Ports of Auckland to receive world’s first fully-electric tug
World’s first fully-electric handling tug was recently launched into the water at Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, on December 4, as Damen reported.
Read moreWorld’s first fully-electric handling tug was recently launched into the water at Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, on December 4, as Damen reported.
Read moreKorean Register (KR) and DSME have achieved the world’s first ship to ship (STS) LNG loading for gas trial. The SM JEJU LNG2 has supplied LNG in the STS gas-trial to a 173.400 cbm LNG carrier.
Read morePort of Singapore hosted the world’s first CE-Certified 3D printed lifting tool delivery, through the Wilhelmsen thyssenkrupp AM fulfillment platform.
Read moreGlobal energy and commodity pricing service Argus Media along with the classification society DNV GL, joined forcers and launched industry's first online platform for green ammonia.
Read moreThe technology group Wärtsilä along with Brazil-based offshore operator, CBO, joined forces for Latin America’s first hybrid vessel upgrade initiative.
Read moreAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, ABS issued a guide for 'Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets', including an industry's first introduction of a notation indicating compliance with the standards.
Read moreThe world's first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine took place in UK in mid-October, when the six-legged inspect-and-repair robot BladeBUG repeatedly scaled blades at ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine off the coast of Fife.
Read moreIn light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the major disruption that has brought within cruising, Viking Line completed installation of the first full-scale PCR laboratory at sea.
Read moreClassification society Korean Register has granted an AiP to South Korean company Hyundai Glovis for the world's first basic design of a 20,000㎥-class commercial liquefied hydrogen carrier developed jointly with domestic shipbuilders, Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding.
Read moreThe global containership management company, Seaspan Corporation secured a $1.8 billion sustainability-linked loan (SLL), the first of its kind in the containership leasing industry.
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