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NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V. has installed two wind-assist VentoFoils on the bulk carrier NBA Magritte at the port of Rotterdam. The vessel is engaged in a long-term charter contract with Cargill (USA).This is the first time a unit of this type…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nyk-group-installs-first-windassist-units-515381
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nyk-group-installs-first-windassist-units-515381Germany’s United Product Tankers (UPT) has closed up shop after experiencing difficulties securing tonnage for commercial management and pooling. The Hamburg-based outfit of the Columbia Group recently ceased its operations after 21 years in the business, citing the impact of positive sentiment in the product tanker segment that has led its clients to either cash …
https://splash247.com/united-product-tankers-closes-its-doors/
https://splash247.com/united-product-tankers-closes-its-doors/Global commodities trader Trafigura has acquired Gearbulk’s stake in High Heat Tankers (HHT) joint venture for an undisclosed sum. The HHT business ships liquid coal tar pitch through long-term contracts of affreightment, focussing on aluminium smelters primarily based in the Middle East, the West Coast of Canada and Asia. The 50/50 owned jv was set …
https://splash247.com/trafigura-buys-gearbulk-out-of-high-heat-tankers-venture/
https://splash247.com/trafigura-buys-gearbulk-out-of-high-heat-tankers-venture/Friday’s dangerous tanker collision off Singapore took a twist over the weekend with one of the vessels involved fleeing the scene before being apprehended by authorities in neighbouring Malaysia. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) reported that a fire broke out on both a Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile and a São Tomé and …
https://splash247.com/chinese-vlcc-involved-in-singapore-tanker-collision-apprehended-in-malaysia/
https://splash247.com/chinese-vlcc-involved-in-singapore-tanker-collision-apprehended-in-malaysia/One seafarer has died in the severe blaze onboard the one-month-old Maersk Frankfurt off India. Indian Coast Guard ships, helicopters and planes spent the weekend dousing the ship, with latest reports suggesting the fire has been surpressed, but there is still much smoke from the front deck of the 5,500 teu vessel. The Panama-flagged Maersk …
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https://splash247.com/seafarer-dies-in-severe-blaze-on-maersk-vessel-off-india/The nine-month long Red Sea shipping crisis entered a new, more dangerous phase over the weekend with Israel and the Houthis now in direct confrontation, carrying out long-range attacks on each other, and lending credence to the claims by the Houthis that they have the capacity to attack targets in the Mediterranean. A Houthi drone …
https://splash247.com/israel-and-houthis-trade-blows-as-red-sea-shipping-crisis-enters-new-phase/
https://splash247.com/israel-and-houthis-trade-blows-as-red-sea-shipping-crisis-enters-new-phase/Norway’s Sea1 Offshore has agreed a long-term contract extension with marine seismic player PXGEO for its multipurpose support vessel Siem Dorado. The Christen Sveaas-led OSV owner and operator has fixed the 2009-built MPSV for two years and four months in direct continuation of the vessel’s current employment. The new extension will keep the ship utilised …
https://splash247.com/sea1-offshore-bags-long-term-mpsv-extension-deal-from-pxgeo/
https://splash247.com/sea1-offshore-bags-long-term-mpsv-extension-deal-from-pxgeo/New York-listed offshore driller Valaris has won a multi-year contract with Equinor’s subsidiary in Brazil for the drillship Valaris DS-17. The deal covers work on the Ria project offshore Brazil, Equinor operates in partnership with Repsol Sinopec and Petrobras. The contract, worth about $498m is estimated to last 852 days and includes managed pressure drilling, …
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https://splash247.com/valaris-lands-498m-drillship-deal-with-equinor-brazil/Nissen Kaiun has been tied to an order of very large ammonia carriers in China. Brokers reported Japanese shipping mammoth had contracted four 88,000 cu m newbuilds at Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding (Yamic) a joint venture yard between China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Japan’s Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding. The ships are set for delivery from May 2028 through February …
https://splash247.com/nissen-kaiun-signs-for-very-large-ammonia-carriers-in-china/
https://splash247.com/nissen-kaiun-signs-for-very-large-ammonia-carriers-in-china/Darley—a Itasca, Ill. headquartered provider of technology and equipment to military and first responders, including pumps for fireboats—announced it has named Lee J. Wise as chief financial officer, effective July 22, 2024.Wise joins Darley from Covetrus…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/darley-names-lee-j-wise-cfo-515366
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