Wallenius Wilhelmsen gets loans worth $800m for emission reductions

Oslo-listed car carrier operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has secured $800m worth of vessel-secured bank financing linked to the company’s emission reductions. The facilities consist of two new financing deals signed with 11 banks at the end of June, of which $670m was drawn down, mainly to repay $569m of existing vessel debt, while the remaining $130m

NYK retrofit tugboat to run on ammonia

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to retrofit its liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled tugboat to run on ammonia fuel. Yokohama-based Keihin Dock Co., part of NYK Group, will carry out the modifications on the Sakigake it built in 2015. The vessel, which operates in Tokyo Bay for another NYK Group company, Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation, should

Largest container ship in the world delivered to ABS Class

The largest container ship in the world, with just over 24,000 teu capacity, has been delivered to ABS class. The vessel is the latest in a series of nine being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China to ABS class. The 400-meter megamax-24 type ship will serve ports between Asia and Europe. “We are proud to

HAV Group’s energy system design gets nod from DNV

HAV Group has received the preliminary design approval from DNV for its hydrogen-based energy system for cruise ships. The Norwegian technology provider’s system was developed as part of the FreeCO2ast project and it uses liquefied hydrogen storage and fuel cells. The approval by DNV can makes HAV Group enter the final design stage and is

Elektra, the hydrogen-powered push boat launched

Elektra is the hydrogen-powered push boat launched in Berlin. The vessel has taken shipbuilder Hermann Barthel and its partners two years for its development. With 750 kilos of high-pressure compressed hydrogen on board and a battery capacity of about 2,500 kilowatt hours, the push boat has a range of about 215 nautical miles. The vessel

Wärtsilä to enable Eastaway’s EEXI compliance through power limitation solutions

The technology group Wärtsilä is supporting Eastaway Ship Management in reaching its decarbonisation targets by providing Power Limitation Solutions for six vessels. The solutions will improve the vessels’ Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) rating in line with requirements coming into force in 2023. The orders were placed in February and March 2022. Wärtsilä will

GSI launches sea trial of Chinese-built methanol-driven vessel

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has commenced sea trials of the first Chinese-built methanol-driven dual-fuel tanker called Stena Pro Patria. GSI secured a contract from Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture of Swedish firm Stena Bulk and Swiss firm Proman, for the construction of three 49,990 DWT dual-fuel tankers. The other two ships, named Stena Pro

Suiso Frontier, world’s first liquefied hydrogen vessel completed voyage

A ceremony to mark the completion of the world’s first maritime transport of liquefied hydrogen, including its loading and unloading has been held in Kobe, Japan. The demonstration voyage by the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, Suiso Frontier, proved that an international liquefied hydrogen supply chain is possible, marking a significant step towards the utilization

Wartsila offers tech support to Salamanca vessel

Wartsila will provide technical support via a 10-year service agreement for its solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled RoPax vessel, the Salamanca. The Salamanca – which will be inaugurated on 25 March and make its first commercial sailing from Portsmouth to Bilbao on 27 March – is the first LNG-fuelled passenger ferry to operate from

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.