NYK orders apple tank LNG duo for Cameron project
MAY 14, 2015 — Japan’s NYK has ordered two 165,000 cu.m LNG ships with apple shaped tanks to serve the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana. NYK says that, on April 30, it
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MOL to add six 20,000 TEU box ships
MARCH 2, 2015 — The move to giant containerships continues — and so does the trend to LNG fueling. Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to add six 20,000 TEU box ships
MHI to build “apple tank” LNG duo for Cameron shale exports
JANUARY 29, 2015 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two next-generation 177,000 cu.m. LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The order was booked
Evergreen adds more 18,000 TEU box ships
JANUARY 28, 20015 — As the trend to ever larger containerships continues, with TEU capacities that would recently have been record setting now becoming the norm, Evergreen Group today signed time charter
Apple shape tanks give new MHI LNG ship more capacity
NOVEMBER 27, 2014 —Shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new design LNG carrier with apple shaped LNG tanks. Evolved from Moss type spherical tanks, their upper half
New shipbuilding steel promises better collision protection
AUGUST 10, 2014 — Japan’s National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI) reports that Imabari Shipbuilding’s Saijo Shipyard has launched a 206,6000 dwt bulk carrier for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines whose hull contains 3,000 tons
Japanese consortium takes stake in Brazilian shipbuilder
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Five Japanese companies are to take a 30 percent stake in Brazilian shipbuilder ECOVIX — Engevix Construções Oceânicas S.A. They are shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Imabari
Scorpio Bulkers goes on a buying binge
OCTOBER 7, 2013 — With $300 million of gross proceeds from a September private placement in the kitty, Emanuele A. Lauro’s Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (OSLO-OTC: SALT) is doing what it said it
Bore to install ship efficiency software on second Ro-Ro
JUNE 13, 2013 — Finnish shipping company Bore Ltd. is to install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN ship efficiency software aboard the 13,625 dwt Ro-Ro vessel Bore Song. The comes after sea trials last year
NYK orders four post-Panamax PCTCs
OCTOBER 15, 2012 — Japan’s NYK Line has decided to build four next-generation, Post-Panamax type PCTCs (Pure Car and Truck Carriers). With a breadth 2-3 m wider than current PCTCs, they will