Keel laid for world’s first fully electric tug
On 7 July, Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, hosted a keel laying ceremony concerning a fully electric tug vessel that Damen is constructing for the Ports of Auckland.
Read moreOn 7 July, Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, hosted a keel laying ceremony concerning a fully electric tug vessel that Damen is constructing for the Ports of Auckland.
Read moreWärtsilä, in cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, and the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will start the world’s first long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine.
Read moreThe Dubai-based Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) and port operator DP World launched the first direct shipping line connecting UAE’s Jebel Ali Port in Dubai with Egypt’s Sokhna Port through Jeddah Islamic Port.
Read moreA survey by Bureau Veritas on Monday marked the first time ever a Singaporean-flagged harbour tug has undergone a fully accredited annual survey conducted remotely, without a surveyor physically present onboard.
Read moreNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced its plans to develop a first-in-the-nation infrastructure investment for offshore wind projects on the East Coast, named as the New Jersey Wind Port.
Read moreRoyal Niestern Sander shipyard along with Mercury Sakhalin and Pola recently shake their hands and inked an agreement in order to construct the world’s first shallow draft ice-breaking walk to walk vessel.
Read moreDue to the COVID-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, the development of the world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel Yara Birkeland is put on hold, Norwegian company Yara announced.
Read moreDespite the crisis followed by COVID-19, HMM launched its first of the twelve 24,000 TEU containerships HMM Algeciras, the world’s largest containership.
Read moreExactly five years have passed, since the methanol fuelled ferry "Stena Germanica" first set sail. In fact, the vessel was a joint venture effort among Methanex Corporation, Stena Line, and Wärtsilä as it was the world's first ferry using methanol as a marine fuel.
Read moreThe Liberian Registry announced implementation of the first ever remote Annual Safety Inspection (ASI) aboard their ships, in a bid to adjust to the COVID-19 disruptions. The Registry successfully completed the first remote ASI this past week.
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