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South Africa’s Competition Commission has referred a price-fixing complaint against eight major container lines to the country’s Competition Tribunal, alleging collusion over general rate increases (GRIs) on trades between Asia and southern and western Africa. The case targets the local units of Mediterranean Shipping Co, Maersk, CMA CGM, Pacific International Lines, Evergreen, COSCO, Mitsui OSK …
A Portugal-flagged LPG carrier has been attacked by pirates off Equatorial Guinea, with at least nine seafarers reportedly kidnapped. Security firm Vanguard said the CGas Saturn was boarded around 50 nautical miles west of Mbini early Monday. The 2003-built gas tanker, owned by Denmark’s Christiania Gas, was sailing toward Malabo when the assault took place. …
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https://splash247.com/seafarers-kidnapped-from-lpg-carrier-off-equatorial-guinea/Security in the Black Sea and surrounding waters has taken an ominous turn following a spike in attacks on Russian-linked shipping and fresh threats from the Kremlin, raising alarm and insurance rates. Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow may expand military action against commercial tonnage if strikes on Russia’s tanker fleet continue. According to Interfax, …
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https://splash247.com/kremlin-threatens-wider-retaliation-as-black-sea-security-deteriorates/A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were unharmed, Turkey's maritime authority and the Tribeca shipping agency said.Ukrainian naval drones last…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russianflagged-tanker-reports-drone-533065Germany has been putting import terminals for liquefied natural gas into operation as part of its efforts to replace piped Russian gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.The Brunsbuettel terminal received its floating storage regasification unit…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/germany-building-lng-import-terminals-533068The New Zealand Navy will return to service in the third quarter of 2026 one of two offshore patrol vessels idle since 2021, the chief of the defence force said on Tuesday, at a cost running into millions of dollars.Tony Davies told a select…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-zealands-offshore-patrol-vessel-otago-533069
https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-zealands-offshore-patrol-vessel-otago-533069ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. for remote control functions for FPSO units.ABS completed design reviews based on the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and Remote-Control Functions.The project is part of the Offshore…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/abs-approves-fpso-remote-control-533072International shipbroker IFCHOR-Galbraiths (IG) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brazilian dry bulk shipbroker Aries Shipping. Founded in 2005, Aries Shipping is a Rio de Janeiro based firm led by Marcela Rosman and Bruna Moraes.This…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipbroker-ig-continues-americas-533073DNV has awarded Jiangnan Shipyard an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its Jiangnan Intelligent System JNIS (DATA) under the D-INF(S) class notation. Jiangnan received the recognition for their standardized onboard data platform which is aligned…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-awards-jiangnan-shipyard-aip-533076Within the margins of the IMO Assembly meetings, on December 2, the World Maritime University (WMU), in collaboration with the 90 North Foundation, announced the release of the 2025 Arctic Report: The Arctic Ocean Region – Biodiversity, Governance & Protective Measures…
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