MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Phoenix Harmonia is the first vessel of a newly-developed series of VLGCs constructed by Namura with assistance from Mitsubishi...
Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (CIMC SOE) has launched the second in a series of three LNG bunkering vessels ordered by Canadian shipping company Seaspan for operation by its Seaspan Energy division. The vessel has been named Seaspan Lions after the twin peaks of...
Infineon Technologies and South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of a broader project wherein the two companies will jointly develop applications for the electrification of marine engines and machinery using energy-efficient power semiconductor technology. KSOE is already focusing on creating […]
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South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with compatriot logistics company Hyundai Glovis, Australia’s Woodside Energy, and Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for cooperation in the development of a liquefied hydrogen (LH2) transportation value chain. Since 2022, KSOE has been working with Woodside […]
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You could argue that bad things happen to the best of us, and even a Rolls-Royce can suffer a breakdown, although perhaps not so often than the run-of-the-mill vehicle. Still, there must have been a certain amount of surprise when it was revealed that the big LNG carrier Cesi Qingdao had been...
Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (CIMC SOE) has launched the first in a series of three LNG bunkering vessels ordered by Canadian shipping company Seaspan for operation by its Seaspan Energy division. The vessel is named Seaspan Garibaldi after a volcano in British...
WORK BOAT WORLD: Sonia Malaluan has been selected to serve as the new administrator of the Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), taking over from Hernani Fabia. Malaluan was previously MARINA’s Deputy Administrator for Planning, serving in the post since November 2022. She has spent...
Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbour-assist manoeuvre led to the grounding of a tug in Texas’ Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. It is the second marine casualty the NTSB investigated in 2022 caused by excessive speed in...
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its accident investigation report into the fatal engine room fire on board the LPG carrier Moritz Schulte while at the Belgian port of Antwerp on August 4, 2020. On the said date, as cargo offloading operations were underway, a fire...
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reports that one person was killed after the tug on which he was a crewmember sank as a result of a collision with another vessel ..
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