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For Aimee Andres, the nation’s inland rivers are not an abstract transportation network or a policy talking point. They are personal. Growing up, she spent her formative years around ports, terminals and railroads, watching firsthand how freight…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/built-rivers-aimee-andres-expanding-role-536959U.S.–Venezuela relations have entered a consequential phase for ocean transportation, energy markets, and trade compliance. Sanctions targeting Venezuela’s oil sector and maritime networks now combine escalated enforcement, including tanker seizures…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/impact-usvenezuela-relations-ocean-536960
https://www.marinelink.com/news/impact-usvenezuela-relations-ocean-536960The outlook for the offshore support vessel (OSV) business has brightened considerably since the dark days of the previous decade and is possibly in a “Goldilocks moment” — not too weak and not too strong. While strengthening, it has not yet reached the point of significant new vessel ordering.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/offshore-service-vessels-a-measured-536961This winter, ice on the Great Lakes is expected to impact a maritime economy valued at $35 billion. The wealth of data provided by space-based assets offers a potential lifeline for navigating these frozen waters. However, data alone is not a solution.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/breaking-ice-a-spacebased-initiative-536962
https://www.marinelink.com/news/breaking-ice-a-spacebased-initiative-536962The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, advanced for a third session on Friday, rising about 2.8% to 2,028 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, climbed 5.8% to 2,880 points; and the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000 to ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-rises-further-posts-weekly-gain/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-rises-further-posts-weekly-gain/Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to take full control from Westfal-Larsen of Norwegian open-hatch operator Saga Welco. NYK had previously run Saga Welco for the past 12 years as a 50:50 joint venture with Westfal-Larsen. No financial details for the takeover have been revealed. Saga Welco operates a fleet of 48 open-hatch vessels …
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https://splash247.com/nyk-takes-full-control-of-saga-welco/Global trade depends on seafarers, yet when crises happen the system meant to protect them often fails. Sunil Kapoor reports. Ships are burning at sea — flames and thick dark smoke rising into the sky. Not warships. Not naval vessels. Ordinary merchant ships carrying cargo for the global economy, with civilian seafarers on board simply …
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https://splash247.com/when-seafarers-die-statements-are-not-enough/Despite growing regulatory attention, many seafarers still hesitate to report bullying and harassment at sea because they believe nothing will change. Captain Charles Chong of Britannia P&I Club argues that tackling the problem requires trauma-informed leadership, visible follow-up and a shipboard culture where crew trust their voices will be heard. During a recent webinar hosted …
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https://splash247.com/fear-of-silence-keeps-harassment-hidden-at-sea/South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has agreed to sell its Gunsan shipyard to HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) in a move that could open the door for the Busan-based yard to build larger vessel types. According to a filing by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the companies have signed a memorandum of …
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https://splash247.com/hj-shipbuilding-set-to-take-over-hd-hyundais-gunsan-yard/Iranian crude oil has continued to flow through the Strait of Hormuz at a near-normal pace even as Tehran-linked attacks on ships in the narrow waterway have decimated exports from other Gulf countries, a Reuters review of tanker tracking data…
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