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Samsung Electronics America is seeking at least $186m from CMA CGM in one of the largest shipper claims to emerge from the pandemic-era container crunch, accusing the French liner of imposing huge cargo charges while failing to complete prepaid inland deliveries in the US. The complaint, formally served by the Federal Maritime Commission this month, …
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https://splash247.com/samsung-hits-cma-cgm-with-186m-fmc-claim/Oil States Brasil has secured a three-year contract from Petrobras covering maintenance, technical assistance and intervention support for subsea equipment across the Brazilian major’s offshore operations. The Macaé-based company said the scope includes inspection and testing, preventive and corrective maintenance, installation and intervention work, operational planning, integrity analysis, engineering, spare parts and specialist tooling. The …
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https://splash247.com/oil-states-scores-three-year-petrobras-subsea-deal/Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering and CNPC Offshore Engineering’s Qingdao arm have signed an agreement covering jacket fabrication for QatarEnergy LNG’s North Field West expansion. The deal is the first project activated under a broader cooperation framework signed by the two Chinese fabricators in April. The companies said the work would draw on their experience …
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https://splash247.com/qingdao-pair-signs-up-for-qatar-jacket-work/Baker Hughes has secured a significant contract from BP for vessel-based well stimulation work across the UK North Sea, covering both new wells and efforts to squeeze more production from mature fields. The US energy services group said on September 4 that it will deploy its modular StimFORCE stimulation package under the award, providing well …
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https://splash247.com/baker-hughes-takes-vessel-based-stimulation-package-to-bps-north-sea-fields/AI will only transform shipping once data, context, connectivity and fragmented workflows are finally brought together. The introduction to SplashTech’s brand new magazine. If one answer dominates SplashTech’s survey of maritime technology leaders, it is artificial intelligence. The more revealing finding is how few respondents are willing to leave the answer there. AI is expected …
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https://splash247.com/ai-and-shipping-over-the-next-five-years/Ventura Offshore has struck a management deal with Eldorado Drilling for the seventh-generation Deep Value Driller and simultaneously secured a one-well drilling contract with Petronas in Indonesia valued at around $58m. The Oslo-listed contractor said it will provide marketing and operations management services for the ultra-deepwater drillship, expanding a managed fleet that already includes Eldorado’s …
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https://splash247.com/ventura-lines-up-58m-petronas-job-as-eldorado-drillship-joins-managed-fleet/Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg has signed up for another pair of MR chemical and product tanker newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International, extending its rapid move into the tanker sector. The Hamburg owner signed for two additional 49,500 dwt vessels with CSSC’s GSI, adding to its series at the yard that kicked off two years ago. …
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https://splash247.com/leonhardt-blumberg-extends-tanker-newbuild-run-at-gsi/Greek owner Sea Pioneer Shipping has emerged as the company behind SK Oceanplant’s recently announced series of six firm plus two optional aframax tankers. Market sources have identified the Vasilis Bacolitsas-led owner as the previously unnamed Greek customer behind six 115,000 dwt crude carriers at the South Korean yard, with two further options attached. SK …
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https://splash247.com/sea-pioneer-emerges-behind-sk-oceanplant-aframax-haul/Germany’s SAL Heavy Lift is moving to double its Orca-class programme in China, signing a memorandum of understanding with Wuhu Shipyard for five additional multipurpose heavylift vessels. The Harren Group company and Wuhu have signed the deal covering another five 14,600 dwt ships based on the Orca design. If converted into firm construction contracts, the …
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https://splash247.com/sal-and-wuhu-set-sights-on-five-more-heavylifters/Dorian LPG has secured a new $368.4m seven-year financing, consolidating four existing financing arrangements as the US-listed gas carrier owner pushes ahead with a new generation of VLGCs. The John Hadjipateras-led company has arranged a $213.4m term loan and $155.1m revolving facility priced at 140 basis points over SOFR. Dorian will draw $193.8m at closing, …
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