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Coal shipments to Japan, South Korea and the European Union rose 27% year-on-year in April as tight gas supplies and disruption to LNG shipments prompted buyers to seek alternative fuel sources for electricity generation, shipping association…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lng-supply-disruptions-drive-surge-coal-538924
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lng-supply-disruptions-drive-surge-coal-538924Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has demonstrated autonomous docking, charging and redeployment capabilities for its WAM-V autonomous surface vehicle as part of efforts to support longer-duration offshore operations.The company said the system enables the maritime drone to approach a dock…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/opt-demos-autonomous-offshore-charging-538926
https://www.marinelink.com/news/opt-demos-autonomous-offshore-charging-538926Over 300 Cal Poly Maritime Academy cadets will soon embark on their annual Summer Sea Term, a 65-day Pacific training voyage aboard the Training Ship Golden Bear, marking both a defining part of a cadet’s education and the final era of a vessel…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cal-poly-maritime-academy-set-sail-annual-538928
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cal-poly-maritime-academy-set-sail-annual-538928Today, Wednesday, May 6 2026, the Baltic Dry Index climbed 159 points, reaching 2991 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2991-up-159-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2991-up-159-points/Today, Thursday, May 7 2026, the Baltic Dry Index climbed 43 points, reaching 3034 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-3034-up-43-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-3034-up-43-points/Offshore vessel owner Tidewater has secured another North Sea contract for one of its platform supply vessels, with brokers reporting that the PSV Enea has been fixed to UK independent oil and gas producer EnQuest. The 2010-built vessel has been chartered for six weeks firm from June, with at least four one-week extension options attached …
https://splash247.com/tidewater-bags-fresh-north-sea-psv-deal-with-enquest/
https://splash247.com/tidewater-bags-fresh-north-sea-psv-deal-with-enquest/Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has lined up a potential long-term contract for its flagship subsea construction vessel Normand Maximus after signing a letter of intent with an unnamed international subsea contractor. The Oslo-listed company said the deal is expected to start in the first quarter of 2027 and would run on a firm …
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https://splash247.com/solstad-lines-up-long-term-work-for-flagship-csv/Evangelos Efstathiou is not short of ambition. The CEO of Burmester & Vogel – a self-described geek who has spent the better part of two decades quietly building what he believes will become the data backbone of global shipping – sat down with Maritime CEO at last week’s Geneva Dry to share his vision, a …
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https://splash247.com/burmester-vogel-i-want-to-build-the-bloomberg-of-shipping/Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Black Sea and the Baltic are exposing the gap between maritime law and maritime reality, write Dr Deniece Aiken and Professor Ulla Tapaninen. The crises in Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Black Sea and the Baltic are not only tests of shipping resilience. They are tests of whether international maritime …
https://splash247.com/when-the-sea-stops-being-free/
https://splash247.com/when-the-sea-stops-being-free/ZIM’s board of directors was forced yesterday to issue a public statement reaffirming that its merger agreement with Hapag-Lloyd and Israeli private equity fund FIMI is legally binding, after an unexpected rival bid from Israeli businessman Haim Sakal sent the shipping company’s share price surging 9.5% on Wall Street. Sakal submitted an offer of $4.5bn …
https://splash247.com/hapag-lloyd-deal-tested-as-zim-receives-richer-unsolicited-offer/
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