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Wolfgang Lehmacher has a rallying call today to wire the waterfront. Ports and carriers that wire for interoperability now will gain speed, reduce risk, and pull ahead as trade corridors transition fully to digital law, data, and trust. This is the hard-edged message from the International Chamber of Commerce’s Digital Standards Initiative July 2025 roadmap, …
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https://splash247.com/interoperability-is-shippings-new-infrastructure/Jindal Steel, one of the largest private steel producers in India, is tied to its first large bulker purchase of the decade. Broker sources tell Splash that the outfit has quietly tapped UK’s Anglo International Shipping for a mini-cape, the Anglo Saxon, now named Iron Crusader, tabling $14.5m for the 114,200 dwt, Chinese-built bulker. This …
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https://splash247.com/jindal-steel-makes-rare-move-for-bulk-carrier/Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has issued a warning after reports of fraudulent emails and social media messages surfaced, falsely claiming to represent the company. The messages, which NYK says are part of a scam, request payments in Iranian Toman or Rial for cargo pickup. The company underlined that it has never made …
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https://splash247.com/nyk-issues-fraud-alert-after-bogus-payment-requests/As part of the Port of Montreal expansion project in Contrecœur, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) and DP World in Canada – a joint venture between DP World and institutional investor La Caisse – have entered into a joint development agreement for the design of the land-based works of a future container terminal. DP World …
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https://splash247.com/dp-world-selected-to-spearhead-montreal-port-expansion/Samsung Heavy Industries announced at the opening of the giant Gastech event in Milan today it has received approval in principle (AiP) for a 174,000 cu m LNG carrier powered by a nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The certification, a world first, has been granted by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Liberian …
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https://splash247.com/samsung-heavy-debuts-nuclear-powered-gas-carrier-design/Spain has banned ships and aircraft carrying weapons or military-grade fuel to Israel from calling at Spanish ports or entering its airspace due to Israel’s nearly two-year-long military offensive in Gaza. “There is a difference between defending your country and bombing hospitals or starving innocent children,” Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez stated in a social …
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https://splash247.com/spanish-ports-closed-to-arms-for-israel/Global mining group Anglo American and Canadian miner Teck Resources have agreed to merge in a deal that will create one of the world’s largest copper producers with a combined market value of over $53bn. The combined group, to be named Anglo Teck, will rank among the top five copper players globally, with copper making …
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https://splash247.com/anglo-teck-merger-creates-top-five-global-copper-producer/Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the top U.S. general Dan Caine made a surprise visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, the first trip there by senior Pentagon officials since the start of a military buildup in the Caribbean that has escalated tensions with Venezuela.Hegseth and Caine…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegseth-visits-puerto-rico-tensions-529750A joint letter has been sent to EU Animal Welfare Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi urging the Commission to halt the transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to France by roro ferry.It follows a similar letter sent in February.In 2022 the European…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ngos-again-urge-eu-stop-unweaned-calf-529753The World Shipping Council (WSC) released a new report summarising deficiencies found in government cargo inspection programs, reviving a data series that the IMO discontinued last year.The 2024 report shows that 11.39% of inspected cargo shipments were found to have deficiencies…
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