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Firefighters were battling flames on Friday at Russia's Baltic Sea port Ust-Luga, a major energy exports hub, after a fire sparked by a drone attack, regional governor Aleksander Drozdenko said on messaging app Telegram.More than fifty drones were downed in the Leningrad region, he added, as the reg
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/drone-attack-sparks-fire-ustluga-port-542113An explosion at a shipyard in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday killed one fire and rescue worker, local authorities said.A fire broke out at 1:09 p.m.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/one-killed-chinese-shipyard-explosion-542097U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were "completely misrepresented.""We make sure every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegseth-poor-conditions-aboard-uss-542098The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed.Hegseth's comments suggest he is advising U.S. President Donald Trump that the U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-looks-maintain-iranian-naval-blockade-542099U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is delivering $35.1 million to invest in critical infrastructure and workforce development at 45 shipyards across 24 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/marad-invests-m-small-us-shipyards-542101Inland shipping has largely escaped the global emissions scrutiny applied to oceangoing vessels. A new study suggests its carbon footprint is far larger than previously understood. River and canal shipping generates almost a quarter of global shipping’s carbon dioxide emissions, according to new research that attempts to quantify a source of maritime pollution that has …
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https://splash247.com/river-shippings-hidden-carbon-bill-comes-into-view/Golar LNG has pulled the trigger on a fourth floating LNG unit, ordering another 3.5 mtpa MKII FLNG at China’s CIMC Raffles for delivery by the end of 2029. The Nasdaq-listed company has taken a final investment decision on the project, which is expected to cost around $2.45bn. The addition will lift Golar’s controlled liquefaction …
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https://splash247.com/golar-presses-ahead-with-fourth-flng-unit/German inland shipping heavyweight HGK is calling for a government-backed programme to mobilise up to €12.5bn ($14.4bn) of investment in 1,000 new shallow-water-capable vessels across Europe by 2035. The Cologne-based group has urged Berlin to take the lead in setting up a long-term funding framework as exceptionally low water levels on the Rhine slash the …
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https://splash247.com/europe-urged-to-build-1000-shallow-water-ships/Anyone who has attended a writer’s conference has heard writers, editors, agents and publishers repeat the same mantra: “Show, don’t tell.” You can likely intuit what this means, but just to be clear, if you are writing a western thriller and you are describing a bar fight…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/comes-autonomous-boats-show-dont-tell-542077Technology identification, trial and adoption is cornerstone to running an efficient, cost-effective maritime operation. But with the speed of technological change, particularly in regards to Artificial Intelligence (AI), the process is neither straight nor short.
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