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Nabil Ben Soussia, group COO of IEC Telecom, examines the impact of rapid change on the satcom industry. Fast-paced evolution within the satellite communications sector is transforming business planning – with only short to medium term predictions feasible in today’s marketplace. Long term planning is now obsolete. Technology is developing so swiftly that business planning …
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https://splash247.com/long-term-planning-is-obsolete-thanks-to-speed-of-satcom-evolution/A delegation has flown in from Belgium to Namibia this week to unveil plans for Africa’s first hydrogen-powered ship. Cleanergy Solutions Namibia, a joint venture between CMB.TECH and the Ohlthaver & List Group, has hosted a showcase of the Cleanergy Green Hydrogen progress at the plant’s site in Walvis Bay, expected to be operational in …
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https://splash247.com/cmb-tech-led-jv-reveals-plans-for-africas-first-hydrogen-powered-vessel/Norwegian shipowners have stayed quiet this year, with few deals to report. This has now changed. A string of deals is reported in the clean tanker segment. Brokers report this week that Bergen-based investment outfit Tailwind has snapped up two 20,000 dwt, 2016-built chemical tankers, TRF Kobe and TRF Kristiansand for $66 m. The ships are …
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https://splash247.com/norwegians-make-tanker-moves/Lomar is to deliver a further bulk vessel into service this month, its ninth acquisition in the past year. The newly renamed Ebury Trader will commence a long-term chartering arrangement with a global logistics provider, following the completion of upgrades at a shipyard in China that includes the installation of energy-saving devices. The vessel’s entry …
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https://splash247.com/lomar-focuses-on-building-its-dry-bulk-fleet/Iran has released all the crew of the MSC Aries, a 15,000 teu box ship abducted by Iranian special forces last month. Speaking to the Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated that the seized ship had turned off its transponders in the territorial waters of Iran and jeopardised “the security of navigation”. The …
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https://splash247.com/iran-releases-msc-aries-crew/The leader of the Houthis has said his militia will escalate attacks unless Israel ends its war in Gaza and the US stops attacking Yemen. “We are preparing for a fourth round of escalation if the Israeli enemy and the Americans continue their intransigence,” Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. Al-Houthi …
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https://splash247.com/houthi-leader-vows-to-escalate-attacks/The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people in one of the state's deadliest maritime disasters, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for his conviction on a federal charge of seaman's manslaughter.Jerry Boylan…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/conception-captain-gets-fouryear-prison-513421Maryland said on Thursday it estimates it will cost $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebuild a collapsed Baltimore bridge and anticipates it will be completed by fall 2028.The Maryland Department of Transportation said the state's "planning level…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/maryland-estimates-bridge-replacement-513422According to the latest figures from DNV’s AFI platform, 23 new orders for alternative fueled vessels were registered in April 2024.A majority of these (12) were for methanol-fueled tankers, a segment where the uptake of alternative fuels has…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/april-sees-jump-methanolfueled-tanker-513424Ocean freight container carriers are treading a fine line between risk and reward during new contract negotiations as the market remains gripped by uncertainty in the Red Sea, according to new data on the Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®).The latest…
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