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  • Furetank reaches milestone with new vessel orders: entire fleet renewed

    Furetank reaches milestone with new vessel orders: entire fleet renewed

    Furetank adds another two Vinga vessels to the order line, marking a milestone for the shipping company. Upon delivery, Furetank’s fleet will consist entirely of environmentally proven, top standard vessels with an average age of two years. ”We did our homework. This development towards sustainability has been an amazing journey”, says CEO Lars Höglund.

  • Furetank når milstolpe med nya fartygsordrar: helt förnyad flotta

    Furetank når milstolpe med nya fartygsordrar: helt förnyad flotta

    Furetank beställer ytterligare två Vingafartyg, vilket markerar en milstolpe för Donsörederiet. Vid leverans består Furetanks flotta helt av fartyg av högsta klimatklass med en snittålder på enbart två år.”Vi har gjort vår hemläxa. Utvecklingen mot hållbar sjöfart har varit en fantastisk resa”, säger VD Lars Höglund.

  • ”Monitoring the ship construction in China is a dream job”

    ”Monitoring the ship construction in China is a dream job”

    Four of Furetank’s employees take turns overseeing the construction of eleven Vinga vessels in the upcoming years. We talked to Mikael Johansson and Joakim Skottborn about the challenges, joys and best practices in quality assuring the works of a Chinese shipyard.

  • Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation co-order two additional newbuilds

    Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation co-order two additional newbuilds

    Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation expand the FureBear joint venture with two additional vessel orders, bringing the total newbuild order to ten intermediate product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The two companies continue to position FureBear to increase fleet capacity to expand into new markets and meet future demand for biofuels transportation.

  • Furetank and Wärtsilä in engine tests: potential of halving the methane slip

    Furetank and Wärtsilä in engine tests: potential of halving the methane slip

    Reducing the methane slip is a vital challenge in taking LNG-fueled ships towards zero greenhouse gas emissions. Now the Finnish marine technology supplier Wärtsilä and Swedish shipping company Furetank are co-developing and testing two technologies showing the potential to halve the methane slip.

  • Furetank pilots waste-based renewable fuel for Equinor

    Furetank pilots waste-based renewable fuel for Equinor

    The dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö has performed the first voyage on a new Equinor fuel blend containing used cooking oil. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions while, judging from the first test indications, maintaining the same high performance as conventional marine gasoil.

  • The Vinga vessel series will now total 17 ships.

    Furetank and Algoma double joint investment

    Swedish Furetank and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation expand the FureBear joint venture to include eight climate-friendly, dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe.

  • Visualisering av Vingaserien.

    Furetank utvidgar miljövänlig flotta i joint venture med kanadensiskt rederi

    Börsnoterade kanadensiska rederiet Algoma miljardinvesterar tillsammans med svenska Furetank i fyra tankfartyg av högsta globala klimatklass. För Algoma betyder det internationell expansion och för Furetank ett bevis för att företagets nya serie miljöanpassade fartyg nått internationellt erkännande.

  • Fure Vinga passing Tower Bridge

    IMO delegates visiting world’s most environmentally friendly tanker in central London

    Spectacularly moored on the Thames in downtown London, Fure Vinga opened up to 500 invited visitors as the first intermediate tanker in the world which will reach UN 2050 climate targets for shipping. 170 IMO delegates, meeting in London to advance global restrictions of greenhouse gas emissions, came onboard to see how the Swedish shipping company Furetank has turned their targets into practice.

  • IMO-delegater besökte Furetanks miljöeffektiva fartyg i centrala London

    IMO-delegater besökte Furetanks miljöeffektiva fartyg i centrala London

    Spektakulärt förtöjd på Themsen i centrala London öppnades Fure Vinga upp för 500 inbjudna besökare, som kom för att se det första tankfartyget i sin klass som når FN:s klimatmål för sjöfarten. 170 IMO-delegater är i London för att skärpa de globala restriktionerna av växthusgasutsläpp. De fick uppleva hur svenska rederiet Furetank har omsatt deras mål i praktiken.