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Hapag-Lloyd in $4B, 24-ship ordering spree at two Chinese yards

Hapag-Lloyd has signed separate contracts with two Chinese shipyards for a total of 24 new containerships. All will be equipped with state-of-the-art low emission, high pressure LNG dual-fuel engines capable of operation on biomethane (bio LNG), which can reduce CO2e emissions by up to 95% compared to conventional propulsion systems. They will also be ammonia-ready.

Hapag-Lloyd says the newbuildings will have a combined capacity of 312,000 TEU and involve a combined investment volume of around...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/hapag-lloyd-in-4b-24-ship-ordering-spree-at-two-chinese-yards/

Höegh Aurora claims crown of world’s largest, greenest, PCTC

Three years after launching its Aurora Class design, Norway’s Höegh Autoliners yesterday took deliver of the first vessel in the class, Höegh Aurora. Built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu, China, it has a length of 199 meters, a beam of 37.8 meters and a capacity of up to 9,100 cars. That’s 600 cars up on the previous “world’s largest” in the PCTC category, Höegh Autoliners’ Horizon class.

Though not the world’s first “ammonia ready” ship, Höegh Aurora and the other...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/hoegh-aurora-claims-crown-of-worlds-largest-greenest-pctc/

World’s first methanol battery-hybrid RO/ROs will showcase Wärtsilä tech

methanol battery-hybrid propulsion system layout

Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two new methanol battery-hybrid NewMax vessels Stena Line is to deploy on its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea route in 2025.

On order at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for Stena RoRo, the ships will be the world’s first methanol fueled hybrid RO/RO vessels .

Each vessel will be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines that, as well as being capable of operating on methanol, will have an ammonia...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-first-methanol-battery-hybrid-ro-ros-will-showcase-wartsila-tech/