In Japan, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received orders from Toyofuji Shipping and Fukuju Shipping for Japan’s first methanol-fueled roll-on/roll-off (RORO) cargo ships. The two ships will be built at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, with scheduled completion and delivery by […]
In Taiwan, Offshore Energy reports Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen Marine has ordered six Sub-Panamax methanol dual-fuel containerships to be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation. Evergreen will pay $52-58 million per 2,400 TEU vessel. The order for the ship sextet was placed on behalf of Italia Marittima S.p.A., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine. Additionally, […]
In Korea, Safety4sea reported that Korean Register (KR) has granted approval in principle (AiP) for the methanol dual-fuel retrofit design of a 16,000 TEU container ship owned by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). According to KR, this container ship was developed in collaboration with HD Hyundai Marine Solution, HD Hyundai E&T, and HD Korea Shipbuilding & […]
