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Deltamarin partners with Wallenius Wilhelmsen on upsized Shaper Class vessels
Deltamarin has signed a contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) Co. for the design and engineering of Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s upsized Shaper Class vessels. The contract includes six of the fourteen vessels currently on order with …
Feb 26, 2025 / Vessels
Stena Line’s Second New Ship Stena Connecta Launches
Stena Line has reached another major milestone in its NewMax fleet investment programme with a ceremony to mark Stena Connecta launching into the water at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Weihai, China. Stena Connecta is one of two new ships …
Feb 25, 2025 / Vessels
Sallaum Lines opens doors to Chinese OEMs amid large investments
Imbalanced trades, capacity constraints at sea and in port, and lack of labor have put Europe’s best-performing finished vehicle handling ports and shipping companies to the test, as has a new wave of vehicle imports from China and its OEMs. To …
Nov 26, 2024 / Curious
Stena Line marks significant milestones in build of NewMax ships, Stena Futura and Stena Connecta
Stena Line has reached another milestone in the build of its NewMax ships - launching Stena Futura into the water and laying the keel of the second ship, to be named Stena Connecta. Last week, Stena held a joint ‘launch’ and ‘keel-laying’ …
Oct 30, 2024 / Vessels
Stena Line lays the keel for Stena Futura – the first of its NewMax ships
Stena Line has reached an important milestone in its fleet investment programme with the keel laying of the first NewMax vessel to be deployed on the Belfast-Heysham route. At the same time, the ferry’s name was disclosed: Stena Futura. On Friday 28 …
Jul 1, 2024 / Curious
Erik Thun takes delivery of Thun Vettern
The 17,999-dwt vessel was built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou and is an upgraded version of the sister Thun Venern. Thun Vettern is the latest contribution to the “Vinga-series”, all trading within the Gothia Tanker Alliance. The …
Jun 24, 2024 / Vessels
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Signs Shipbuilding Contracts and Securing Four New Options
Wallenius Wilhelmsen on Monday (Mar 25) signed the shipbuilding contracts for the recently declared options for four 9,300 CEU vessels at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Co., Ltd. In connection with the contract signing, Wallenius Wilhelmsen …
Mar 26, 2024 / Curious
Chinese yard delivers LNG-powered ferry to Stena and Marine Atlantic
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai has delivered Stena’s LNG-powered ferry Ala’suinu which will serve Canada’s Marine Atlantic. Sweden’s Stena RoRo and CMJL (Weihai) announced the delivery of the E-Flexer vessel in separate statements on …
Feb 13, 2024 / Vessels
Deltamarin Signs A Design Contract For 13th E-Flexer RoPax Vessel
Deltamarin has signed a design contract with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for the complete basic and detail design of a new RoPax vessel. The new RoPax is the 13th vessel in the Stena RoRo’s E-Flexer series and is the first to be …
Feb 1, 2024 / Vessels
The second hybrid Superstar freight-passenger vessel delivered to Finnlines
Finnlines took delivery of Finncanopus, which is the second of two Superstar-series freight-passenger (ro-pax) vessels, at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai, China, on 12 December 2023. The vessel will enter Finnlines’ line between …
Dec 12, 2023 / Vessels