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Malaysian offshore marine support services firm Perdana Petroleum is investing $33.94m (RM134.49m) to build two new anchor handlers as part of the company’s fleet rejuvenation programme. The two 60-tonne bollard-pull AHTS vessels will be built by China’s Aulong Shipbuilding. According to a Bursa Malaysia filing, they are expected to be delivered within 730 and 820 …
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https://splash247.com/perdana-petroleum-orders-ahts-pair-in-fleet-renewal-drive/Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Delfin Midstream, Vitol, and a group of investors have reached a final investment decision for an offshore FLNG project in the US. Delfin FLNG 1 will be the first FLNG in the United States and the largest of its kind globally. The project will have an annual LNG nameplate production capacity …
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https://splash247.com/worlds-largest-flng-project-moves-ahead-offshore-louisiana/Bertrand Smith, director general of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, writes for Splash today. Shipping depends on a simple but powerful idea: that a ship can move between nations because those nations have agreed to a common set of rules. Those rules govern safety, security, pollution prevention, training, certification, search and rescue, port state control …
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https://splash247.com/why-the-imo-matters-more-than-ever-for-shippings-next-50-years/Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has placed orders for four LNG dual-fuel car carriers aimed at strengthening its short-sea automotive logistics network in Europe. The vessels, each capable of carrying around 1,380 vehicles, will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) for K Line’s European subsidiary, K Line European Sea Highway …
https://splash247.com/k-line-orders-quartet-of-lng-fuelled-car-carriers-for-european-trades/
https://splash247.com/k-line-orders-quartet-of-lng-fuelled-car-carriers-for-european-trades/Supertanker owner DHT Holdings has returned to South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean for another VLCC, securing a newbuilding slot for delivery in August 2028. The New York-listed company said the vessel will be a sistership to the two VLCCs ordered at Hanwha in 2024 and delivered earlier this year. DHT said the tanker will feature the …
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https://splash247.com/dht-returns-to-hanwha-for-fresh-vlcc-newbuild/Sandmeyer Steel Company, a producer of stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium plate products, has appointed R. Paul Sandmeyer, III as President and Chief Operating Officer.This appointment marks the transition to fourth- generation family…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/sandmeyer-steel-announces-leadership-539938
https://www.marinelink.com/news/sandmeyer-steel-announces-leadership-539938The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in maritime decarbonization, digitalization, innovation, and manpower development.The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mpa-msc-advance-sustainable-digital-539939
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mpa-msc-advance-sustainable-digital-539939A combination of contract terminations, spiraling insurance costs and the threat to EPC projects are creating a complex combination of risk for offshore operators in the Middle East Gulf.In its latest HORIZON Monthly Offshore report, MSI notes that…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/middle-east-offshore-sector-faces-539940
https://www.marinelink.com/news/middle-east-offshore-sector-faces-539940A new hybrid, 350-passenger vessel is now in operation at the Port of Los Angeles, the result of a Port-led partnership with Harbor Breeze Cruises, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and the Port of Long Beach.The Harbor Breeze Cruises’…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-excursion-boat-debuts-port-los-539941While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks are now widely established across the shipping industry, they are not consistently translating into operational performance, according to Lloyd’s Register’s Maritime ESG Benchmarking Report. The ‘Measuring ESG maturity in maritime‘ report, published by LR’s ESG Advisory service, presents findings from the Maritime ESG Maturity Index (MEMI), the industry’s …
https://splash247.com/shipping-industry-falls-short-on-esg-delivery-despite-governance-progress/
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