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Albert Park vessel. Bureau Veritas marks naming of Union Maritime's wind-assisted Aframax tanker  

Albert Park, fitted with three WindWings sails, is Chinese yard's first wind-assisted Aframax product tanker.
Maersk Halifax ship-to-ship (STS) ethanol bunkering operation. Singapore completes world's largest ethanol bunkering operation  

Maersk, Golden Island and PSA perform ethanol bunkering in Singapore, drawing on methanol handling experience and safety protocols.
WinGD Global Service personnel. WinGD signs five-year service deal for NYK LNG carrier fleet  

Swiss engine designer WinGD will support ten dual-fuel engines across five Japanese-operated LNG carriers.
Steel-cutting ceremony for vessel with builder's hull no. N1036. Steel cut for third methanol-ready chemical tanker in ROC-Essberger series  

Chemical tanker series is designed with provisions for methanol fuel and wind-assisted propulsion systems.
Tangier Maersk vessel. WinGD engine completes first in-service ethanol voyage on Maersk container ship  

Tangier Maersk sails from Houston to New York using 100% bioethanol in WinGD's X-DF-M/E engine.
Platform supply vessel (PSV) render. Breeze Ship Design wins contract for Union Vega Offshore's battery-hybrid PSVs  

Two battery-hybrid platform supply vessels, with options for four more, will be built in China.
GRSE and ONGC contract signing. GRSE signs contract with ONGC to build four hybrid platform supply vessels  

Indian shipbuilder adds offshore support vessels to its portfolio with hybrid propulsion contract for state oil firm.
Felicitas vessel. AMS Barging christens methanol-ready tanker as fleet reaches 17 vessels  

Dutch inland shipping company adds 9,000-cbm diesel-electric tanker Felicitas, designed for future conversion to methanol bunkering.
Estonia's fully-electric ferry render. Steerprop to supply next-generation CRP units for Estonia's first electric ferry  

Finnish propulsion specialist Steerprop will equip a CRIST-built electric ferry with upgraded contra-rotating propeller technology for the Estonian State Fleet.
BGN and HD HHI contract signing. BGN orders four more dual-fuel LPG carriers from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  

New contract brings BGN's 2026 orders with HD HHI to 10 vessels and will increase its owned VLGC fleet to 23 ships.
Shenghang Yongle ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering operation. World's first ship-to-ship green ammonia bunkering operation completed in China  

Shenghang Yongle supplied 1,000 tonnes of green ammonia to CMB.Tech's Mineral Europa, connecting the fuel's full supply chain.
CMA CGM Lorenzaccio naming ceremony. 15,000-TEU methanol-powered boxship named CMA CGM Lorenzaccio  

French carrier adds literature-inspired vessel to its methanol-powered fleet for deployment on the REX2 service.
China Zorrilla vessel. Battery-electric ferries grow in scale as aluminium multihulls gain market share  

DNV highlights the rise of battery-electric aluminium ferries, spotlighting the delivery of the world's largest such vessel.
Bjorn Hauschild, IBT Bunkering & Trading. IBT Bunkering & Trading appoints Sales Support Specialist  

Björn Hauschild joins from shipyard broker CombiTrade.
Haiyang Shiyou 301 ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation. CLPe and CNOOC complete Hong Kong's first LNG bunkering of a pure car and truck carrier  

Ship-to-ship operation delivered around 2,600 cbm of LNG to dual-fuel vessel AICC Fenghuang.
Mercuria logo. Mercuria seeks senior sales and account manager for bunker delivery platform  

Role can be based either remotely or at one of its offices in London, Geneva, Athens or Las Palmas.
Molgas Energy logo. Molgas Energy Group appoints Riaan van Kralingen as head of clean fuels  

Van Kralingen will oversee the company's liquefied biomethane and EU allowance portfolios, succeeding Caspar Gooren.
GT Wings manufacturing facility. GT Wings launches compact AirWing S Jet Sail for smaller vessels  

Wind propulsion developer adds lightweight unit to AirWing range as first customer-ordered AirWing20 units near completion.
Cargo ship bow in dry dock. LR publishes retrofit guidance covering alternative fuels and energy-saving devices in one framework  

New Guidance Notes address LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, wind-assisted propulsion and air lubrication retrofits for existing ships.
Spirit of Toulouse fitted with rotor sails. LD Armateurs' Spirit of Toulouse fitted with six Norsepower rotor sails  

Six 35m rotor sails installed on the first of three methanol-capable ro-ro ships chartered by Airbus.