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Norway’s BW Energy has signed a long-term lease agreement for the BW Maromba B jackup with Minsheng Financial Leasing, following a short-term deal signed in September. The new lease agreement covers the rig purchase and all costs required to bring the Maromba B wellhead platform to drilling and production readiness. This represents $274m of the …
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https://splash247.com/bw-energy-locks-in-10-year-lease-deal-for-brazil-bound-jackup/A sanctioned LNG carrier linked to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project has been forced to abandon attempts to reach the Utrenny terminal after encountering unusually thick sea ice in the Gulf of Ob. The 293 m long LNG carrier Buran (built 2023), one of seven LNG carriers listed under Sovcomflot in VesselsValue’s fleet register, made …
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https://splash247.com/shadow-lng-carrier-blocked-by-early-arctic-freeze/The largest battery-electric ship ever constructed was powered up yesterday and successfully completed its first e-motor trial in Hobart, Tasmania. The powering of Hull 096 – the largest electric vehicle of any type on the planet – was witnessed by many dignitaries at a ceremony at Australian yard Incat Tasmania. The 130 m long vessel, …
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https://splash247.com/worlds-largest-battery-electric-ship-powers-up/Benelux Overseas is set to widen its footprint in gas shipping after brokers linked the Athens-based owner to a $240m order for two very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. HD Hyundai said last week it had secured a KRW354.2bn ($240m) contract to build two 93,000 cu m VLACs …
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https://splash247.com/benelux-overseas-steps-into-ammonia-with-240m-vlac-order/Hapag-Lloyd has firmed up its fleet renewal plans with an order for eight dual-fuel methanol container ships at China’s CIMC Raffles, alongside agreements to charter a further 14 vessels on long-term contracts. The German liner major said the eight newbuildings will each have a capacity of 4,500 teu, with deliveries scheduled for 2028 and 2029. …
https://splash247.com/hapag-lloyd-orders-eight-methanol-dual-fuel-boxships-in-500m-newbuild-push/
https://splash247.com/hapag-lloyd-orders-eight-methanol-dual-fuel-boxships-in-500m-newbuild-push/Nippon Yusen Kaisha’s Sage Sagittarius, a 25-year-old post-panamax bulk carrier that made plenty of headlines a decade ago, has been sold for scrap in Bangladesh at a price of $430 per ldt, The vessel was dubbed the death ship in Australian media more than a decade ago after three men died in mysterious circumstances in …
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https://splash247.com/infamous-death-ship-scrapped/The risks facing commercial shipping in the Black Sea escalated sharply over the weekend after two Turkish-controlled vessels were struck amid a wave of Russian attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure, following Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian-linked shipping and energy assets. On Friday, Cenk Shipping’s ropax Cenk T (built 1978) caught fire while alongside in Chornomorsk …
UK shipbroking group SSY has struck a deal to acquire Grieg Shipbrokers, adding one of Scandinavia’s longest-standing brokerage houses to its expanding global platform. The deal is set to take effect in January 2026, subject to customary conditions. Founded in 1884, Grieg Shipbrokers has built a strong position across gas, dry bulk, tankers, offshore, sale …
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https://splash247.com/ssy-buys-grieg-shipbrokers/Navios Maritime Partners has announced a series of senior leadership changes as the New York-listed diversified owner reshapes its top management structure under chairwoman and chief executive Angeliki Frangou. At the centre of the move is the creation of an office of the chairwoman, designed to bring senior decision-making closer to the company’s long-term strategy …
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https://splash247.com/navios-partners-rolls-out-new-leadership-structure/Iranian authorities detained 18 crew members of a foreign tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman on Friday that they said was carrying 6 million litres of smuggled fuel, Iranian media reported on Saturday.Iran, which has some of the world's lowest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in the
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