Stena RoRo has placed an order for another Ro-Pax-class E-Flexer vessel from the Chinese shipyard China Merchants Industry Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard.

Latest figures released by DNV from its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform, reveal an 8% increase in ships ordered or retrofitted with alternative fuel propulsion in 2023.

Nakilat has ordered six new gas carriers to meet its forecasts of continued expanding demand for gas transportation.

Lemissoler Navigation and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) received ABS approval in principle (AiP) for their design of a 65,000 dwt methanol-fueled ultramax bulk carrier.

Chinese shipyards have secured 64.85 million dwt of newbuilding orders in the first 11 months of 2023 with an increase of 63.8% year-on-year.

The ClarkSea index dropped 37% last year, however it was compared to an exceptional year in 2022 that was fuelled by the container markets.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Norwegian state company, Equinor, and energy major bp, have pulled out of a wind farm contract at Seatrium valued at more than $250 million.

French firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and its subsidiary LD Seaplane has ordered three wind-assisted ro-ros from CSSC Wuchang Shipbuilding for use by Airbus.

Despite a record take-up of green technologies in ships ordered in 2023, thousands of existing vessels will fall into carbon intensity indicator (CII) categories D or E, requiring owners to take action immediately or within the next three years.