French shipowner LD Armateurs (LDA) has launched Spirit of Toulouse, the first of three ‘low-emission’ RoRo vessels chartered to Airbus. The three vessels will each be equipped with six 35-metre-high rotor sails from Norsepower and two dual-fuel engines that can run on methanol or marine diesel oil (MDO). They will also feature efficient propellers, low-friction anti-fouling coatings, smart power management and heat conversion systems, as well as weather routing software. The ships, which will transport aircraft components for Airbus, are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 70% on a yearly basis compared with the previous generation of ships, according to […]

An LNG bunkering operation was disrupted in Rotterdam on 6 February after seven containers fell from Hapag-Lloyd’s 23,660 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) boxship Bangkok Express, onto the aft deck of the LNG bunkering vessel (LNGBV) K. Lotus. Two containers also fell into the water during the incident, which occurred in the evening at the Prinses Amaliahaven, on Maasvlakte 2, the Port of Rotterdam has informed ship.energy. In a statement, the Port of Rotterdam confirmed that no one was injured. ‘The crew of the bunkering vessel gathered in a safe location and the bunkering operation was stopped immediately,’ a spokesperson for the Port of Rotterdam Authority told ship.energy, and he also confirmed […]

Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has taken delivery of its first CABU III vessel, featuring energy efficiency technology as well as readiness for shore power and future retrofitting to zero or near-zero (ZNZ) emission fuels. The MV Balder is the first of three CABU III vessels contracted to China’s New Yangzi Shipbuilding and scheduled for delivery this year. The vessels are equipped with energy efficiency measures, including an air lubrication system, a shaft generator, an EcoEGR fuel-optimised main engine and a Mewis duct. Their fuel consumption and carbon emissions per tonne transported are about 35% lower than the first-generation CABU I […]