FSG and Oceanex ink MoU on climate-neutral ConRo

German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Canada’s Oceanex Inc. that will see the two companies develop a highly efficient climate neutral ConRo (container RO/RO) vessel.

Oceanex Inc. provides intermodal transportation services to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the new ConRo design will be critical to its future vessel replacement planning for its current three-ship fleet.

The MoU was signed during a high level German...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/fsg-and-oceanex-ink-mou-on-climate-neutral-conro/

World’s largest ice-rated multi-fuel ConRo delivered

Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles today delivered Botnia Enabler, the first of two multi-fuel Knud E. Hansen designed ConRo ships, to Gothenburg, Sweden, based Wallenius SOL.

“We’re incredibly pleased and proud to welcome Botnia Enabler to our fleet,” said Wallenius SOL managing director Ragnar Johansson. “The delays we suffered along the way are no secret, so finally seeing her leave port on her maiden voyage is a fantastic feeling. She’s been eagerly awaited by us and our customers.”

With a length...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/worlds-largest-ice-rated-multi-fuel-conro-delivered/

LNG Fuelled Conros Win ‘Significant Ship Of The Year Award’

According to an article published in LNG Industry, Crowley Maritime Corp. and subsidiary Jensen Maritime, the company’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, were recently honoured with the 2019 Significant Boat of the Year Award during the International Workboat Show in New Orleans.

Significant boat of the year

This award recognises the company’s industry-leading combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships, MV El Coquí and MV Taíno, the first of their kind to be...

http://mfame.guru/lng-fuelled-conros-win-significant-ship-of-the-year-award/

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