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Wilson Sons held a launch ceremony for the tugboat WS Halcyon Thursday, January 29, in Rio de Janeiro. It is the first of a new series of three high-powered tugs.Built at the company’s shipyard in Guarujá (São Paulo), WS Halcyon is a class 2312…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/wilson-sons-launches-tugboat-join-new-535094HII announced that Fatina Brave has been appointed vice president of infrastructure and sustainability at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Brave succeeds Eric Crooker, who has transitioned into the role of vice president of program management at Ingalls…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/fatina-brave-named-vice-president-535095Today, Friday, January 30 2026, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 146 points, reaching 2148 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 ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2148-up-146-points/Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has won work on an oil project offshore Louisiana and an offshore wind project offshore Germany. The first contract was awarded by Shell for the Kaikias Waterflood project. The Kaikias field is a deepwater development in the Mars-Ursa Basin, approximately 210 km off the Louisiana coast in the …
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https://splash247.com/subsea-7-bags-us-oil-and-german-offshore-wind-contracts/One of Russia’s two biggest oil producers Lukoil has signed an agreement with US investment firm Carlyle to sell all its international assets. The transfer of assets will be done through Carlyle’s acquisition of Lukoil International GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Lukoil, which owns international assets of the Russian company. The transaction does not include …
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https://splash247.com/carlyle-in-talks-to-acquire-lukoils-international-assets/Kuba Szymanski, secretary general of InterManager, weighs in on the latest appalling data surrounding crew abandonment. Every time a seafarer is abandoned, the industry performs the same ritual: statements of concern, condemnation of “unscrupulous owners,” praise for humanitarian responders — and then we move on. Meanwhile, thousands of seafarers remain unpaid, stranded on ships that …
Tor Olav Trøim-backed VLCC newcomer Bruton has exercised options for two additional newbuildings at China’s New Times Shipyard, continuing its steady build-up in the supertanker market. The Oslo-listed company confirmed it has moved ahead with the optional vessels attached to its earlier contracts with the yard, with pricing and payment terms unchanged from the most …
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https://splash247.com/bruton-presses-ahead-with-vlcc-build-out/Northern Lights has handed out a fresh round of CO2 shipping business to three of Japan and Malaysia’s biggest blue‑chip owners. The Oslo‑based CCS JV – owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell – has awarded a long‑term time charter for one 12,000 cu m liquid CO2 carrier to a consortium of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K …
Japan has unveiled an all‑Japan shipping initiative designed to lock in work for its shipyards and tighten cooperation along the domestic maritime value chain, as competition from Chinese and South Korean builders intensifies. ORIX’s vessel trading arm SOMEC has signed a capital and business alliance with three of Japan’s most influential owner‑builder groups – Shoei …
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https://splash247.com/japans-sakura-ocean-jv-blossoms-as-shipping-and-yards-unite/As a US carrier strike group made its way to the Gulf, a familiar foe to commercial shipping reared its head for the first time in months. A video titled ‘Soon’ published at the start of the week by the Houthis suggests the Iranian-backed Yemeni military group is gearing up to target vessels once again. The …
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