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The largest onshore and offshore drilling company in Saudi Arabia by fleet size, Arabian Drilling, has won its first-ever contract for offshore work outside its home country. The contract was awarded by a Gulf Cooperation Council-based company. The GCC comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The operations are set …
Singapore-based floater owner and operator Yinson Production has signed a contract for the provision of a newbuild floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit to serve the Block B gas field, offshore Vietnam. The contract was awarded by Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company to Yinson Production’s joint venture company, PTSC South East Asia. This new FSO …
https://splash247.com/yinson-production-inks-600m-fso-deal-in-vietnam/
https://splash247.com/yinson-production-inks-600m-fso-deal-in-vietnam/Dr Jens Tülsner from Marine Medical Solutions writes for Splash today. The maritime industry says it cares about seafarer wellbeing, and I believe it does, but too often the way it shows that care completely misses the point. Health campaigns aimed at seafarers are increasingly modelled on office-based wellness trends: calorie counting, restrictive diets and …
Costamare Bulkers Holdings, the newly launched dry cargo arm of Greek maritime giant Costamare, has completed its first reported ship acquisition since its debut in May. The company has acquired a 176,000 dwt capesize bulk carrier, formerly known as Imperator Australis, from the Japanese firm Santoku Senpaku. The 13-year-old vessel has now been renamed Imperator. …
https://splash247.com/costamare-bulkers-makes-first-cape-addition-following-spin-off/
https://splash247.com/costamare-bulkers-makes-first-cape-addition-following-spin-off/Greece’s shipowner Minerva Marine has joined the growing list of owners lining up feeder containership newbuildings in China. According to brokers in Athens, the Andreas Martinos-led company has signed letters of intent with two Chinese yards for up to eight 1,800 teu vessels. The orders are split between Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Huanghai Shipbuilding, with two …
https://splash247.com/minerva-marine-lines-up-feeder-newbuilds-in-china/
https://splash247.com/minerva-marine-lines-up-feeder-newbuilds-in-china/GMS, the world’s largest buyer of ships for recycling, has announced the issuance of the world’s first International Ready for Recycling Certificate (IRRC) since the entry into force of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) on June 26. The certificate, issued by the Liberian Registry, was …
https://splash247.com/worlds-first-international-ready-for-recycling-certificate-issued/
https://splash247.com/worlds-first-international-ready-for-recycling-certificate-issued/Three African flags – Comoros, Gambia, Sao Tome – stand out in the July edition of Clarksons World Fleet Monitor for their extraordinary growth. Comoros is now the second-largest ship register in Africa, its fleet size growing by 251.3% this year. The average age of the 595 ships flying there Comoros flag is 30.4 years. …
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https://splash247.com/african-flags-fly-high-with-the-dark-fleet/The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have released a disturbing propaganda video showing 10 surviving crewmembers from the Eternity C, a Greek-managed cargo ship they attacked and sank in the Red Sea earlier this month. The Eternity C, a 36,800 dwt vessel built in 2012 and operated by Cosmoship Management, was struck as part of …
https://splash247.com/houthis-parade-captive-crew-from-sunken-greek-ship-in-propaganda-video/
https://splash247.com/houthis-parade-captive-crew-from-sunken-greek-ship-in-propaganda-video/Iraq’s state oil marketer SOMO has identified several tankers suspected of loading petroleum products illegally from the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor al-Zubair, according to an official letter dated Sunday and seen by Reuters.The tankers allegedly…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/iraq-identifies-tankers-spoofing-conceal-528392
https://www.marinelink.com/news/iraq-identifies-tankers-spoofing-conceal-528392A sailboat collided with a barge near Hibiscus Island, Miami, on Monday leaving two dead.Miami Beach Fire Rescue crews were first on scene, and they were later joined by Miami-Dade Fire rescue, City of Miami Fire Rescue, Florida Fish and Wildlife…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/two-girls-dead-sailboat-collides-barge-528393
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