Chilean shipbuilder ASENAV has completed the 94-metre Magellan Discoverer, the first hybrid-electric polar cruise ship built in the Americas, with formal delivery to Antarctica21 due by the end of this week, according to a company statement. The $90m newbuilding left...

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Marine fuel coalition SEA-LNG has signed a four-year agreement with the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative to bring specialist methane measurement and abatement expertise into its work at the International Maritime Organization, according to a company...

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Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has put the 95,311-dwt LNG dual-fuel coal carrier MAIZURU KAZENOMAI into service for Kansai Electric Power, according to a company statement. The 234.98-metre, Liberian-flagged vessel is Japan’s first coal carrier equipped with...

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The US has opened a new licensing route for buyers seeking to acquire blocked vessels under its sanctions programmes, according to an October 28 statement from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Statement of Licensing Policy on Authorizing...

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Norwegian ro-ro group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered four 9,900-CEU LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carriers from China’s Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu), with options for eight more vessels, according to a company statement. The four firm ships are scheduled for...

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded $498m to 35 port projects across 19 states through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program, according to a MARAD statement. The biggest award listed is $50,593,488 for Whittier, Alaska, to...

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