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Finland's Steerprop won an order to supply complete propulsion packages for four Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) being built for the US Coast Guard by Bollinger Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with two Steerprop Contra-Rotating Propellers (CRP) azimuth propulsors and two tunnel thrusters.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-taps-steerprop-uscg-iceabreaker-542505
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-taps-steerprop-uscg-iceabreaker-542505The Iran war's redrawing of the global trade map is forcing Gulf nations to retool their investment play book, ploughing capital into infrastructure, from energy pipelines to ports, to weather the fallout from the conflict.The war has highlighted the Gulf's overreliance on the Strait of Hormuz…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hormuz-crisis-accelerates-gulf-pipeline-542510
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hormuz-crisis-accelerates-gulf-pipeline-542510Four shipowners from Sweden, Norway and Canada have ordered four new VINGA product tankers for delivery in 2028 and 2029, expanding the Furetank-developed vessel series to 26 ships.Two of the vessels will be owned by FureBear, a joint venture…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/four-shipowners-order-four-vinga-product-542516
https://www.marinelink.com/news/four-shipowners-order-four-vinga-product-542516The following article is an op-ed piece from Andrei Barotov and Kristiina Peterson, Chief Specialists of Maritime Competitiveness at the Estonian Transport AdministrationLeveraging its ‘e-Estonia’ digital society initiative, the government of…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oped-estonia-prepares-next-phase-growth-542517
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oped-estonia-prepares-next-phase-growth-542517Rather than pinning its decarbonization hopes on future tonnage, shipping can pursue its goals today by retrofitting available technology to existing, conventionally fueled vessels, explains David Sakandelidze, Business Manager for Energy and Efficiency…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/berg-propulsion-retrofits-contribute-542525
https://www.marinelink.com/news/berg-propulsion-retrofits-contribute-542525Shipbuilding rewards experience, but today's rapidly evolving maritime market increasingly demands something else: a willingness to build ships that have never been built before.For Türkiye's RMK Marine, that combination of experience and experimentation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipyard-focus-rmk-marine-builds-a-new-542527
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipyard-focus-rmk-marine-builds-a-new-542527Bencros Marine Fenders, a Slovakia-based manufacturer of rubber fenders for ports, tugs and workboats, announced at the SMM Start-up Night in Hamburg that the CO2 savings embedded in its fenders are now independently verified and can be transferred to its customers as certified emission reductions.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bencros-marine-fenders-introduces-542528
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bencros-marine-fenders-introduces-542528Today, Friday, August 28 2026, the Baltic Dry Index climbed 79 points, 3186 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 a ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-3186-up-79-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-3186-up-79-points/Intelligence and productivity platform GlobalData claimed that Europe is moving into an offshore wind “supremacy phase” as governments shift from ambition to execution, locking in multi‑gigawatt pipelines with redesigned auctions, clearer revenue stabilisation tools, and faster permitting rules. Its latest report, Europe Renewable Energy Policy Handbook 2026, stated that offshore wind is increasingly being treated …
https://splash247.com/europe-turns-offshore-wind-into-strategic-energy-infrastructure/
https://splash247.com/europe-turns-offshore-wind-into-strategic-energy-infrastructure/A European legal battle over whether ships’ crews can be required to undertake cargo handling work in port has widened after the European Trade Union Confederation was allowed to intervene in an appeal before the Court of Appeal of The Hague. The case centres on the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause, which prevents …
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