On September 16, a naming ceremony was held at Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for a new VLGC (very large gas carrier), named “Lantana Planet” , that NYK will charter to Astomos Energy Corporation, the world’s pre-eminent liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company.
Read moreDetailsMSC Cruises hosted the Naming Ceremony for its newest flagship—MSC World Europa—at the brand-new Grand Cruise Terminal in Doha, Qatar. MSC World Europa is the most innovative and environmentally advanced cruise ship in the MSC Cruises fleet.
Read moreDetailsAmid the unusual situation caused by the COVID-19 crisis, Antwerp-based shipping company Euronav held its first virtual naming ceremony for the inauguration of two new vessels.
Read moreDetailsOn 11 September, in central Stockholm, the Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers held a naming ceremony for the green product tanker 'Thun Venern', its latest environmentally-friendly tanker capable of running on LNG. The new tanker will enter into the Gothia Tanker Alliance.
Read moreDetailsCopenhagen-based DFDS named its newest ro/ro vessel in Turkey. The latter is Mediterranean's largest ro/ro ship. The naming ceremony for 237-meter-long ro/ro newbuilding, Ephesus Seaways, was held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Read moreDetailsThe world’s largest short sea Ro-Ro vessel, owned by Luxembourg-based CLdN, was christened in a ceremony at Dublin Port, on 20 April. With a capacity of 8,000 lane-meters, and a length of 235 metres, 'MV Celine' represents the next generation of super ferries servicing the Irish Port.
Read moreDetailsAlbwardy Damen, a joint venture between Albwardy Investment, Dubai and the Damen Shipyards Group, hosted a naming ceremony for the world’s biggest Rotortug, the ART 100-46 RT Raven in Sharjah, on 18 January.
Read moreDetailsThe completed hull of the new Irish Ferries cruise ferry 'W. B. Yeats' was launched into the water on 19 January 2018, at the shipyard of Flensburger Schiffbau–Gesellschaft in Flensburg, Germany where the vessel is being built.
Read moreDetailsStena Bulk conducted a digital naming ceremony for its IMOIIMAX tanker 'Stena Immortal' at the company's new office in Hellerup in the north of Copenhagen. When the ship was named, it was not physically present in Copenhagen, but in Houston where it is already in service.
Read moreDetailsHong-Kong based OOCL's sixth and last container ship in the 21,413 TEU series was christened at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on Geoje, on 17 January. The ship, named 'OOCL Indonesia', will begin her maiden voyage this month and join her other five sister vessels on OOCL’s Asia-North Europe Loop 1 trade lane.
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