that combines conversion to LNG fueling with vessel jumboization. Awarded at a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters in Paris, the AiP was granted to Joint Development Program (JDP) members GTT, consultancy Alwena Shipping and China’s CHI Zhoushan shipyard.