Tag: eco-friendly ships

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract with HHI to provide a concept design based on the Rolls-Royce Environship Leadge Bow, marking the first reference for the award-winning wave-piercing hull form in the naval sector.

DEME has launched the ‘Living Stone’ , an advanced subsea cable installation and trenching vessel at the LaNaval shipyard close to Bilbao, Spain. The vessel is engineered with the latest innovations in its category and equipped with two turntables below deck, each having a 5,000 tons cable capacity.

APT's fourth ECO Class tanker, which is under construction at Californian shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO’s shipyard in San Diego, was christened with the traditional break of a champagne bottle alongside the ship.

Strategic Marine has announced that the construction of two 70 -meter LNG-powered aluminum vehicle and passenger catamarans for Rederij Doeksen is moving on schedule at the group’s yard in Vietnam.

General Dynamics NASSCO recently celebrated the christening and launch of the Constitution, the sixth ship in a series of eight eco-friendly tankers constructed or under construction at the company’s San Diego-based shipyard.

Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has announced that it has secured contracts for the design and construction of two luxury expedition cruise vessels for German cruise company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

Matson, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, signed a contract with General Dynamics NASSCO to build two new combination container and roll-on/roll-off vessels for its Hawaii fleet with deliveries scheduled for the end of 2019 and mid-year 2020.

BG Freight Line is to receive new tailor-made short sea container feeder vessels optimised for the company’s Irish Sea Hub services. The new class of ‘green’ vessels has been developed by BG Freight Line operation with ARKON Shipping as project initiator/commercial manager, technical managers Jüngerhans Maritime Services, and designers CIMC ORIC.

Höegh Autoliners has named its latest newbuilding Höegh Traveller, at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. Höegh Traveller is the fifth in a series of six Post Panamax vessels under the New Horizon design and one of the vessel is one of the world’s largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier with a deck space of 71 400 square meters and carrying capacity of 8 500 car equivalent units

Carnival announced that its bunker saving ship, Carnival Vista, has been awarded an "ECO Notation" from Lloyd's Register, marking the first Carnival Cruise Line ship to achieve this distinction.