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THE SEIZURE of MSC ARIES has prompted warning that war risk premiums are set to increase, leading to heightened volatility in shipping markets. Iranian forces seized the Portuguese-flagged containership, chartered to MSC, on Saturday 13 April, ...
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Cunard Line took delivery today, April 19, from Fincantieri on its first new cruise ship built for the storied brand in 14 years. The new Queen Anne (114,000 gross tons) also marks the next to last of Carnival Corporation’s pre-pandemic orders as ...
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The designs have been finalized and the shipyard was chosen for an ambitious project to build two of the world’s largest hydrogen-fueled passenger and car ferries. The project has been in development for several years with the designs initially ...
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Paving the way for large-scale transportation of liquid hydrogen A collaboration between CB&I and Shell, with close support from DNV, has led to the Approval in Principle (AiP) of a large-scale, scale, liquid hydrogen (LH2) cargo containment ...
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President Joe Biden and the U.S. Trade Representative confirmed today that they are initiating an investigation into China’s shipbuilding practices. News of the investigation comes as President Biden and the White House will tell steelworkers that ...
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American Cruise LinesAmerican Cruise Lines is building two 125-passenger ships for coastal cruising (ACL) American Cruise Lines released additional details on its newest class of coastal cruise ships due to enter service in 2025. The US-based ...
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Rogue waves are giant colossi of the sea – twice as high as neighboring waves – that appear seemingly out of nowhere. Stories of unimaginable mountains of water as tall as ten-storey buildings have populated maritime folklore and literature for ...
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Singapore has retained its position as the leading maritime city in the world, followed by Rotterdam and London, according to the 2024 Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report. The city-state, with its large owned and managed vessel fleets, strategic ...
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DFDS reaffirms commitment to the electrification of cross-channel transport after meeting with UK Minister for Investment and Regulatory Reform, Lord Dominic Johnson. DFDS's long-term goal is to have up to six battery-powered vessels operating on ...
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One might argue that all data relevant to the crew is available for display on the bridge. This would be true for most operational tasks. However, as more and more cargo carrying boxes become Smart-Enabled, a new frontier in cargo visibility is ...
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Norwegian designer for the cruise ship industry YSA Design has unveiled a concept for a new sail-powered catamaran cruise ship. Codenamed Seabreeze, the design combines the sustainability of sail and a four-meter draft in a 104.5-meter-long ship ...
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Cleanup efforts are underway in Baltimore, where the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River last month after being struck by a cargo ship. Removing pieces of the mangled bridge from the river will be a massive undertaking ...
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SIGNALLING a new stage in the reefer world, the first of six reefer box ships have been delivered to specialist operator Seatrade, reports UK's Motorship."Seatrade is increasing its modern reefer capacity aiming for the ever-growing demand for high ...
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Juneau, Alaska is continuing with its efforts to limit the number of cruise passengers as the capital city of Alaska prepares for what many residents see as an onslaught of passengers. With the first cruise ship due to arrive next week, Juneau is ...
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As the National Transportation Safety Board hunts for the cause of the boxship Dali's disastrous allision, investigators are looking closely at the electrical system, chair Jennifer Homendy told a Senate panel on Wednesday. In the early hours of ...
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South Korea’s Busan New Port has further extended its capacity with the launch of a seventh container terminal. The terminal’s opening ceremony held on Friday was attended by President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lauded the facility as a milestone in turning ...
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Maritime (EGM), a French shipping company focused on sustainable maritime solutions, has entered into a seven-year charter agreement, with options for five one-year extensions, for four hybrid battery/dual-fuel methanol vessels with the Norwegian ...
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Designed for stealth and maneuverability, Gotland-Class submarines have proven their worth, even "sinking" a US aircraft carrier in a 2005 wargame. As a NATO member, Sweden's sophisticated, albeit small, submarine fleet stands as a crucial asset ...
