Malaysian shipping company the MISC Group, through its tanker arm AET, has placed an order for two Aframax vessels in a series to be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC). The vessels will be fitted with dual-fuel engines that can also...
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Eureka Shipping unveils cement carrier for Great Lakes trade
Eureka Shipping, a company jointly owned by Cyprus-based SMT Shipping and Canadian shipping operator the CSL Group, has placed an order for a new mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation in the Great Lakes. The 12,500DWT vessel will replace two older vessels while maintaining the...
Finland’s Meriaura orders cargo ship pair from Dutch builder
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has placed an order for two new cargo vessels in a series to be built by Netherlands-based shipyard Royal Bodewes. The vessels are scheduled for delivery to Meriaura in January and December 2026, respectively. Each newbuilding will have a length of 105 metres, a...
Seapath orders six deck barges from Florida builder
Ship leasing business Seapath, a company under New York-based conglomerate the Libra Group, has placed an order for six deck barges in a series to be built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida. The vessels will be despatched to multiple charterers along the US East Coast. The barges are...
Future ammonia-powered containership to serve North Sea routes
Belgian marine engineering firm CMB.Tech has secured an order for the development of an ammonia-powered container vessel in partnership with Norwegian companies Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line, and Yara International. The vessel, to be named Yara Eyde, will be a 1,400TEU, ice-class...
Chinese yard to build two additional ice-class ships for Sweden’s Furetank
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build two additional ice-class tankers in a series for Swedish shipowner Furetank. The tankers will be built to a design by Swedish naval architecture firm FKAB Marine Design. Each will have ice class 1A notation, a maximum deadweight...
COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023: Days 4 to 6: Seadrill, Gulf Drilling International and ADES; five shipping magnates on future fuels; six corrupted states and Al Jazeera [Offshore Accounts]
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]
SAL Heavy Lift orders project cargo ships from Chinese yard
German operator SAL Heavy Lift has placed an order for four heavy lift project cargo vessels in a series to be built by Wuhu Shipyard in China. The vessels were developed ..
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French builder secures repeat order for 81m cargo sailship
French shipbuilder Piriou has been awarded a contract for the construction of an additional wind-powered cargo vessel for local transport company TOWT. The vessel will be ..
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Pacific International Lines orders four dual-fuel newbuildings
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has awarded China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding a contract for the construction of four container vessels in a series. The vessels wi ..
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