Access cargoes, ship positions, ships and parts for sale, news, events and jobs
South Korean shipping companies SK Shipping and H-Line Shipping will swap vessels and long-term contracts in a deal that will make SK Shipping Asia's largest LNG carrier operator, their owner Hahn & Co. said on Thursday.SK Shipping will receive…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/sk-shipping-become-asias-largest-lng-542072
https://www.marinelink.com/news/sk-shipping-become-asias-largest-lng-542072Taiwan's armed forces carried out an anti-blockade drill during annual war games, using the navy and coast guard to simulate escorting a merchant ship, the defense ministry said on Thursday, as China steps up its maritime pressure.Taiwan, which China views as its own territory…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/taiwan-holds-antiblockade-naval-drill-542073
https://www.marinelink.com/news/taiwan-holds-antiblockade-naval-drill-542073A vast oil spill from a leaking tanker has started to hit Oman's coastline, its environment agency confirmed on Wednesday, in what threatens to become one of the world’s worst in years after spreadinglargely unchecked for weeks.The oil could…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-spill-sanctioned-tanker-reaches-oman-542042
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-spill-sanctioned-tanker-reaches-oman-542042President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind if European countries start to seize Russian merchant vessels and the commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet said his forces were ready to "inspect and detain" foreign vessels from what he called hostile states.The comments…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/putin-threatens-response-europe-targets-542043
https://www.marinelink.com/news/putin-threatens-response-europe-targets-542043Saudi crude exports from the Red Sea are increasingly vanishing from view as tankers switch off tracking signals to avoid attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, with analysts saying all recent Yanbu loadings have been conducted "dark".The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/saudi-red-sea-crude-exports-go-dark-542044
https://www.marinelink.com/news/saudi-red-sea-crude-exports-go-dark-542044The river Rhine in Germany has fallen to new lows, stranding cargo vessels, the country’s inland navigation agency said on Wednesday, as Europe has entered another heatwave.German companies report growing disruption from Rhine water levels that have hit a series of record lows.Chemical producers…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/rhine-water-levels-fall-new-lows-amidst-542047
https://www.marinelink.com/news/rhine-water-levels-fall-new-lows-amidst-542047Dubai-based GMS has won U.S. government approval to scrap two sanctions-hit oil tankers it acquired, months after securing agreements to recycle four sanctions-hit container ships, the ship recycler told Reuters.The use of so-called shadow fleet tankers has surged in recent years…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/gms-scraps-two-sanctioned-tankers-us-542049
https://www.marinelink.com/news/gms-scraps-two-sanctioned-tankers-us-542049Defense Maritime Solutions, Inc. (DMS), an equipment manufacturer and supplier of shipboard propulsion and auxiliary systems, announced plans to invest more than $30 million to expand its operations in Chesapeake, Virginia.The investment is expected to create 32 new jobs and establish U.S.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/defense-maritime-solutions-expand-542050
https://www.marinelink.com/news/defense-maritime-solutions-expand-542050OpenTug announced a strategic collaboration with Blessey Marine Services, Inc., a provider of inland marine transportation solutions, to modernize voyage invoicing through BargeOS. By implementing BargeOS Invoice Intelligence, Blessey will connect…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/opentug-blessey-marine-services-implement-542052
https://www.marinelink.com/news/opentug-blessey-marine-services-implement-542052The most important advisory body concerning the Nation’s inland waterways infrastructure is the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB), a Congressionally mandated, non-discretionary advisory committee established in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 and codified by 33 U.S.C. § 2251.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/defunct-inland-waterways-users-board-may-542054
https://www.marinelink.com/news/defunct-inland-waterways-users-board-may-542054