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The UK-based wind propulsion specialist GT Green Technologies has closed a £1.25 million (about $1.58 million) seed equity round to support the commercialization of its AIrWing wind propulsion system. The funding round was led by OnePlanetCapital, ...
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Analysts have been predicting that the pace of ship recycling would be increasing as the industry begins to deal with issues ranging from emissions regulations and the EU’s carbon tax to the International Maritime Organizations CII and EEXI rules ...
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French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique has cut the first steel for OE Corinthian, the first wind-powered cruise ship in the Orient Express Silenseas fleet. The steel-cutting ceremony took place in Saint-Nazaire on March 28, 2024. “It is with ...
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A global group of companies with a common interest in developing nuclear energy solutions for the maritime sector have launched Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO). To be headquartered in London, NEMO will officially start activities in the ...
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Submarines use stealth to dominate the seas, presenting an illusive yet deadly threat. Now U.S. Navy submarines will take stealth to a new level. American submarines will now be fitted with magnetohydrodynamic drive. American submarines will ...
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Canada-based Bridgeman Services Group acquired a former cruise ship to expand its service of “floatel” accommodations and to meet growing demand from sectors such as LNG, mining, and renewable energy. The purchase of the ship best known as the Song ...
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As anticipated, the owner of the container ship Dali has filed a federal suit to limit liability for the allision that destroyed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. The petition denies responsibility for the accident, and it seeks to limit any ...
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Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and compatriot shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) have decided to formulate an analysis and evaluation method to evaluate ship performance in actual seas before ...
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Two former Maryland transport officials told the Washington Post that the state didn't consider the risk of an allision at the Key Bridge Nine years ago, in 2015, Delaware's bridge transport authority set aside $2.5 million to design new protective ...
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The presidents of France and Brazil on Wednesday launched a submarine built in the South American country with French technology in a program that aims to build Brazil's first nuclear-powered submarine by the end of the decade. Presidents Emmanuel ...
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As of early 2024, people power remains the maritime industry’s biggest challenge, with labor shortages recently reaching a 17-year high. One major reason? Seafarers are not happy with how they’re being compensated – including factors such as fees ...
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Five maritime industry majors have formed a partnership to jointly study establishing a supply chain for the provision of clean ammonia ship-to-ship (StS) bunkering on the U.S. West Coast. American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), CALAMCO, Fleet ...
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In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “in light of Denmark’s contemplation of a ban on scrubber washwater discharge, an assessment of the global stance on exhaust gas cleaning systems is paramount for stakeholders in the ...
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Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom experienced a funnel fire while the cruise ship was at sea in the Bahamas on March 23. The cruise line issued a brief statement reporting that there were no injuries and that the ship was operating normally ...
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As federal and local authorities focus on the emergency response to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, Port of Baltimore's inner harbor remains cut off from the rest of the world. No vessels can get in to deliver Baltimore's core ...
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The pilot of the ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge Tuesday did “everything that he could have done” to slow the ship and keep it from drifting toward the bridge, said Clay Diamond, executive director and general counsel of the American ...
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Currently, only 64 livestock carriers are permitted to load European animals on EU-ports to then export them to third countries. This at least 1.5 billion € worth trade is carried out on substandard and overcrowded ships. In response, the German ...
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UK design and engineering firm BAR Technologies (BARTech) has partnered with Finnish tech company Groke Technologies (Groke) for the design and development of autonomous navigation systems for BARTech’s WindWings technology. The collaboration with ...
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Despite reports of a safe-passage agreement between the Chinese government and Yemen's Houthi rebels, the militant group has launched multiple ballistic missiles at a tanker owned by a Hong Kong-based holding company, according to U.S. forces. In ...
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Family-owned shipping company Terntank is expanding its fleet with an order for 1+1 of the next-generation oil and chemical tanker with wind-assisted propulsion and dual-fuel engine capable of operating on MGO, biofuels, and methanol.the 15,000 dwt ...
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The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions, according to Bloomberg.China and ...
