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Bahrain has circulated a revised U.N. Security Council draft resolution on protecting commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, retaining language authorising “all necessary means” but dropping an explicit reference to binding enforcement.Shipping through the waterway…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bahrain-circulates-revised-un-hormuz-537576
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bahrain-circulates-revised-un-hormuz-537576Over 95% of large ocean-going vessels moving in U.S. waterways are under the direction and control of a pilot that is a member of the American Pilots’ Association (APA). The enormous increase in vessel sizes – as much as five times bigger than…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/insights-ships-bigger-pilots-keep-537581Cavotec has signed an order valued at approximately USD15.11 million (EUR 13 million) for the supply of MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring systems for a special application in North America. Deliveries are scheduled between October 2027 and March 2028.The MoorMaster systems will help ensure safe…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cavotec-signs-b-order-moormaster-systems-537583
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cavotec-signs-b-order-moormaster-systems-537583An oil tanker leased to state-owned QatarEnergy was hit by an Iranian cruise missile on Wednesday in Qatari waters, the defence ministry said.Qatar was targeted by three cruise missiles coming from Iran. Two were intercepted while the third hit the Aqua 1 fuel oil tanker…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-tanker-qatari-waters-hit-iranian-537585
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-tanker-qatari-waters-hit-iranian-537585Thailand is actively seeking additional LNG supplies from Malaysia following disruptions caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict, Thai energy government officials said on Wednesday.Thailand would need to diversify some of its LNG supply away from the Middle East, estimated at roughly 5% to 10%, s
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/thailand-seeks-lng-supplies-malaysia-due-537586Today, Wednesday, April 1 2026, the Baltic Dry Index climbed 35 points, reaching 2030 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2030-up-35-points/Brazil’s Belov Engenharia has signed eight contracts with Petrobras to charter four diving support vessels (DSVs) and provide shallow-diving and ROV operations. According to the company, the contracts will begin between the second half of 2026 and the second half of 2027. The contracts are worth 2.7bn reais ($521.3m) and will be executed over four …
https://splash247.com/belov-engenharia-lands-521m-in-dsv-contracts-with-petrobras/
https://splash247.com/belov-engenharia-lands-521m-in-dsv-contracts-with-petrobras/A US federal Endangered Species Committee has unanimously voted to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections, following a Pentagon request tied to national security. The rare 20-minute closed-door meeting, the fourth since the committee’s inception in 1978, included six Trump appointees led by Interior secretary …
https://splash247.com/trumps-god-squad-waives-endangered-species-rules-for-gulf-of-mexico-drilling/
https://splash247.com/trumps-god-squad-waives-endangered-species-rules-for-gulf-of-mexico-drilling/Dave Lee, executive director at e1 Marine, writes for Splash today. Hydrogen has become one of shipping’s most debated fuels, yet much of that debate remains focused on deep-sea vessels and long-term timelines. Viewed through that lens, hydrogen still appears distant, constrained by cost, storage complexity, and limited infrastructure. But that framing overlooks where hydrogen …
https://splash247.com/the-rise-of-hydrogen-in-short-sea-shipping/
https://splash247.com/the-rise-of-hydrogen-in-short-sea-shipping/The United States holds less than 1% of global commercial shipbuilding market share and ranks on a par with Vietnam in a rigorous ten-criteria assessment of shipbuilding competitiveness – a sobering verdict from broker BRS Group that exposes the enormous structural gap between Washington’s maritime ambitions and industrial reality. In its shipping markets annual review …
https://splash247.com/brs-exposes-the-scale-of-the-challenge-facing-trumps-maritime-ambitions/
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