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Aid for Gaza was being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first cargo to be delivered using a U.S. pier built to expedite supplies to the besieged enclave.Containers were being stacked on the U.S. flagged Sagamore, docked at the port of Larnaca, on Wednesday.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-completes-pier-deliver-aid-gaza-513560
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The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have sought to backtrack on the…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/conflict-heating-coscos-megaport-peru-513561
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Offshore rig operator Seadrill has won one new contract and one contract extension for two of its drillships. The West Capella secured a one-well contract in South Korea, with an estimated duration of 40 days, valued at approximately $32m. The deal includes a mobilisation fee of around $10m but excludes fees for additional services. The …
https://splash247.com/seadrill-nets-new-deals-worth-128m-for-drillship-tandem/
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Dr Corren McCoy, chief data strategist at G2 Ops, an engineering and cybersecurity firm, writes for Splash today. The containership disaster that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore raises serious questions about how to make maritime systems around the world safer. While authorities have publicly ruled out a “deliberate act”, …
https://splash247.com/use-the-us-navys-mbse-approach-to-prevent-another-baltimore-bridge-disaster/
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Having taken Chinese president Xi Jinping to a snowy peak in the Pyrenees yesterday, Emmanuel Macron makes his way to Marseille today where Olympics fever is set to step up a gear with the arrival of the official flame. CMA CGM, as official logistics partner for the games, which kick off in 79 days, has …
https://splash247.com/olympics-fever-sweeps-across-cma-cgm-and-marseille/
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Cambodia is pressing ahead with a canal that will cut its reliance on Vietnamese ports. The 180 km Funan Techo Canal has Chinese backing and will connect Phnom Penh Autonomous Port with Kep and the Gulf of Thailand (see map below). The $1.7bn canal would begin at the Takeo Canal of the Mekong River, pass …
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Hapag-Lloyd has entered a cooperation with IKEA to use biofuel for shipments from Asia in a year’s trial period, something the Scandinavian retail giant estimates will slash CO2 emissions by around 100,000 tonnes. IKEA’s goal is to reduce the relative GHG emissions from their product transportation by 70% by 2030 and to only use zero …
https://splash247.com/ikea-selects-hapag-lloyd-for-biofuel-shipments/
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After the first session of the inaugural Geneva Dry conference chewed over digital efficiency drivers across the dry bulk supply chain, the second session of the day followed a similar – digital – path and looked at how large amounts of shipping data could be turned into actionable solutions. The session was opened by its …
https://splash247.com/making-data-actionable-geneva-dry-workshop-has-plenty-of-advice/
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US MPP operator Intermarine has moved into the dry bulk segment with the launch of Intermarine Bulk Carriers. The newly founded business will commercially manage six bulkers from parent Harren Group with a combined 350,000 dwt. Forging ahead, the Houston-based outfit, part of the JSI alliance, will offer MPP vessels as well as ECO OHBS …
https://splash247.com/intermarine-makes-dry-bulk-debut/
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Two more boxships belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) were attacked by the Houthis yesterday with Splash estimates now suggesting the number of merchant ships targeted in the region since November last year is closing in on 100 ships. The MSC Gina and MSC Diego – both around 4,000 teu in size – were targeted, …
https://splash247.com/two-more-msc-ships-targeted-by-the-houthis/
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