The path that took Furetank’s business controller Wassim Salma from a war-torn Syria to a new life in Gothenburg is quite a story. Demonstrating for democratic rights he was forced to flee his home country, facing a very uncertain future. Little did he know that his job, branch of industry and hometown would all be mirrored in Sweden a few years later.
We congratulate a competent and ambitious employee, Therese Boman, to taking the next step in her career and becoming a captain at Fure Vinga. Giving our employees the opportunity to develop their skills and follow their aspirations is a core value at Furetank.
The Furetank/Algoma joint venture FureBear, together with Larsson Shipping, takes over the ownership of Algoma’s product tanker Algonorth. It has arrived from Canada to trade in Northern Europe under the new name Fure Skagen.
Furetank turns the former office into a maritime educational centre on Donsö outside Gothenburg: a state-of-the-art ship simulator complex for training, assessment and certification. From summer 2023 it will be available for the entire shipping cluster on Donsö as well as external actors.
Furetank omvandlar sitt tidigare kontor till ett maritimt utbildningscentrum på Donsö utanför Göteborg. Det blir ett toppmodernt fartygssimulatorkomplex för träning, tester och certifiering. Från sommaren 2023 öppnar centret upp för hela sjöfartsklustret på Donsö och andra externa aktörer.
We made a film as we settled into the brand new office building in Hinsholmen, Göteborg. Please feel welcome to step inside and discover what it means for us to finally join the whole team in one place.
Furetank has been granted state and EU climate investment support for installing shore power connection on a tanker currently in production.
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.
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.
Furetank Rederi AB sells two 17,999 dwt dual-fuel product tankers in the VINGA series to Neste in 2023 and replaces them with new-buildings.
Furetank has signed a contract for two more dual-fuel tankers. This means that six sister ships have been ordered this year alone, in the globally top-performing Vinga series which has now reached 15 vessels altogether.
Many prominent visitors came on board Fure Vinga during the Furetank London event, bringing great expertise and experience with them. In this film, they share their thoughts on how we can promote sustainable shipping from both private and public sector.
Furetank and Algoma today announce entering into a joint venture agreement to construct four climate friendly dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe.
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.
Furetank has signed a contract for a new dual-fuel tanker. It will become number eleven in the Vinga series of globally top-performing sister vessels when it comes to energy efficiency and climate footprint.
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.
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.
A highly efficient propulsion system is key in reducing carbon emissions from our Vinga vessels by 55%. We designed the system in cooperation with Wärtsilä, combining many innovative and energy-saving features. This film tells you all about it.
Today we are proud to release the very first Furetank sustainability report, summing up all of our green efforts during 2021.
Many onboard and underwater systems are traditionally based on chemicals that are inevitably released to the oceans to some extent. With the VINGA vessel series, Furetank has taken several innovative measures in order to leave harmful substances behind and find new solutions.