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“U.S. Navy leaders are held to high standards of personal and professional conduct.” Three of the five Navy commanding officers who have been fired so far this year, including a Navy SEAL and two submarine captains, were relieved after being ...
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Sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity with fossil fuels as early as 2035 with the help of decisive emissions policy such as carbon taxes and emissions limits, according to a new report launched by Finnish technology group Wärtsilä. The ...
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Growth in demand for container shipping imports from China into Mexico in January 2024 increased by 60% compared to 12 months ago, further fuelling suspicions it has become a ‘back door into the US’. This is now one of the strongest trade lanes in ...
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South Korea’s bumper orderbook, tricky production schedule and difficult domestic demographics have been partially resolved with an agreement hatched with Thailand whereby 3,000 Thai welders and mechanical technicians will be sent to South Korea’s ...
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The U.S. Navy has removed the commander of one of its guided-missile submarines due to a "loss in confidence" in his ability to lead, the military has said. Captain Kurt D. Balagna was dismissed on Monday, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. The ...
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Five years after Viking’s cruise ship Viking Sky blacked out during a storm and came within a ship’s length of a disastrous grounding, the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) issued a highly critical report of the cruise line and the ...
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Storylines, a pioneering force in the residential ship industry, has renewed a shipbuilding contract with Brodosplit shipyard based in Split, Croatia, to construct the world's first environmentally sustainable private residence ship. The signing of ...
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AVON, OHIO headquartered manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings has signed a deal with Odfjell to recoat three of its chemical tankers as its 2024 order book continues to grow. The work will see APC replacing zinc coating with its industry-leading ...
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It has long been known that Iran is supplying weapons to the Hezbollah militants in Lebanon used to attack Israel as well as its recent arms shipments to the Houthi rebels to attack shipping in the Red Sea. The British newspaper The Telegram is ...
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A research team from National Korea Maritime & Ocean University in South Korea has developed a new control method that can optimize autonomous ship navigation. Existing ship control systems using Model Predictive Control for Maritime Autonomous ...
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Since 2006, the average container ship has doubled in size to 4,580 TEU and ships with a capacity of more than 12,000 TEU has accounted for 51% of the fleet’s capacity expansion. Today, just 626 ships provide 36% of the fleet’s capacity, and the ...
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A Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier Abdullah with 23 crew was boarded in the Indian Ocean Tuesday by suspected Somali pirates some 600 nautical miles east of Mogadishu.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had received reports ...
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The six-month test period of the Pyxis Ocean, a Kamsarmax vessel retrofitted with two WindWings, has confirmed significant fuel savings, underscoring the potential of wind-assisted propulsion technology to support the shipping industry’s ...
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Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has settled out of court a major lawsuit over the grounding of the EVER GIVEN in the Suez Canal in 2021, according to multiple reports. When the lawsuit was first reported by Danish news site Shipping Watch ...
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Recently, a bulk cargo vessel carrying coal from South Africa to Singapore suffered a fatal accident, resulting in the deaths of three crew members who were found in a full cargo hold. This is the second incident of its kind, as a similar accident ...
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The Chinese Coast Guard is the largest in the world in terms of the number of ships and even dwarfs the navies of the country’s regional neighbors combined.The Chinese Coast Guard operates close to over 1,275 hulls while defending “China’s ...
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The ongoing debate over the safety of transporting electric vehicles is gaining new attention with reports that the owners and insurance company for the car carrier FELICITY ACE are suing Volkswagen Group blaming the auto company for the 2022 fire ...
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Jeff Bezos Damen Yacht Support 7512 ABEONA spotted in Fort Lauderdale She was known as project WINGMAN The 1,900 tons vessel has an estimated value of $75 million She will act as a shadow vessel for Bezos’ sailing yacht KORU. Source: Maasmond ...
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THE ripple effect of growing global trade volatility is impacting the entire logistics chain - not least the movement of empty containers which has grown around 20 per cent in the past few months compared to 2019, avoiding the extreme volatility of ...
