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bound4blue has completed the installation of four 22-meter eSAIL suction sails onboard Marflet Marine's Santiago I, positioning the company as the first Spanish merchant fleet owner to commit to wind-assisted propulsion and suction sails.The installation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/boundblue-installs-four-esails-marflet-542700
https://www.marinelink.com/news/boundblue-installs-four-esails-marflet-542700Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract from COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. to supply an integrated technology package for two new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) being built for offshore wind installation company Cadeler.The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/kongsberg-maritime-supply-technology-542701
https://www.marinelink.com/news/kongsberg-maritime-supply-technology-542701DNV, the independent assurance and risk management provider, has appointed Rob van der Spek as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Innovation Manager for its Industrial Services business unit, a newly created role focused on accelerating the practical use of AI…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-appoints-rob-van-der-spek-ai-542702
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-appoints-rob-van-der-spek-ai-542702OceanWings has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK covering its Rigid Fixed (RF) and Rigid Tiltable (RT) wingsails. The approval was presented during an official ceremony at SMM in Hamburg on September 2, 2026.Building on the initial AiP granted by ClassNK in 2025…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oceanwings-rf-rt-wingsail-designs-542703
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oceanwings-rf-rt-wingsail-designs-542703Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), CMA CGM and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) agreement during SMM to develop and assess the feasibility of an assisted container…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bureau-veritas-cma-cgm-sdari-explore-542705
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bureau-veritas-cma-cgm-sdari-explore-542705Lloyd's Register (LR) and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) have secured Approval in Principle (AiP) for a new 114,000 DWT product and crude oil tanker designed to accommodate future conversion to LNG, methanol or ammonia.Announced at SMM 2026…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lloyds-register-maric-secure-aip-trifuel-542706
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lloyds-register-maric-secure-aip-trifuel-542706A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran's economy by blockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand, three senior Iranian sources said.Washington has in recent weeks sought to ratchet up the economic pressure on Tehran…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/strait-hormuz-stalemate-worsens-us-iran-542708
https://www.marinelink.com/news/strait-hormuz-stalemate-worsens-us-iran-542708Nigeria could double investment into its energy sector within five years after joining the International Energy Agency, its chief Fatih Birol said on Thursday, as nations seek partners they can "trust" after supply disruptions from the wars in Iran and Ukraine.Speaking during a visit to Abuja…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nigeria-looks-double-energy-investment-542710
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nigeria-looks-double-energy-investment-542710Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian cruise ship in the Arctic on behalf of Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz, which is seeking to enforce a $4.22 billion compensation award for assets that Moscow took when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.Officials said the vessel…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/norway-seizes-russian-cruise-ship-behalf-542712
https://www.marinelink.com/news/norway-seizes-russian-cruise-ship-behalf-542712The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a second session on Thursday, surging 4.7% to a peak since October 2021 at 3,488 points. Shipping rates have increased significantly as higher demand for commodities, especially iron ore, coal and other bulk commodities, coincides with a ...
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