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Search and rescue operations are underway off Guangzhou, China, after a Chinese bulker sank following a collision with a Wan Hai Lines’ Singapore-registered containership on Saturday night. The 13,100-teu Wan Hai A17 collided with the Chinese-flagged bulker Hai Li 5 at around 20.00 hrs Singapore time, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said …
Greek shipowner Petros Pappas is edging back into the container market, with his privately held firm Oceanbulk reportedly striking a deal for a pair of feeder newbuildings in China. Shipbuilding and market sources have tied Oceanbulk to a contract for two 3,100 teu boxships at Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard, priced at around $47m apiece. Deliveries …
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https://splash247.com/oceanbulk-linked-to-boxships-comeback/Samsung Heavy Industries has delivered a 7,500 cu m LNG carrier to Korea Line equipped with KC-2C, a locally produced LNG cargo hold, fulfilling a long-standing aspiration for the nation’s shipbuilding industry. The newbuild has successfully completed its maiden voyage, transporting LNG from Tongyeong to an LNG terminal in Jeju. KC-2C is a Korean cargo …
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https://splash247.com/samsung-heavy-celebrates-commercialisation-of-its-own-lng-containment-system/Shipyard diplomacy is to the fore this week as Donald Trump tours Asia, with news of a significant Korean-US tie-up and more to follow from Tokyo where the US president is due to hold talks with new prime minister Sanae Takaichi. HD Hyundai, South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, has announced a tie-up with American peer Huntington …
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https://splash247.com/trumps-asia-trip-kicks-off-new-era-of-allied-shipbuilding/One of the titans of global shipping, Dr Helmut Sohmen, passed away yesterday in Hong Kong at the age of 85. The Austrian presided over one of the world’s largest shipping empires as chairman of World-Wide Shipping Group and later BW Group, before relinquishing the role to his son, Andreas Sohmen-Pao, 11 years ago. Born …
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https://splash247.com/helmut-sohmen-giant-of-global-shipping-dies-in-hong-kong/South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls have agreed to jointly build U.S. navy auxiliary ships, the South Korean shipbuilder said on Sunday.HHI has a strong track record in this field, having delivered its first auxiliary vessel…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hhi-hii-team-build-us-navy-auxiliary-531544
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hhi-hii-team-build-us-navy-auxiliary-531544On the afternoon of March 8, a petroleum tanker named Torm Agnes entered the Port of Ensenada on Mexico’s Pacific coast carrying almost 120,000 barrels of diesel.Such a vessel was a rare sight in that port, which mainly hosts cruise liners, luxury yachts and container ships.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-mexican-bootleg-fuel-money-531545A Singapore-registered container ship, Wan Hai A17, collided with a Chinese-registered bulk carrier, Hai Li 5, in waters off Guangzhou, China, on October 25 at about 8PM (Singapore time).The Hai Li 5 sunk, and Chinese authorities are conducting search and rescue operations.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/two-missing-collision-off-guangzhou-531547HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully completed the second builder’s sea trials for guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128), building on the success of the initial trials conducted at the end of September.The Arleigh Burke…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/second-builders-sea-trials-destroyer-ted-531548Singapore's Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport of China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Singapore–China Green and Digital Shipping Corridor.The MoU elevates Singapore and China’s cooperation to the national level…
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