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South Korea today launched a new containership which is set to achieve new milestones in the efforts to develop autonomous shipping. The country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is highlighting the vessel as the first large, ocean-going ship ...
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Marshall Island Flag Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks after the United States ramped up sanctions enforcement on ships linked to those registries, according to ...
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In a still developing situation aboard the Barbados-flagged, Greek-managed bulker, reports are that at least two crewmembers are dead and others are believed missing and badly burned after the vessel, the True Confidence, was struck by a Houthi ...
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On 29th February, Berge Bulk, one of the world’s leading dry bulk ship owners, placed an order for two ammonia dual fuel vessels from Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry. The two 210,000-DWT Newcastlemax vessels will meet the International ...
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A containership owned by Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world’s biggest shipping company, was hit by a missile in the Red Sea on March 4, 2024. On Monday afternoon, Yemen’s Houthi group fired two anti-ship ballistic ...
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Last week, a German Navy warship accidentally opened fire on an American drone over the Red Sea when the crew mistook it for a hostile target. The German mission is operating under an EU mandate, outside of the command and communications structure ...
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A Belize-flagged, UK-owned bulk carrier that sank in the Red Sea on March 2 after a missile attack is said to present an environmental risk that requires urgent action. The 32,200 dwt Rubymar was attacked by Houthi rebels while transiting the ...
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SEAFAR, the Belgian tech and service provider specializing in remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland navigation, has established Germany’s inaugural Remote Operations Centre in collaboration with project partners HGK Shipping and Reederei ...
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The latest attempt at what is being called residential cruising took a step forward with startup Villa Vie Residences reporting they have now taken delivery of the former Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Braemar. The 31-year-old cruise ship is ...
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The Bahamas-based maritime startup Veer is one step closer to deploying the first clean containership to cross an ocean as it will soon select a shipyard to commence the construction process. Veer’s pioneering solution is a wind-powered ...
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A top trade official at the Department of Homeland Security said in Capitol Hill testimony that the Biden administration is concerned about the extent of Chinese manufacturing presence in critical U.S. port operations. During a House hearing that ...
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The vessel design is utilizing Umoe Mandal's proven Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology, featuring an air-cushion catamaran design. This configuration ensures very high fuel efficiency, sufficient range to sail a ...
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Hadi H Al Hamman Establishment, a Mideast regional OSV company, operates a midsize fleet of 35 OSVs. It has had contracts with big names in the past, but it appears to have fallen on hard times, according to ITF. Some of its seafaring employees told ...
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A transatlantic solo rower has been found dead in his boat, days after falling ill mid-voyage. Michael Holt, a Welshman with Type I diabetes, had undertaken the row for a charity challenge. Years before, he had injured both shoulders and had had ...
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SAILING ships have, for centuries, facilitated trade and allowed explorers to conquer new continents. With the drive to minimise GHG emissions from ships there is renewed interest in the development of sail-assisted and sail-only ships. There has ...
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New pictures have shown the extent of the damage to the RUBYMAR, a British-registered cargo vessel, after it was hit by a double rocket attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Photos broadcast by Yemeni Al-Joumhouriya TV show the vessel, which is ...
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The UK's military technology agency is working on a quantum navigation device - an inertial navigation system that could provide GPS-like accuracy for vessels at sea, without any reliance on external signals. GPS has revolutionized the ...
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Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has acquired the French wind propulsion specialist Airseas. The French company, a spin-off of Airbus Group, has developed the Seawing, an automated kite system using wind power. The system ...
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The Department of Justice has asked to sell off a Russian megayacht that was seized in 2022, even though there is an active lawsuit contesting its ownership. The government's carrying cost for maintaining it is so "excessive," according to the DOJ, ...
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Deltamarin and BAR Technologies introduce a new co-developed wind-optimized hull design. The partnership highlights Deltamarin and BAR Technologies’ ongoing dedication to decarbonization and forward-thinking innovation. The latest Aframax/LRII ...
