Japanese shipping company Imoto Lines has unveiled the first image of a coastal feeder containership that will be fitted with a hybrid electric propulsion system. The 499GT, 200TEU vessel will feature both installed and swappable containerised batteries as well as generators. The propulsion will...
As an ex-merchant navy deck officer, who left the sea after seven years, studied naval architecture, and then ran a ship design studio for five decades, I was asked to co ..
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With winter storms whirling around the northern hemisphere, masters of containerships will be worrying about whether the lashing gangs in their last ports were as particu ..
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New Zealand-based shipping company the MOVE Logistics Group recently unveiled images of a proposed Ro-Ro vessel that can be configured to use methanol as fuel. The fit-fo ..
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A partnership formed by Japanese companies Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding has begun joint development of a new ocean-goin ..
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Swedish family-owned shipping company Wallenius Marine and Danish naval architects Knud E. Hansen have entered into an agreement wherein the latter company will join a pr ..
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A new joint venture that includes Norwegian engineering company TECO 2030 has begun developing a new design of tanker to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. TECO 2030 said ..
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Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen (LH2) tanker. The tanker concept, developed in partnership with LH2 Europe, will tran ..
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Japanese company Eco Marine Power (EMP) has released details of a new Handymax bulker that incorporates a range of renewable energy solutions, energy saving devices, elec ..
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DNV has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to a new design of pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) being developed by Finnish naval architects Deltamarin. The vessel will b ..
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