DSIC To Build VLCCs With Air Lubrication and Sail Assistance

The VLCC newbuilds by China Merchants will feature air lubrication and sail assistance, MarineLog.

Virtual signing ceremony 

The newbuilding order was signed in a three-way virtual signing ceremony with participants in Beijing, Dalian and Hong Kong. 

The VLCC ships will be built by China Shipbuilding Group’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and will feature air lubrication and sail assistance.

The order was signed in a three-way virtual signing ceremony with participants in Beijing, Dalian...

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China Merchants VLCC newbuilds will feature air lubrication and sail assistance

Marking another step forward in Chinese efforts to reduce shipping emissions, one of two 307,000 dwt VLCCs ordered yesterday by Hong Kong headquartered China Merchants Group will have an air-lubricated hull and the other a newly-developed auxiliary sail assistance system.

The ships will be built by China Shipbuilding Group’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. The order was signed yesterday in a three-way virtual signing ceremony with participants in Beijing, Dalian and Hong Kong. Those...

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Hudong-Zhonghua Carriers Get Silverstream Air Lubrication Technology

  • Air lubrication specialist Silverstream Technologies has announced the signing of a MoU with Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua, part of the CSSC Group.
  • The MoU will see Silverstream’s air lubrication technology integrated into Hudong-Zhonghua’s new building designs for its future LNG carriers.
  • The integration aims to increase operational and fuel efficiencies, reducing fuel costs and emissions by between 6% and 8% for laden and ballast conditions.

Chinese shipbuilding group Hudong-Zhonghua,...

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