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Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has teamed up with Australian energy major Woodside and South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Hyundai Glovis to study the development of shipping solutions for ...
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A judge in the UK decided to have leniency with a suspended sentence for a captain who was found to been four times over the legal limit for alcohol when his containership docked in the UK last month. The BCC reports Judge David Wilson based his ...
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A new behavior-focused sustainable shipping trial has shown that informed decisions can help ships’ crews make fuel-saving decisions 21% more often. Specifically, Ridgebury Tankers has carried out a six-month trial in cooperation with behavior ...
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The Portuguese navy has concluded a contract with Damen Shipyards Group for the design, construction, and equipment of a state-of-the-art multifunctional vessel. The "drone aircraft carrier” will be produced at the shipyard in Galați, Romania, ...
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A new report looking at the rescue operation to remove the crew from the burning car carrier FREMANTLE HIGHWAY off the Dutch coast is highly critical of the efforts according to a Dutch newspaper. The analysis is the result of interviews with all ...
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Dutch shipowner Future Proof Shipping (FPS), the EU-funded Flagships project, and the Interreg-funded ZEM Ports NS project launch the groundbreaking H2 Barge 2. The hydrogen-powered vessel will ship goods completely emission-free on the Rhine ...
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Earlier this week we had one of the most un-Durbanlike ships ever seen here, again courtesy of our Houthi comrades in the Red Sea. The new Calais-Dover ferry, P&O LIBERTE, is on delivery from her Chinese builders and diverted this way to miss the ...
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The diesel-engined Kronshtadt is designed for destruction of enemy ships and infrastructure, and is likely to serve in the Northern Fleet. The flag was raised on the submarine in a ceremony at the Admiralty Yard in St.Petersburg on the 31st of ...
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The expanding activities in the offshore wind industry have initiated a new type of vessels designated as Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV). These hi-tech ships offer accomodation for service technicians combined with ...
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Blue Dream Cruises announced it had acquired the BLUE DREAM MELODY from Beta Marine, which most recently operated as the AIDAvita. Blue Dream, which currently operates one ship in the Chinese market, took delivery of the 2002-built 1,270-guest ship ...
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Piracy off Somalia’s coast has increased since maritime security was disrupted by Houthi militants’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea in response to the Israel-Hamas war. The Horn of Africa nation has recorded five assaults on commercial ships off ...
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A worldwide scramble for energy supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has intensified China’s quest for energy security. The nation is doubling down on all forms of domestic energy generation – from coal to renewables – to lessen reliance ...
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The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goalsThe ...
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A group of 19 senators and congressmen have written to the White House to shore up American seapower and counterbalance China, the current juggernaut of shipping. China has the world's largest navy and largest coast guard. Its national government ...
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The role of alternative fuels in powering the low-carbon economy will dramatically increase volumes of renewable ammonia, outstripping growing volumes of renewable methanol, according to the UK-based research and consultancy firm Maritime Strategies ...
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Spanish cleantech engineering company bound4blue has been selected to install a 22-metre-high eSAIL onboard the newbuild multipurpose cargo vessel NA PAE E HIRO, owned by shipping company SNA TUHA’A PAE (SNA). To be launched in 2026, the ship ...
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The world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel has been named Ane Mærsk at a ceremony in the shipyard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel is named after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the Chair of the ...
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The project to decommission the decaying oil tanker turned storage unit off Yemen fell from public attention after the UN reported last August that it had completed the oil transfer. In a new interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) UN officials ...
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The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on the maritime sector to reduce the impact of underwater noise from shipping on Arctic wildlife.“Underwater noise levels from shipping are increasing in Arctic waters, threatening both Indigenous communities and ...
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Four Japanese companies — Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Japan Engine Corporation, IHI Power Systems, and Nihon Shipyard — have signed a series of contracts to build the world’s first ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) equipped with ...