Tag: world’s first

Classification 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. 

The 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.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) unveiled a world's first robot using standardized big data and artificial intelligence to support metalworking, including cold working and hot working processes.

Following a near-fatal accident involving one of their workers back in December 2017, Maritime NZ has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) from the stevedoring company, ISO Limited.

Tokyo-based Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd. has placed orders for two of the world’s first zero-emission electric-powered tankers, to powered completely by large-capacity lithium ion batteries, the company announced. 

Tokyo-based Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd. has placed orders for two of the world’s first zero-emission electric-powered tankers, to powered completely by large-capacity lithium ion batteries, the company announced. 

The world's first commercial autonomous fleet to be launched by Ocean Infinity will feature hybrid-electric propulsion and power plant system, consisting of a combination of batteries and diesel-generators. 

German propulsion company, SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to supply Dutch Royal Niestern Sander with thrusters concerning world’s first shallow-draught icebreaking vessel.

FURE VEN, a dual-fuel vessel owned and operated by Swedish chemical tanker operator Furetank, has become the first non-US flagged vessel to bunker LNG in a US port, building confidence in the case for LNG as an attractive solution for international trading vessels in the country. 

NYK Line, the classification society Class NK and the power systems provider IHI Power Systems inked an agreement in order to set the world's first ammonia-fueled tugboat into practical use.