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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Meyer Werft Delivers the Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Ship

  Meyer Werft Shipyard, Industriegebiet Süd, Papenburg, GermanyMeyer Werft

  

  Starts 04/25/2013CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE13.4 years agoMeyer Werft’s^[2] own press release "Meyer Werft delivers Norwegian Breakaway" gives 25 April 2013 as the delivery date.

  Meyer Werft delivered the Norwegian Breakaway, then the largest ship it had ever built, from its Papenburg shipyard to Norwegian Cruise Line after an 18-month build. Her maiden voyage was the transatlantic crossing to New York, where she was christened; seven-day Bermuda cruises out of New York followed from 12 May 2013.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  LNG Canada Ships First LNG From Kitimat Terminal

  LNG CanadaLNG Canada, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

  Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe first cargo, loaded aboard the GasLog Glasgow, left Kitimat for Asia on 1 July 2025 (Shell's^[2] 'First cargo leaves LNG Canada' release, with CBC^[3] and The Globe and Mail reporting the departure the same day). The previous date of 23 June 2025 was the announcement of first production, with cargo loading still ahead of it.

  Canada's first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal, built by a Shell-led joint venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, produced and shipped its first LNG cargo in 2025.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  CMA CGM Jacques Saadé Debuts as the First LNG-Powered Megamax

  Shanghai, ChinaCMA CGM

  

  Starts 09/22/2020CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoShipbuilding trade press dates the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé's delivery in Shanghai to 22 September 2020.^[1]

  CSSC's Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai delivered the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first of nine 23,000-TEU ships and the world's first ultra-large container vessel powered mainly by liquefied natural gas. At 400 meters long, it became CMA CGM's new flagship.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Edda Freya Launches as a Hybrid-Powered Subsea Construction Vessel

  Kleven Verft, Klubbenesvegen 39, 6065 Ulsteinvik, NorwayØstensjø Rederi

  

  Starts 08/15/2015CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE11.1 years agoOffshore Energy's^[3] photo report documented the Edda Freya construction vessel launching (hitting the water) at Kleven's yard on August 15, 2015.

  Shipbuilder Kleven Verft floated out the Edda Freya at its Ulsteinvik yard, a hybrid-powered subsea construction vessel later chartered to DeepOcean for pipeline and platform repair work like the mission the documentary follows.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Le Commandant Charcot Becomes First LNG-Powered Ship to Reach the North Pole

  Geographic North Pole, Arctic OceanPonant

  

  Starts 09/06/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.0 years agoConfirmed by Cruise Industry News^[4] and Seatrade Cruise^[2], which both report Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021.

  Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Is Formally Opened in the North Sea

  VattenfallNorth Sea, ~70 km west of Sylt, Germany

  Starts 04/30/2015CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.4 years agoVattenfall's^[3] press release "DanTysk offshore wind farm formally opened" states the formal opening took place on 30 April 2015 in Hamburg.

  Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München formally opened the 288MW DanTysk wind farm, built with 80 turbines 70km west of Sylt using the jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of Symphony of the Seas

  Saint-Nazaire, FranceRoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 03/23/2018CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE8.5 years agoRoyal Caribbean Press Center reported official delivery from STX France on March 23, 2018.^[1]

  Symphony of the Seas, then the world's largest cruise ship, was officially delivered to Royal Caribbean International at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Norwegian Epic Delivered as One of the World’s Largest Cruise Ships

  Saint-Nazaire, FranceNorwegian Cruise Line·…

  

  Starts 06/17/2010CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE16.3 years agoCruise Industry News^[2] reported Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of Norwegian Epic on 17 June 2010.

  Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 153,000-ton Norwegian Epic from the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, at the time the largest ship ever built there.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Oasis of the Seas Departs on Her Maiden Voyage From Port Everglades

  Port Everglades, 1850 Eller Dr, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USARoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 12/05/2009CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCE16.8 years agoWikipedia^[2] and contemporary cruise-industry coverage agree Oasis of the Seas departed Port Everglades on her maiden voyage on December 5, 2009.

  At over 360 meters long and 225,282 gross tons, Oasis of the Seas was the largest passenger ship ever built when she left Port Everglades on December 5, 2009. Built by STX Europe in Turku, Finland, for Royal Caribbean International, she introduced the industry's first open-air "neighborhood" ship design.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Gorona del Viento Hydro-Wind Plant Opens on El Hierro

  Gorona del Viento El HierroEl Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

  Starts 06/27/2014CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE12.2 years agoRenewable-energy trade coverage and the plant operator's own materials date the Gorona del Viento^[2] inauguration to 27 June 2014.

  El Hierro's Gorona del Viento plant, combining five wind turbines with a pumped-hydro reservoir, was inaugurated to make the smallest Canary Island the first in the world able to run entirely on renewable energy. Excess wind power pumps water uphill for use when the wind drops.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Icon of the Seas Enters Service as World's Largest Cruise Ship

  Port of Miami, Miami, Florida, USARoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 01/27/2024CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE2.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "She entered service on 27 January 2024 out of the Port of Miami in the United States."

  Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built, entered service out of Miami after roughly two and a half years of construction in Finland.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Maersk Peregrino FPSO Begins Producing Oil at Brazil's Peregrino Field

  MaerskPeregrino Field, Campos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Starts 04/01/2011ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCE15.5 years agoOffshore Technology^[2] and Offshore magazine both report first oil from the Peregrino field was achieved in April 2011, but neither publishes the exact day.

  Keppel Shipyard converted the VLCC Maersk Nova into the Maersk Peregrino FPSO, and the converted supertanker began pumping oil at the Peregrino field 85km off Rio de Janeiro in April 2011.

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