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German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has revealed it is working with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) to take over the bankrupt Romanian shipyard Mangalia. The two companies are looking at using the yard – one of Europe’s largest – for both military and commercial shipbuilding. Rheinmetall recently acquired the shipyards belonging to the Lürssen Group, …
The Trump administration’s Project Freedom operation to guide stranded vessels out of the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz has been suspended after just two days, as Iran pressed ahead with attacks on commercial shipping and unveiled a formal toll collection authority for the waterway. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening that the …
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https://splash247.com/hormuz-toll-authority-goes-live/Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has launched a legal challenge against the Federal Maritime Commission, arguing the regulator’s in-house adjudication process is unconstitutional following a $45m ruling against the liner operator. In a filing submitted to a federal court in Texas on Tuesday, OOCL asked the court to halt ongoing FMC administrative proceedings and vacate …
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https://splash247.com/oocl-challenges-fmc-court-system-after-45m-ruling/U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would briefly pause an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran."We have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom ...
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/trump-pauses-effort-escort-ships-strait-538825Oil transportation and storage company Sentinel Midstream said on Tuesday it would immediately begin construction of its deepwater oil export project off the Texas coast, marking the first development of a large-scale export project in the United…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sentinel-midstream-begin-building-texas-538826IACS, the membership organisation for the world’s leading classification societies, has published the results of its Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Emergency Power Supply Tests on ships, conducted during 2025, and made a number of recommendations…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/iacs-publishes-results-emergency-power-538828South Korean shipper HMM said on Wednesday it had secured a vessel to tow a bulk carrier it operates to a port in Dubai after an explosion and fire damaged the ship, which had been stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the incident on an Iranian attack…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hmm-vessel-damaged-hormuz-blast-towed-538836Damen Shipyards has started operations at a key West African repair base after forming a joint venture with the Senegalese government to run facilities in Dakar. The Dutch group has partnered with Société des Infrastructures de Réparation Navale (SIRN) to operate Damen Shiprepair Dakar, marking its latest move to expand support services in regions tied …
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https://splash247.com/damen-moves-into-west-africa-with-dakar-yard-tie-up/France’s CMA CGM Group is pushing further inland in the Gulf, signing a cooperation deal with AD Ports Group to extend its reach beyond the quay at Khalifa port. The liner major, alongside CMA Terminals Khalifa port, has agreed to work with AD Ports to anchor cargo flows across a growing network of rail-linked inland …
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https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-looks-inland-with-uae-logistics-push-alongside-ad-ports/Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) announced that its T38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel (USV) has completed a record-setting 8-day, completely autonomous mission off the coast of California, demonstrating a level of endurance, reliability…
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