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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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Unified Command salvage teams have located the sixth victim of the Baltimore bridge collapse.Maryland State Police investigators along with officers from the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI responded to the scene and recovered the body of a sixth construction worker.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/authorities-identify-sixth-bridge-513532
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Marlink has completed a fleet-wide upgrade of its hybrid network solution for long-time client Simon Møkster Shipping.The upgrade to Marlink’s Sealink Nextgen solution, which includes the Starlink LEO service, enables the company to use standard…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/marlink-upgrades-simon-mkster-shippings-513533
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The role women play in ensuring maritime safety will be celebrated worldwide by the IMO on this year's International Day for Women in Maritime. Observed globally each year on May 18, International Day for Women in Maritime aims to promote the recruitment…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/imo-plans-events-international-day-women-513534
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