The shipping company from the Danish Skagen has received the first (in a series of five) tanker of the Hybrid Solution Plus class, with a deadweight of 15,000 and 14 segregations.
The 364-metre-long MSC Rose, able to carry up to 15,294 TEUs, has inaugurated the new direct Asia-North Europe service of MSC, including calls to the Baltic ports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Klaipėda.
In a deal worth €1.3 billion, the Grimaldi Group has entrusted China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) with delivering nine brand-new ferries, six of the Next Generation Med and three of the Hansa Superstar class.
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) has contracted the ship design experts for the design and engineering of Wallenius Wilhelmsen's up-sized pure car & truck carriers (PCTC).
Each of the Norwegian shipping line's two general cargo vessels, to be constructed by Jiangsu SOHO Marine Heavy Industry, will house a pair of 24-metre-tall and 4.0-metre-in-diameter Rotor Sails from the Helsinki-based manufacturer of auxiliary wind propulsion.
The Ystad-based company will take hold of the 5,900-deadweight (dwt) freighters ordered by BAAS Shipping in China, with the first one, the 26 October 2024-delivered Baymar, set to enter service in the coming weeks.
The sister ship of Wallenius Marine's Future Way, which took her first shipment of Volkswagens from Europe to the US in September 2024, also began her charter for the German car manufacturer.
The Norwegian-Swedish company has placed an order for two additional 11,700-CEU pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard, plus decided to up-scale two earlier orders from 9,300 to 11,700 CEUs.
