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Lloyd’s Register (LR) is growing its role in the newbuilding market with the launch of its Newbuild Advisory Service and updated New Construction Guide.With global demand continuing to reshape shipyard orderbooks, owners are balancing a growing…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/lloyds-register-launches-newbuild-539850Some books arrive as commentary; Blue Bharat arrives as a working instrument. Capt. Gajanan Karanjikar’s latest contribution is not a lyrical ode to the sea, nor a policy pamphlet dressed in maritime romance. It is something rarer and far more…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/book-review-blue-bharat-indias-voyage-a-539851Carnarvon Energy has contracted the Transocean Equinox semisub rig for a multi-well drilling program offshore Western Australia’s Bedout sub-basin. The campaign, set to begin in April 2027, is designed to evaluate the resource potential of key prospects, including Ara, Yuma, Goats Eye, and Hutton, identified within the Bedout MegaMerge 3D seismic survey. The objective is …
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https://splash247.com/carnarvon-hires-transocean-rig-for-2027-exploration-programme/Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore and Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore have formed a joint venture that has entered a letter of intent with a selected shipyard to order a newbuild multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel. The new vessel, with a delivery set for the first half of 2029, will support the installation of …
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https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-and-solstad-order-new-deepwater-construction-vessel/A Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) containership has been damaged by an explosion near Iraq’s Umm Qasr port in an incident that underscores the increasingly complex security environment facing vessels operating in the Gulf. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that a cargo ship transiting around 40 nautical miles southeast of Umm Qasr was struck …
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https://splash247.com/msc-boxship-damaged-in-blast-off-iraq/A federal judge has postponed the long-awaited civil trial over the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a series of late settlements resolved most of the remaining claims linked to the disaster. The trial, which had been due to begin this week and was expected to run for around five weeks, stems from …
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https://splash247.com/dali-trial-delayed-after-last-minute-settlements/European shipping companies will not be forced to pay twice for carbon emissions under both European and International Maritime Organization regulations, European commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas told delegates at the official opening of Posidonia 2026. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the world’s most famous shipping event, Tzitzikostas sought to reassure …
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https://splash247.com/brussels-vows-to-shield-shipowners-from-double-carbon-charges/Venezuela's oil exports rose slightly to 1.25 million barrels per day in May, its third consecutive month of increase, fueled by more cargoes to the U.S., India and Europe, shipping data showed on Monday.Under the U.S.-supported government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/venezuelas-oil-exports-rose-may-539814Despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran, it remains too risky to move the thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf, the head of the IMO said."We will not be able to activate anything until the root causes are addressed and there is more of a final agreement…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/imo-risky-move-seafarers-gulf-539815The Chinese navy was spotted conducting aircraft carrier drills in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines last week, Japan's defence ministry said in a bulletin on Monday.The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that China's aircraft…
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