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IOG Wind, formerly known as CWind Taiwan, has announced that it has secured a multi-year operations and maintenance deal on the Hai Long offshore wind project. This is the company’s second long-term contract since its establishment in 2018 and the first since becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of International Ocean Group in 2023. The scope …
https://splash247.com/iog-wind-lands-offshore-wind-farm-maintenance-deal-in-taiwan/
https://splash247.com/iog-wind-lands-offshore-wind-farm-maintenance-deal-in-taiwan/Global maritime charity Stella Maris has launched a novel campaign that celebrates seafarers’ cooking skills and resourcefulness to prepare nourishing meals at sea. The charity is asking seafarers to share their recipes for food that gives them sustenance onboard – from breakfasts that fuel the day ahead, to comforting main meals that bring crews together, …
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https://splash247.com/seafarers-invited-to-pitch-their-recipes-for-new-cookbook/South Korea’s HD Hyundai has formally handed control to a new generation, appointing 43-year-old Chung Kisun as chairman of the nation’s largest shipbuilding group — a move marking both a dynastic handover and a philosophical shift for the storied industrial powerhouse. The eldest son of HD Hyundai’s former chairman Chung Mong-joon — and grandson of …
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https://splash247.com/chung-kisun-takes-the-helm-at-hd-hyundai/The Baltic Exchange has expanded its tanker benchmark portfolio with two new aframax routes reflecting the rise of Canadian crude exports to Asia and growing geopolitical uncertainty in global oil trade. The new assessments — TD28, which tracks voyages from Vancouver to Ningbo, China, and TD29, covering Vancouver to the Pacific Area Lightering (PAL) zone …
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https://splash247.com/baltic-exchange-charts-new-routes-for-canadian-crude-trade/Punit Oza on the business sector’s impossible tightrope. “When governments pull the trigger, companies take the bullet,” he writes. In the escalating trade conflict between the United States, China, and their respective allies, a troubling paradox has emerged: nation-states wage economic warfare while the business sector—their primary weapon—bears the consequences. Like arrows fired from a …
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https://splash247.com/navigating-nation-state-trade-wars/Tuesday’s introduction of extra port fees levied by Beijing and Washington, along with this evening’s big vote on the International Maritime Organization Net-Zero Framework, were near constants in terms of headlines in what has been the busiest week of the year for shipping news. “The weaponisation of both trade and environmental policy signals that shipping …
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https://splash247.com/splash-wrap-ports-politics-and-power/Hong Kong-listed Pacific Basin Shipping is moving half of its bulker fleet to Singapore and reflagging vessels under its Singapore entity to reduce exposure to new US port fees introduced under the USTR Section 301 scheme. The move comes after a review of the April 2025 Annex I provisions, which impose additional fees on Chinese-owned …
The global shipping industry will find out today its green future with one of the most contentious Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meetings drawing to a close this evening at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the vote on the Net-Zero Framework (NZF) now deemed too close to call. The US …
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) reported in September that the number of member cruise line ships with the ability to use shore power has nearly doubled since 2018.Today, 166 ships are able to plug in at port, a 12% increase from the prior year.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/innovators-tackle-cruise-hotel-loads-531213Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has delivered Ten-Oh, Japan’s first tugboat equipped with a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine.The 38-meter tugboat is equipped with a BeHydro high-output hydrogen dual-fuel engine and a high-pressure hydrogen gas storage system with large-capacity and supply system…
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