Bureau Veritas has granted Approval in Principle for a liquefied natural gas fuel supply system using containerised LNG.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued an AIP for a new retrofit concept combing LNG fuel conversion and vessel jumboisation for a very large containership.

Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen has announced it decided to stop deliveries of new vessels to clients in Russia due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is to issue S$50m convertible bonds to strategic investors EDB Investments and Alexandrian Worldwide as it looks to strengthen its position in Singapore’s maritime industry.

Repsol and Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop solutions to decarbonise maritime transport.

Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, subsidiary of CIMC Enric has signed contracts with Seaspan ULC of Canada for two 7,600 cu m LNG bunkering vessels plus an option for one additional vessel.

New KfW IPEX-Bank client Eureka Shipping has secured EUR29m ($32.2m) in financing for three cement carrier newbuilds.

China United Lines (CU Lines) has placed an order at CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) for two 7,000 teu containerships.

The privately-owned Chinese yard, Nanjing Huatai Shipbuilding, has filed for bankruptcy with district courts.

Saudi Arabia’s International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Columbia Ship Management (CSM) have converted a six-month-old Memorandum of Understanding into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA).