Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding (HVS), has recently received orders for two product carriers (PC vessels) from an African shipping company.

Tankers International’s specialist Scrubber Pool has snapped up Transportation Recovery Fund- (TRF) operated vessel TRF Horten into its specialist VLCC Scrubber Pool.

Malaysian shipowner MISC has inked agreements with WinGD and DNV to develop ammonia engines to train a future ready maritime workforce.

Containerships and LNG carriers are attracting the lion’s share of newbuilding investment while owners of tankers and bulkers are biding their time, according to recent analysis by Clarkson Research.

Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Ship Management is planning to order up to six LR2 tankers from the Chinese shipyard, New Times Shipbuilding.

Bureau Veritas has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) technologies for use on LNG carriers and VLCCs.

A fire onboard a tanker berthed at Singapore’s Jurong Port Tank Terminals (JPTT) was extinguished in a firefighting operation this morning.

The Sea Cargo Charter has highlighted issues with measurements of emissions and efficiency of ships at the same time as calling from the IMO to adopt ambitious decarbonisation targets next month at the MEPC80 meeting.

Early May saw the launch of The Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF with the symbol “BWET”, an Exchange Traded Fund aimed at investors in crude oil tankers.

CIMC Enric announced a contract for two firm plus two options for LPG/Ammonia carriers from Avance Gas to be built by its subsidiary Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering.