SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 – European short sea operator United European Car Carriers (UECC), has taken delivery of the world’s first LNG-fueled Pure Car and Truck Carrier from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.’s NACKS
JULY 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä and other leading marine industry players have formed a coalition, known as SEA/LNG, to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.
JUNE 9, 2016—Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism (MLIT) is launching a feasibility study for LNG bunkering in the Port of Yokohama. Japan is the world’s largest LNG importing country and
APRIL 19, 2016 — The Panama Canal has begun accepting transit reservations for Neopanamax vessels for commercial transits through the Expanded Canal starting on June 27, 2016. Neopanamax ships are the largest
JANUARY 22, 2016 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) reports that its Hybrid Turbocharger has received the prestigious President’s Award for 2015 in the 36th Energy-Efficient Machinery
DECEMBER 28, 2015 — After a year long investigation, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has fined seven international shipping companies a total of RMB 407 million yuan ($63 million) for price
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 — Joint-venture companies established by Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co. and operators Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have ordered a total of
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Dallas and New Orleans-based trial law firm Burns Charest LLP reports that a settlement has been reached with Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), in a
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — A whistleblower is to collect $250,000 in a “magic pipe” case in which the Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan’s NYK Line, is to pay $1.8
NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Classification society ClassNK has approved the design of a new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. After trial operational testing, the engine is expected
