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Ports that fail to adapt to climate change and growing environmental pressures could face annual disruption costs of up to $30bn by 2050, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report that calls for a fundamental rethink of how maritime gateways are planned, financed and operated. The report, Future-Proofing Ports: Nature, Climate and People …
A new independent platform has launched that arms superyacht crew with the knowledge, resources and voice that maritime law already entitles them to but that the industry has consistently failed to deliver, says Protecting Crew Lives (PCL).The platform is a centralised…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/protecting-crew-lives-launches-resource-540422
https://www.marinelink.com/news/protecting-crew-lives-launches-resource-540422The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has released its findings into the serious injury that occurred on the bulk carrier, Thor Nitnirund, in the Cook Strait on March 20, 2025.The Commission’s report highlights the need for effective safety management systems…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/improvised-lifting-operations-led-serious-540423
https://www.marinelink.com/news/improvised-lifting-operations-led-serious-540423NYK Bulkship (Asia), a Singapore-based company of the NYK Group, has concluded a time-charter contract with JERA for two very large gas carriers (VLGCs).The two VLGCs are expected to transport low‑carbon ammonia produced in Louisiana to JERA’s Hekinan Thermal Power Station in Japan.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nyk-vessels-chartered-lowcarbon-ammonia-540424
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nyk-vessels-chartered-lowcarbon-ammonia-540424More than 130 charities, experts and celebrities including Brian Cox CBE, Alan Cumming OBE, Zoë Wanamaker CBE, and Joanna Lumley DBE, are calling for a ban on live exports.Led by Compassion in World Farming, the global partners from 33 countries including Eurogroup for Animals…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/charities-celebrities-urge-end-live-540426
https://www.marinelink.com/news/charities-celebrities-urge-end-live-540426Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) engine licensees in China, Guangzhou Diesel Engine Factory (GDF) and Zhejiang Yungpu Diesel Engine (YDE), are expanding their UE engine manufacturing capacity in response to the strong engine demand in China's…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinese-licensees-expand-jeng-engine-540427
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinese-licensees-expand-jeng-engine-540427HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and five other HD Hyundai affiliates are embarking on the development of a robot and data-based integrated hull management solution that automates the entire process—from hull diagnosis to cleaning and performance…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/korean-partners-develop-robotic-total-540428
https://www.marinelink.com/news/korean-partners-develop-robotic-total-540428Oil prices fell by more than $2 per barrel on Thursday after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement that would end the Iran war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and waive U.S. sanctions on Tehran's oil, boosting the oil supply outlook.Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down $2.14…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-drops-month-low-usiran-deal-signals-540431
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-drops-month-low-usiran-deal-signals-540431The race to capitalise on the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is already underway, with some of the world’s largest tanker and LNG operators repositioning vessels towards the Gulf ahead of Friday’s planned signing of a peace agreement between the US and Iran in Geneva. Shipowners appear increasingly confident that commercial traffic will …
https://splash247.com/fleets-reposition-for-hormuz-reopening-ahead-of-us-iran-deal/
https://splash247.com/fleets-reposition-for-hormuz-reopening-ahead-of-us-iran-deal/The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially declared that El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific, issuing an El Niño advisory and warning that the event could intensify into one of the strongest on record by the end of the year – a development with direct and significant implications for global …
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