PPG (NYSE: PPG) has completed its 200th vessel drydocking using electrostatic application of marine fouling control coatings, nearly three years after introducing the technique to the global shipping market. The project was
Northern Ireland’s Belfast Harbour today hosted its first ship naming ceremony in two decades when Stena Line officially named its newest vessel Stena Futura. Delivered in September, the 147-meter Stena Futura is
The world’s northernmost shipping company, Wasaline, has been acquired by Sweden’s Stena Line, which strengthens its position in the Baltic Sea by taking over operations of the freight and passenger ferry route
Stena Line has developed a new concept vessel, the Stena Futuro, a 240-meter long RO/RO intended for the transportation of semi-trailers and cars. Stena Line says that, through optimal design and new
Making a pair of green newbuilds even greener, Sweden’s Stena Line is to add Norsepower rotor sails to the two methanol-hybrid NewMax RO/ROs it is building for its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea freight
A green corridor initiative, aiming to establish a zero-emission Irish Sea shipping route between Holyhead, Wales, and Dublin, Ireland, has moved one step closer, getting a £122,303 (about $159,000) funding boost from
Leading European ferry operator Stena Line reports that it is seeing a 1-5%reduction in fuel consumption thanks to its strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its in-house developed Voyage Optimization System.
Two RO/RO freight ferries operated by Sweden’s Stena Line are each to undergo conversions that will increase their capacities by 30%, not through a midbody insertion stretch, but through the addition of
Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two new methanol battery-hybrid NewMax vessels Stena Line is to deploy on its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea route in 2025.
The move to methanol continues. Yesterday, Maersk announced it had placed an order for six mid-sized containerships with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Today, Wärtsilä announced that it has
