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Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is trialling space suits at sea (pictured above). NYK has teamed with a Japanese fashion-tech brand called Moonrakers to see how its advanced clothing could work for crew at sea as well as shipyard workers. Moonrakers, which works with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), merges aerospace-level materials …
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https://splash247.com/spacewear-hits-the-high-seas/German shipbroker Frachtcontor Junge & Co has expanded its chartering and shipbroking business with the acquisition of Hamburg-based rival HMC Hamburg Maritime Chartering (HMC). The move marks a significant step in Frachtcontor’s growth strategy to build a stronger and more diversified broking platform, the company noted. HMC, known for its long-standing client base and expertise …
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https://splash247.com/frachtcontor-junge-co-buys-hmc-in-hamburg-broking-merger/China has unveiled ambitious plans to build a 14,000 teu containership powered by a thorium-based molten salt reactor (MSR), marking a major step toward nuclear propulsion in commercial shipping. The concept vessel, to be developed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in partnership with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), will feature a next-generation reactor …
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https://splash247.com/china-developing-thorium-powered-boxship-project/Danish product tanker owner Torm has continued its tonnage reshuffle with a fresh secondhand deal for four 2014-built MR vessels, extending a busy year of buying and selling vessels as part of its ongoing renewal programme. The Copenhagen- and New York-listed firm said the latest deal brings its 2025 vessel transactions to the acquisition of …
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https://splash247.com/torm-adds-four-mrs-in-fleet-shake-up/Dr Emma Gillett, the founder of SeaFeedback, a superyacht data platform, makes the case for urgent reform at the IMO. During the recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting to rubber-stamp the Net Zero Framework (NZF), fractures began to appear. The NZF collapse isn’t just about climate, it’s a case study in weak regulatory structure and …
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https://splash247.com/the-imos-year-to-save-itself/A Malta-flagged products tanker has been boarded by armed pirates in the Indian Ocean. According to maritime security specialists Vanguard Tech and Ambrey, the Hellas Aphrodite was attacked early today, approximately 549 nautical miles east-southeast of Hobyo, Somalia, far beyond the traditional high-risk area. The 50,000 dwt vessel, en route from Sikka, India, to Durban, …
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https://splash247.com/somali-pirates-board-tanker-in-deepwater-attack/Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference, is set to return to the Hotel President Wilson on the shore of Lake Geneva on April 28 and 29 next year with many of dry bulk’s biggest names set to take the stage. As well as tech-focused panels, organisers have created commodity-specific sessions with coal being …
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https://splash247.com/geneva-dry-coals-wildcard-role/After two weeks of negotiations in Hobart, the 44th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has closed with little progress toward long-delayed goals to protect the Southern Ocean.Yet…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ccamlr-talks-end-without-consensus-krill-532069ABS and Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the international standardization of smart ship and shipyard technologies related to shipbuilding and ship maintenance, repair and…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/abs-korean-agency-advance-smart-ship-532071A group of Japanese organizations have launched an R&D project to build a comprehensive simulation platform and demonstrate its application in shipbuilding.The initiative is designed to enable the rapid development and delivery of high-performance next-generation ships.
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