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China's foreign ministry on Friday urged the Philippines to immediately stop "infringement and provocation" in the South China Sea or face China's "resolute response."The remarks came a day after Beijing and Manila traded accusations following…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/china-threatens-philippines-stop-526116The Song Doc platform off the coast of southwest Vietnam caught fire during decommissioning operations on Wednesday afternoon. The incident on the Petrovietnam-operated platform happened while a subcontractor was cleaning and dismantling the platform. According to reports, the fire was brought under control within 30 minutes and did not impact the surrounding environment or other …
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https://splash247.com/oil-platform-off-vietnam-catches-fire-during-decommissioning/Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has won a contract for one of its jackup rigs to work offshore Indonesia. Velesto won a contract from PC Ketapang II, PC North Madura II, and Petronas for its Naga 8 jackup. The contract, which is set to begin in July 2025, has a firm period of …
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https://splash247.com/velesto-bags-90m-jackup-deal-in-indonesia/Estonia has launched a €25m ($28.3m) government grant designed to encourage the reconstruction and greening of passenger and cargo ships, tugboats and other port and auxiliary vessels in Estonian ports. This makes Estonia one of the few countries in Europe offering direct financial support in the form of state aid for ship retrofitting. The new …
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https://splash247.com/estonia-launches-green-retrofit-scheme/Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is contracting Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) to build an LNG dual-fuelled VLCC which will then go on long-term charter to Idemitsu Tanker. The newbuild, due for delivery in 2027, will be the first dual-fuel VLCC to be chartered to a Japanese oil company. No price has been revealed for …
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https://splash247.com/mol-orders-vlcc-in-dalian/Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has lined up two of its managed vessels for the installation of artificial intelligence-based autonomous navigation technology developed by Hyundai Heavy Industries’s subsidiary Avikus. The project will see Avikus’ Hyundai intelligent Navigation Assistant System (HiNAS) Control, HiNAS Cloud and analytics platform for shore-side fleet monitoring deployed on a bulk carrier …
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https://splash247.com/eastern-pacific-signs-up-for-korean-autonomous-navigation-tech/A new study by Scope3 emissions tracking specialist VesselBot reveals that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at major global ports continue to rise despite technological advancements and sustainability investments. The report shows Shanghai port recorded the highest emissions (see chart below) at 140,000 tons, surpassing Singapore despite handling fewer vessels, highlighting that vessel numbers don’t directly …
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https://splash247.com/shanghai-port-pollution-in-the-spotlight/One of China’s top shipyards, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, has commissioned a giant new facility to boost its production of LNG carriers. The new $2.5bn, 432 ha yard on Changxing Island north of Shanghai will boost the state-run company’s annual LNG carrier output from six to 10 vessels once fully operational. Hudong-Zhonghua is a flagship site of …
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https://splash247.com/hudong-zhonghua-commissions-giant-new-shipbuilding-facility-north-of-shanghai/The Japanese government will issue a major new shipbuilding directive next month, aimed to revive an industry it used to lead the world in, as well as using the nation’s yards as a bargaining chip in trade talks with the Donald Trump administration in the US. Using the 2022-promulgated Economic Security Promotion Act, Tokyo will …
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https://splash247.com/japan-us-shipbuilding-revitalization-fund-under-discussion/ABS awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), the parent company of Aptamus Carbon Solutions, for its preliminary design of a liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) barge.The development of the barge design is a…
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