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The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) raised concerns about deceptive practices at its 59th Committee meeting in Glasgow, held from May 18 to 22.The Committee noted a continuous rise in the detention rate to 4.18% in 2025 (up from 4.03% in 2024 and 3.81% in 2023)…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/paris-mou-tackles-fraudulent-certificates-539880
https://www.marinelink.com/news/paris-mou-tackles-fraudulent-certificates-539880The U.S. Navy has selected HII’s ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel to advance to the at-sea testing phase of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) program.Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Mission Technologies division…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-selects-hii-usv-advance-atsea-539881Fleetzero, a U.S.-based developer of marine technology, has announced a collaboration with Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, a leading U.S. shipbuilder, and Glosten, a Seattle-based global naval architecture and marine engineering firm, to accelerate…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/fleetzero-thomasea-glosten-collaborate-539882The CMA CGM Group has announced the maiden call of the CMA CGM Notre Dame in Singapore.The new generation LNG-powered vessel is the largest container ship currently operating under the French flag. Following the start of its maiden commercial voyage in Shanghai…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cma-cgm-notre-dame-makes-maiden-call-539884
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cma-cgm-notre-dame-makes-maiden-call-539884Loading of a Taiwan-bound LNG tanker at the Inpex-operated 1605.T Ichthys plant in Australia has been delayed after a limited strike by workers disrupted operations at the terminal, according to the union and shipping data.The delay highlights…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ichthys-lng-strike-causes-delay-539890AD Ports Group has entered the South American market with its largest acquisition to date, agreeing to buy Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura (CLI) for AED3.1bn ($835m). The Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics group said the deal will strengthen its fast-growing agrifoods business while creating a platform for expansion across Latin America. …
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https://splash247.com/ad-ports-makes-biggest-ever-acquisition-with-835m-brazil-agri-bulk-deal/George Economou sat down at TradeWinds Shipowners Forum Greece at Posidonia in Athens yesterday with the newspaper’s US correspondent Joe Brady for a rare extended conversation about how he built one of shipping’s most formidable private empires — and the bond workout, the stock market frenzy, the $2bn drilling debacle and the activist campaigns that …
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https://splash247.com/george-economou-a-life-in-shipping/A decade of mergers, acquisitions and private equity roll-ups has reshaped the sector. But as the dust settles, senior figures across the industry are divided on what comes next – and whether size was ever really the point. The next chapter from our brand new shipmanagement magazine that is being distributed across Posidonia this week. …
Classification societies have always occupied a unique position in maritime: technical arbiters, rule makers, certifiers, and, increasingly, strategic advisors helping shipowners navigate some of the most consequential decisions in shipping’s and shipbuilding’s history.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/csuite-interview-hayato-suga-president-539854NYK has commenced a one-year long-term trial involving the continuous use of 100% biofuel (“B100”) on an NYK-operated car carrier. The initiative is designed to evaluate the fuel’s effects on the vessel’s equipment and verify operational safety under real-world conditions.
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