The world's largest! Methanol dual-fuel propulsion! Construction beginsRecently, the first vessel in a series of 24,000 TEU ultra-large container ships with methanol dual-fuel propulsion, custom-designed by Dalian COSCO Shipping Kawasaki Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. for COSCO Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd., began construction, marking a new milestone for Dalian COSCO Shipping Kawasaki in the field of green shipbuilding. The 24,000 TEU ultra-large methanol dual-fuel powered container ship from Dalian COSCO Shipping Kawasaki is equipped with an advanced methanol dual-fuel propulsion system. Compared to other green fuels, methanol offers significant advantages in terms of storage and transportation convenience, infrastructure compatibility, and carbon reduction potential over its entir...
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Strong earthquake in Taiwan, the port was damaged to stop operations According to the official determination of the China Earthquake Network: a 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at 7:58 pm on 3 April in the waters of Hualien County, Taiwan (latitude 23.81 degrees north, longitude 121.74 degrees east) at a depth of 12 km, and since then there have been a number of aftershocks ranging from 4-6 magnitude, and there have been a steady stream of aftershocks. This is the strongest earthquake that has occurred in Taiwan since the 921 earthquake in 1999, and tremors were felt in all of Taiwan, many p...
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2024
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BYD's another car ro-ro transporter starts construction, with 9200 car parking spaces According to the news of blogger 'Xiaodi Express', BYD's 9,200-car car ro-ro transport vessel held a groundbreaking ceremony in Jiangsu on 29th. This newly-built ship will help BYD's rapid expansion of overseas markets, and is also the first shipment of BYD's marine box-type battery packs. In the next two years, BYD will have seven ro-ro vessels in operation, and BYD's energy storage battery technology and axle-belt generator system will also be applied on board. At the beginnin...
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2024
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Nearly $5bn! Chinese shipyard wins big order Dynacom Tankers Management, an oil tanker company owned by Greek shipowner George Procopiou, has entered into an ordering agreement for eight 158,000 dwt Suezmax crude oil tankers with Jiangsu New Era Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Trade Winds reported on 25 March. The vessels are scheduled for completion and delivery in 2027-2028. Industry sources estimate that the order is expected to have a price of US$81 million~US$84 million per vessel, with a total price of about US$648 million~US$672 million (about RMB4.67 billion~RMB4.85 billion). The vessels will b...
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2024
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Singapore vessel becomes world's first dual-fuel ammonia-powered ship A locally-registered vessel has become the world's first dual-fuel ammonia-powered vessel after it successfully refuelled with liquid ammonia in the Port of Singapore. The Singapore-flagged vessel, named Fortescue Green Pioneer, was successfully refuelled at the existing ammonia facility on Jurong Island with the support of the Maritime Authority of Singapore (MAS), government agencies, research organisations and industry partners, according to a joint statement issued by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapor...
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2024
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Emergency warning! The port is closed for a fortnight! Maersk has issued an urgent notice that the Finnish Transport Workers' Union (AKT) has announced a political strike that will result in the forced closure of the country's ports for a fortnight (11 March - 25 March). Maersk said in its announcement that the AKT's strike is in opposition to amendments to labour legislation proposed by the government. The two-week political strike will affect operations at all Finnish ports. Maersk added in the announcement that it will inform its customers as soon as possible about the impac...
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2024
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U.S. harbours: very comfortable with Chinese-made cranes For a long time, the United States has been attacking and discrediting China, and recently targeted at Chinese-made cranes. However, a number of U.S. ports are still using these cranes and have confidence in their safety. U.S. ports are very comfortable with Chinese-made cranes U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order proposing an investment of more than $20 billion over the next five years for the construction of port security, including the production of new harbour cranes in the local area to replace Chinese-made...
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2024
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