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Retailers are fueling a summer rush of imports to the United States this year as companies guard against a potential strike by port workers and ongoing shipping disruptions from attacks in the Red Sea ahead of a shortened holiday shopping season.Container imports and freight rates surged in July…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-retailers-rush-holiday-imports-amid-515938Chinese authorities have stated that Newnew Shipping’s container ship Newnew Polar Bear was responsible, albeit by accident, for damaging the Balticconnector subsea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland last year. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities have conducted an internal investigation and forwarded the results to the two European …
https://splash247.com/china-admits-responsibility-for-last-years-european-pipeline-destruction/
https://splash247.com/china-admits-responsibility-for-last-years-european-pipeline-destruction/Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines has set out to expand its fleet with up to 20 methanol dual-fuel vessels. The world’s 11th largest containerline, which had ordered around 40 ships during the box shipping boom of 2021 and 2022, has inked a letter of intent with compatriot shipbuilder CSBC Corporation for 12 firm and four optional …
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https://splash247.com/tsunami-of-boxship-orders-grows-as-wan-hai-lines-up-20-newbuilds/Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (ASRY) has appointed Ahmed Al-Abri as the new chief executive officer. The Omani national and former chairman of Asyad Container Terminals and CEO of Asyad Ports brings over 25 years of experience to Bahrain-based ship repair and fabrication yard. Tawfeeq AlMoayed, ASRY chairman of the board of directors, said: …
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https://splash247.com/asry-appoints-new-ceo/Crew transfer vessel operator Windcat, part of Saverys family-controlled CMB.TECH, has selected Hong Kong-based shipmanager Anglo-Eastern for the technical and crewing management of six commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction at Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards. The partnership builds on the deal with Anglo-Eastern Technical Services (AETS), Anglo-Eastern’s technical consulting arm, in October 2021 …
https://splash247.com/anglo-eastern-seals-windcat-csov-shipmanagement-deal/
https://splash247.com/anglo-eastern-seals-windcat-csov-shipmanagement-deal/UK-based VLCC pool operator Tankers International has added two Vietnamese-flagged tankers to increase the pool size to 35. The two vessels in question are the 2010-built Felix and the 2009-built Symphony VLCCs. The former joined the pool earlier this year, with the latter joining earlier this month. Although the owners of the vessels were not …
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https://splash247.com/tankers-international-increases-vlcc-pool-to-35/New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Paralos Shipping for one of its vessels. Aquavita chartered the 2013-built, 81,513 dwt kamsarmax bulker Astarte for a gross charter rate of $14,000, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period until a minimum of July 15, 2025, …
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https://splash247.com/diana-shipping-fixes-out-kamsarmax-bulker-to-paralos-shipping/Swiss marine power company WinGD has teamed up with global shipping line CMA CGM to test its Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) technology for dual-fuel engines onboard one of CMA CGM’s vessels.The collaboration marks the first field test for…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/wingd-cma-cgm-trial-dualfuel-engine-tech-515912
https://www.marinelink.com/news/wingd-cma-cgm-trial-dualfuel-engine-tech-515912Offshore personnel transfer company Windcat, part of CMB.TECH, has partnered with Anglo-Eastern for the technical and crewing management of the first out six ordered hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs).Windcat has ordered six Elevation Series CSOVs…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/angloeastern-manage-windcats-515915
https://www.marinelink.com/news/angloeastern-manage-windcats-515915Bellingham, Wash. shipbuilder All American Marine (AAM) announced it has been awarded a contract to build a 73-foot research vessel for the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). The vessel will operate as a multipurpose research platform…
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