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Trade imbalances have pushed the share of empty container shipments to record levels, with one in every three containers now moved without cargo – a sharp deterioration from one in four before the pandemic, according to new analysis from Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence. Measured in teu-miles, 30% of all global container shipping work now involves repositioning …
A floating object suspected to be a naval mine has been sighted in Omani territorial waters near the Strait of Hormuz. Oman’s Maritime Security Centre issued a navigation warning at the weekend after the object was spotted west of the Inshore Traffic Zone in the strait. The MSC urged all mariners to exercise extreme caution …
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https://splash247.com/suspected-mine-spotted-in-omani-waters-near-hormuz/Posidonia, the world’s most famous shipping exhibition, opens its doors in Athens on Monday with record participation and a maritime industry increasingly focused on security, energy transition and geopolitical risk. More than 40,000 shipping professionals are expected to attend the five-day event sponsored by Splash at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, making the 2026 edition the …
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https://splash247.com/shippings-biggest-week-returns-to-athens/The United States, Britain and Australia are working together to develop unmanned undersea vehicles as part of their trilateral AUKUS defence pact, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters on Saturday.AUKUS said in a joint statement…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/aukus-develop-uuvs-delivery-set-539762Saronic has launched its first Marauder Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV), designed to deliver dual-use autonomous capability far from shore across the full range of defense and commercial applications.Marauder is built for the kinds of sustained…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/saronics-marauder-enters-onwater-trials-539763On April 20, Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Blueshell Mussels for the delivery of a Landing Utility Vessel (LUV) 2208. The vessel, named Bountiful, is supporting the company’s mussel harvesting operation in the Shetland Islands…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/damen-delivers-landing-utility-vessel-539764Seasats today announced that a Lightfish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has completed the first autonomous transit of the Taiwan Strait, a contested waterway separating Taiwan and mainland China.The vessel was deployed by Seasats from hundreds of miles away…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/seasats-completes-first-autonomous-539767The Royal Australian Navy commissioned HMAS Eyre into the fleet in a ceremony at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.HMAS Eyre is the second of six planned Arafura class offshore patrol vessels (OPV) to enter service, following the commissioning…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/australian-commissions-hmas-eyre-539768The Australian Border Force has seized 34kg cocaine concealed within a luxury bus in Fremantle, Western Australia.ABF officers examined a roll-on/roll-off vessel on May 6, using a combination of targeted intelligence, physical search, detector dogs and advanced technology.During the inspection…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/abf-seizes-cocaine-concealed-roro-cargo-539769VLGC owner and operator BW LPG has returned to the newbuilding market with a deal to build eight panamax vessels at South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in a contract worth about $940m. The New York- and Oslo-listed shipowner and operator said the vessels will have a cargo capacity of 90,000 cu m and are …
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