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Posidonia, the world’s most famous shipping exhibition, opened its doors in Athens with record participation and a near constant on Splash headlines all week. More than 40,000 shipping professionals have attended the five-day event sponsored by Splash at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, making the 2026 edition the biggest in Posidonia’s history. AI-led products dominated the …
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https://splash247.com/splash-wrap-the-magnetism-of-posidonia/“Extravagant, excess, excellent.” My likely slurred alliterative answer, post quite a few Alpha beers, on being quizzed to describe this year’s Posidonia in three words for a social media video loading shortly. Make no mistake, I loved this year’s event. However, the gnawing memories of the 2008 version, three months before the global financial crisis, …
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https://splash247.com/the-ghost-of-posidonia-2008/Container shipping spot rates are surging at a pace not seen for years as an early peak season combines with Red Sea disruptions, front-loaded cargo demand and aggressive carrier pricing power. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) today jumped 155 points to 2,726.48, its highest level in the last couple of years, marking the fifth …
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https://splash247.com/container-spot-rates-explode-as-peak-season-arrives-early/Nothing has been more of a buzzword than AI at this week’s Posidonia exhibition in Athens. Some argue it is the greatest tool to be invented since the wheel, while others fear we will all be enslaved by it. Fortunately, the technology is in its early days, still evolving, and being used as just a …
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https://splash247.com/inside-shippings-ai-bubble/LPG, petrochemicals and speciality gas transportation company BW Epic Kosan (BWEK) has partnered with GIT Coatings to advance proactive hull management across selected vessels in its LPG fleet, with five LPG gas carriers coated to date (one…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bwek-expands-git-coatings-outofdock-fuel-539982
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bwek-expands-git-coatings-outofdock-fuel-539982GIT Coatings officially launched XGIT-VORTEX™, its next-generation graphene-based propeller coating system, during Posidonia 2026 alongside Lloyd’s Register at the LR x GIT Coatings Client Type Approval Ceremony.XGIT-VORTEX™ is the next evolution of GIT Coatings’ propeller coating technology…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/git-coatings-launches-xgitvortex-5399832026 data shows that the methane decarbonization pathway is moving forward despite geopolitical disruption and regulatory uncertainty, says industry coalition SEA-LNG.LNG bunkering volumes are surging in major bunkering hubs, liquefied biomethane…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sealng-lng-bunkering-surging-539984Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation have completed the first conversion under their joint methanol retrofit program.With delivery of the Seaspan Yangtze, the first of five 10,100 TEU charter vessels has been upgraded from a conventional MAN…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hapaglloyd-seaspan-complete-first-539985Adam Parnell, Director (Maritime) of voluntary near-miss reporting scheme CHIRP Maritime, says fatigue is the maritime industry’s inconvenient truth.In recent months, CHIRP has received a number of reports in which fatigue was a factor, so Parnell has prepared a special report.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/fatigue-maritimes-inconvenient-truth-539986Greek owner Aegean Shipping Management has expanded into the VLCC sector with an order for two supertankers in China, as part of a wider four-ship newbuilding package. The Piraeus-based outfit said it has contracted two LR2/aframax tankers and two VLCCs from Hengli Heavy Industries, although no pricing or delivery details have been disclosed. The order, …
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