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Shipyard diplomacy is to the fore this week as Donald Trump tours Asia, with news of a significant Korean-US tie-up and more to follow from Tokyo where the US president is due to hold talks with new prime minister Sanae Takaichi. HD Hyundai, South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, has announced a tie-up with American peer Huntington …
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https://splash247.com/trumps-asia-trip-kicks-off-new-era-of-allied-shipbuilding/One of the titans of global shipping, Dr Helmut Sohmen, passed away yesterday in Hong Kong at the age of 85. The Austrian presided over one of the world’s largest shipping empires as chairman of World-Wide Shipping Group and later BW Group, before relinquishing the role to his son, Andreas Sohmen-Pao, 11 years ago. Born …
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https://splash247.com/helmut-sohmen-giant-of-global-shipping-dies-in-hong-kong/South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls have agreed to jointly build U.S. navy auxiliary ships, the South Korean shipbuilder said on Sunday.HHI has a strong track record in this field, having delivered its first auxiliary vessel…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hhi-hii-team-build-us-navy-auxiliary-531544
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hhi-hii-team-build-us-navy-auxiliary-531544On the afternoon of March 8, a petroleum tanker named Torm Agnes entered the Port of Ensenada on Mexico’s Pacific coast carrying almost 120,000 barrels of diesel.Such a vessel was a rare sight in that port, which mainly hosts cruise liners, luxury yachts and container ships.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-mexican-bootleg-fuel-money-531545
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-mexican-bootleg-fuel-money-531545A Singapore-registered container ship, Wan Hai A17, collided with a Chinese-registered bulk carrier, Hai Li 5, in waters off Guangzhou, China, on October 25 at about 8PM (Singapore time).The Hai Li 5 sunk, and Chinese authorities are conducting search and rescue operations.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/two-missing-collision-off-guangzhou-531547
https://www.marinelink.com/news/two-missing-collision-off-guangzhou-531547HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully completed the second builder’s sea trials for guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128), building on the success of the initial trials conducted at the end of September.The Arleigh Burke…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/second-builders-sea-trials-destroyer-ted-531548
https://www.marinelink.com/news/second-builders-sea-trials-destroyer-ted-531548Singapore's Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport of China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Singapore–China Green and Digital Shipping Corridor.The MoU elevates Singapore and China’s cooperation to the national level…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/singapore-china-establish-green-corridor-531549
https://www.marinelink.com/news/singapore-china-establish-green-corridor-531549On October 22, the port of Shanghai hosted a ceremony for the official naming and delivery of the Grimaldi Group’s latest vessel, the Grande Melbourne.This is the third of a series of seven cutting-edge, ammonia-ready pure car and truck carriers…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ammoniaready-pctc-enters-service-531550
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ammoniaready-pctc-enters-service-531550Global markets seemed to take a breather this week as things turned slow across the board once again, not only on the shipping side but even the ship recycling side of things, reports cash buyer GMS.Currencies fluctuated in moderate tandem, local steel plate prices made surprisingly marginal moves…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ship-recycling-market-woefully-slow-531554
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ship-recycling-market-woefully-slow-531554Maritime operations run on tight schedules and thin margins, and as ships, terminals and supply chains connect systems for visibility and efficiency, attackers gain paths to entry. Cyber risk has become an operational reliability and safety concern, not just an IT issue.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ransomwar-tops-maritime-cyber-risks-531525
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