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The European Union's counter piracy force has deployed a warship to the coast off Somalia after a suspected pirate group tried to target ships in the area, maritime sources said on Wednesday.Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel afte
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-sends-warship-somali-coast-suspected-532053Poland is working on a deal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. to supply Ukraine and Slovakia, an agreement that would further tighten the European Union’s ties to American energy, according to two sources familiar with the…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/poland-working-deal-import-us-lng-support-532056The European Commission has adopted its communication on the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP), setting out a roadmap to rapidly accelerate the energy transition of aviation and waterborne transport sectors.To meet the fuel targets…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-unveils-sustainable-transport-532057Finland-based Bluetech has partnered with NYSE-listed INSW to develop Bluetech’s new ‘SeaWasp’ tanker vessel design, purpose-designed for wind but still practical for INSW MR fleet operations.With the support of wind-propulsion specialist Norsepower…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/fully-windoptimized-tanker-concept-532058Ocean services provider DeepOcean and Saudi Arabia-based Jana Marine Services have signed a heads of terms agreement to establish a joint venture company that will offer integrated subsea solutions to the offshore energy industry in the Middle East.The intended joint venture…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/deepocean-jana-marine-enter-saudi-arabia-532059In its latest quarterly analysis, VesselBot analyses 73,353 container ship voyages completed by 4,750 vessels between July and September 2025, revealing that total container ship emissions reached 50.3 million tons in Q3 2025, remaining virtually…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/container-ship-emissions-remain-steady-532063Dalian iron ore futures declined for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, weighed down by concerns about demand in top consumer China due to a persistently weak manufacturing sector. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) TIO1! fell 0.26% to 776 yuan($108.94) a metric ton. The benchmark December iron ore ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dalian-iron-ore-extends-falls-on-china-demand-concerns/The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, climbed to a two-week high on Wednesday, supported by firmer capesize and panamax segments. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose 45 points, or 2.3%, to 2,003 points, its highest level since ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-rises-to-two-week-high-on-stronger-capesize-and-panamax-rates/SpecTec chief executive Adam Dennett says shipping’s next big digital breakthrough won’t come from new tools, but from getting existing systems to work together. Founded in Norway in 1985 and now based in Limassol, SpecTec develops the long-running AMOS vessel management software. Dennett believes the next 12 months will be defined by progress in system …
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https://splash247.com/spectec-shippings-digital-breakthrough-lies-in-better-data/Maersk has returned to New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) with an order for eight 18,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships, according to multiple broking reports, with options for four more, at around $193m apiece. Deliveries are slated for 2028 and 2029. The deal marks the latest phase in Maersk’s major fleet renewal drive and further deepens its …
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