fast commuter ferry seen from three quarters forward

First of six new fast commuter ferries starts service in Hong Kong

Now in operation with Hong Kong’s Sun Ferry Services Company Limited, the 44.8 meter, 500 passenger Xin Ming Xhu VIII, is the first of six new Incat Crowther designed fast commuter ferries

CHAMP barge alongside ship

EBDG’s CHAMP barge will be Wärtsilä powered

In a move to cut vessel emissions in U.S. ports, Seattle, Wash., based naval architecture firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä that will see

Chartered by Airbus, LDA ship Ville de Bordeaux has now been retrofitted with bound4blue suction sails

Airbus ship heads for Mobile, powered by suction sails

The decision by Airbus and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to install Norsepower rotorsails on their three next-generation newbuilds is just one part of the story on how the two are looking to

Area where strike on MSC containersjip occurred

MSC containership struck by Houthi missile

An MSC containership has become the latest vessel to be damaged in a Houthi attack. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations today issued a report at 1500 UTC on an incident 91 nautical miles

Witness from China Classification Society (CSS) attended Copenhagen ceremony

MAN Energy Solutions and CSS expand strategic agreement

MAN Energy Solutions and China Classification Society (CCS) have signed a sub-agreement that brings the new MAN L21/31DF-M (dual-fuel methanol) genset into a strategic framework agreement (SFA) that the two parties agreed

John Doyle comments on expanding Unity Ukrrain war risk insurance

Unity Ukraine war risk insurance now covers all non-military cargo

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) has announced a major expansion of its Unity Ukraine war risk insurance facility. Launched in November 2023 to support Ukrainian exports of grain and other critical food supplies

MOU signing on Korean offshore wind

Esvagt makes plans to enter the Korean offshore wind market

Danish offshore wind support specialist Esvagt, which is partnered with Crowley in the Crest Wind JV for the U.S. market, is planning to enter the Korean offshore wind market. It is entering

BWS training equipments

Bio-UV Group cuts ribbon on new Bio-Sea BWTS training facility

With most ships now compliant with IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention in that they have now installed an approved system, ballast water treatment system (BWTS) manufacturers are focusing on the aftersales market

autonomous ferries

HAV Design to design zero-emission autonomous ferry quartet for Fjord1

Norway’s HAV Design has won a contract to design and develop four newbuild, zero-emission autonomous ferries for ferry operator Fjord1. To be built at Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard, they will operate on the

Next Mission to Seafarers Secretary General Peter Rouch

The Mission to Seafarers names new Secretary General

The Venerable Dr. Peter Rouch is to succeed the Revd. Canon Andrew Wright as Secretary General of the Mission to Seafarers on Canon Wright’s retirement in September this year, after almost twelve

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