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French energy major TotalEnergies, together with its partners QatarEnergy and ConocoPhillips, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Syrian Petroleum Company to explore Block 3 offshore Syria in the Mediterranean Sea. The MoU covers a technical review of the offshore Block 3 area by the partners and establishes a framework for technical and commercial …
https://splash247.com/syrias-offshore-ambitions-gather-pace-with-totalenergies-partnership/
https://splash247.com/syrias-offshore-ambitions-gather-pace-with-totalenergies-partnership/India’s largest private ports and logistics company, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has announced it will expand its European presence and offshore capabilities by committing $1.36bn in capital spending through fiscal year 2031. This will be achieved through a partnership between Adani Port’s marine platform, Astro Offshore, and the US engineering firm Oceaneering …
https://splash247.com/adani-ports-commits-1-36bn-to-european-offshore-expansion/
https://splash247.com/adani-ports-commits-1-36bn-to-european-offshore-expansion/One of the best known names in container shipping is readying for a new adventure. Lars Jensen, who heads up consultancy Vespucci Maritime, will be packing his camper van shortly for an epic, 18-month voyage across Africa. Hapag-Lloyd, DSV, and Nexxiot are sponsoring the journey which will see the former Maersk man explore container logistics …
https://splash247.com/lars-jensen-african-safari-aims-to-uncover-logistics-gold-rush/
https://splash247.com/lars-jensen-african-safari-aims-to-uncover-logistics-gold-rush/A new white paper argues that shipping’s current fragmented approach to climate risk management leaves it dangerously exposed. The white paper titled, Navigating climate transition risks in global shipping, draws on a peer-reviewed academic study by researchers from Erasmus Rotterdam University, University of Copenhagen and UCL. The study identified five interconnected categories of transition risk …
https://splash247.com/white-paper-maps-shippings-climate-risk-minefield/
https://splash247.com/white-paper-maps-shippings-climate-risk-minefield/The agri-commodities session at Geneva Dry last month, moderated by Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, the president of WISTA Switzerland, delivered a grounded assessment of how the Middle East war and Hormuz closure are reshaping global food and fertiliser supply chains – with speakers united on one point: trade flows are not collapsing, but they are being …
https://splash247.com/how-war-is-remaking-the-agri-trades/
https://splash247.com/how-war-is-remaking-the-agri-trades/Willem Vermaat, shipping director at Heidelberg Materials Trading, on today’s technology glut that is holding shipping back. There’s a phrase I’ve been using lately that tends to get a reaction in a room full of shipping people: “garbage in, garbage out – we’ve just made the garbage move faster”. Some people laugh. Some people flinch. …
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https://splash247.com/we-have-made-the-garbage-move-faster/Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Singapore-based shipmanager Synergy Marine over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, two years after the containership Dali struck the span and killed six people. The indictment, announced on Tuesday, names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, along with Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, …
https://splash247.com/criminal-charges-filed-against-synergy-over-key-bridge-collapse/
https://splash247.com/criminal-charges-filed-against-synergy-over-key-bridge-collapse/Iran has expanded the maritime zone it considers under operational control around the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian-linked media coverage cited by analysts, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy now describes the Strait of Hormuz as a “vast operational area” stretching from Jask in eastern Iran to Siri Island in the west. Reports from …
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https://splash247.com/iran-tightens-hormuz-grip/The new executive director of the New Zealand Marine Industry Association (NZ Marine) says that the inherent strengths of the marine industry can help it navigate fuel pressures and challenging economic conditions. Former Coastguard New Zealand…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nz-marine-signals-cautious-confidence-539128
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nz-marine-signals-cautious-confidence-539128At a ceremony in Brussels, Danish shipping company Hafnia was selected as the recipient of the Diversity & Inclusion Honours in Maritime 2026.Hafnia won the award for their Hafnia Culture Lab research project conducted in collaboration with…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hafnia-wins-european-di-award-539129
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