Day: April 22, 2025

MSC in for more Hengli megamaxes

Energy News Beat Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has returned to Hengli Heavy Industry for a new series of LNG dual-fuel megamax containerships. Shipbuilding sources in China report the Swiss-based liner giant has signed up for six 22,000 teu newbuilds at the yard formerly known as STX Dalian. Soren Toft-led MSC and […]

Geneva Dry Dialogues: Weathernews

Energy News Beat Shipowners are asking for easy-to-use solutions, offering a one-stop shop, according to Joachim Gerlach, senior sales manager at Weathernews, one of the world’s largest private weather information companies. “Customers are facing more and more systems in their everyday operations, and being able to integrate as much as possible into one unique interface […]

Philly Shipyard steps forward to meet US LNG carrier requirements

Energy News Beat Philly Shipyard The Korean-controlled Philly Shipyard is gearing up to build the first LNG carriers in America since the 1970s. Following last week’s announcement by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on port fees designed to boost American shipbuilding, Hanhwa Ocean, which bought Philly Shipyard last year, has said it will embark on […]

Fear of grey boxes

Energy News Beat Andrew Craig-Bennett on another virulent form of sea blindness. Timor arcium griseorum. I hope I have got the Latin for “Fear of grey boxes” correct, because it is the widespread fear – almost a medical condition – of container shipping that I want to write about. There was a time when fear […]