Eastern Pacific Shipping

Crowley’s first new Avance class vessel enters service

Crowley’s new LNG-fueled Avance class containership Quetzal has successfully begun its inaugural commercial voyage, opening the company’s next era of faster, frequent ocean shipping with a new class of vessels serving the U.S., Central America and the Dominican Republic.

With a capacity for up to 1,400 20-foot container equivalent units (TEUs), Quetzal and its three forthcoming sister Avance class ships are on long term charter to Crowley from Eastern Pacific Shipping, and were specifically...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/crowleys-first-new-avance-class-vessel-enters-service/

12 new Eastern Pacific 18,000 TEU containerships will have ME-GI main engines

China’s New Times Shipbuilding has ordered twelve MAN Energy Solutions 8G95ME-GI (-Gas Injection) Mk10.5 main engines. They will power twelve LNG-fueled 18,000 TEU containerships on order for Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).

“This new, sizable order reflects the great momentum the ME-GI engine has experienced during the building boom that the very large container vessel segment is currently experiencing,” said Bjarne Foldager, country manager, Denmark, at MAN Energy Solutions....

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/12-new-eastern-pacific-18000-teu-containerships-will-have-me-gi-main-engines/

MAN and EPS ink MOU on crew training for handling ammonia as fuel

MAN Energy Solutions and Singapore-headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering the development of crew training for handling ammonia as fuel on vessels.

Signed at the Posidonia event in Athens by EPS CEO Cyril Ducau and Bjarne Foldager, country manager, Denmark, at MAN Energy Solutions, the MoU will enable EPS personnel to be trained alongside MAN Energy Solutions’ engineers on the safe handling of ammonia for its dual-fuel engines. It...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/man-and-eps-ink-mou-on-crew-training-for-handling-ammonia-as-fuel/

Pacific Basin to apply graphene-based propeller coatings on 40 ships

One of the world’s largest bulker operators, Hong Kong headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, is to apply a sustainable graphene-based propeller coating, XGIT-PROP, across its entire fleet. The innovative coating has been developed by Canadian company GIT Coatings, which notes that it has demonstrated the potential to enhance vessel performance by up to 4%, making it a highly effective solution to improve CII and RightShip GHG ratings.

Following successful application and obtaining...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/pacific-basin-to-apply-graphene-based-propeller-coatings-on-40-ships/

Construction starts on Eastern Pacific Shipping’s new oil tanker in China

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has held a steel-cutting ceremony for an oil product tanker owned by Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).

The post Construction starts on Eastern Pacific Shipping’s new...

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/construction-starts-on-eastern-pacific-shippings-new-oil-tanker-in-china/

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