A shortsea cargo vessel has finally arrived in home waters in the Faroe Islands while a Japanese owner has welcomed a new coal carrier to its fleet. Construction continues on a Japanese-built car carrier and Russian river-sea capable cargo ship. Lastly, a Belgian operator has formally named three bulk carriers under construction in China.
Russian shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo launched another Project RSD59 Volgo-Don Max multipurpose dry cargo vessel at its yard in Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday, November 10.
Construction will continue at the yard's outfitting quay. Mooring and sea trials will follow to test the propulsion installation, automation, navigation, communications and life-support systems, according to parent company United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).
The vessels are dimensioned to the restrictions of the Volga-Don navigation canal and are intended for both inland waterways and sea routes.
Manoeuvrability is provided by two fully rotating azimuth thrusters. The design can carry general and bulk cargoes, grain, packaged sawn timber, roundwood, scrap metal, heavy cargoes and dangerous goods.
Navigare Shipping's newest shortsea cargo vessel has arrived in home waters in the Faroe Islands following her delivery voyage from the Netherlands.
Hav Fles is the second in a series of four vessels ordered by Navigare from Royal T Shipyards. Sister vessel Hav Leiti is already in service, while construction of the remaining two ships continues.
The series was designed in-house by the shipyard and is built to Bureau Veritas class requirements and IMO Tier III standards.
Four generators supply the vessel's propulsion in a diesel-electric configuration, allowing power generation to be matched to operational demand. The builder said she can remain underway using one generator during certain emergency situations.
Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation launched a new feeder car carrier that will be operated as part of Mazda's vehicle logistics network.
Toyo Maru No 8 is being built for local shipowner Taono Kaiun. She will transport new vehicles from Mazda's Hiroshima base following her delivery in March 2027.
The completed vessel will have an LOA of approximately 124.3 metres, a beam of 21.2 metres, a depth of 16.85 metres, and a full load draught of 6.2 metres. Its gross tonnage is approximately 5,400.
The carrier can load up to 650 passenger cars or 583 cars together with 30 medium-sized trucks. Naikai Zosen said the interdeck height near the vehicle entrance was increased to enable the ship to carry trucks as well as cars.
Up to 30 trailers can be stowed on the main deck.
China’s CSSC Beihai Shipbuilding recently held a joint naming ceremony for four vessels built for Belgian shipowner CMB Tech.
The vessels are the 319,000DWT ammonia-ready very large crude carrier (VLCC) Nervii and three 210,000DWT ammonia dual-fuel bulk carriers Ruri Mirai, Ruri Sekai, and Ruri Hikari.
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said delivery of the three bulk carriers is expected in stages, beginning in early 2027. MOL and CMB Tech will share ownership, with MOL intending to run the vessels on long-term charter contracts.
The bulkers' dual-fuel engines can use ammonia but can also burn conventional marine fuels. CMB Tech has said this gives operators options while ammonia bunkering facilities are being developed.
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of an LNG dual-fuel coal carrier fitted with the company's patented hard sail, the Japanese shipowner said on Wednesday, October 28.
Maizuru Kazenomai was named during a ceremony at the facilities of Oshima Shipbuilding. The ship has since entered service as a dedicated vessel for Kansai Electric Power, transporting coal to the utility's Maizuru Power Plant.
The propulsion arrangement combines a dual-fuel main engine capable of running primarily on LNG with the sail system, which MOL and Oshima developed jointly.
"Compared with conventional heavy fuel oil-fired vessels, the vessel is expected to reduce GHG and NOx emissions and significantly reduce SOx emissions through the use of LNG fuel," MOL said.