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French prosecutors fined the owner of the shadow fleet tanker Tagor €1m last week after the vessel was detained in the Atlantic on suspicion of sailing under a false flag. The vessel has since been allowed to leave French waters and is reportedly heading towards Istanbul. The 2004-built tanker was stopped by French authorities on …
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https://splash247.com/france-fines-shadow-fleet-tanker-owner-over-false-flag/China’s electric shipbuilding push is accelerating rapidly, with new data showing the country is moving battery-powered cargo vessels from experimental projects into real commercial operation at a pace unmatched elsewhere. Research from the International Council on Clean Transportation shows China had more than 440 electric ships in operation by the end of 2024. Ferries still …
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https://splash247.com/chinas-electric-ship-rollout-scales-up/A cargo vessel came under attack in the Red Sea off Yemen on Sunday, in the latest warning that the region’s maritime security crisis is far from over. UK Maritime Trade Operations said it received a distress alert from a vessel reporting that it was “under attack by unknown armed assailants” around 30 nautical miles …
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https://splash247.com/vessel-attacked-off-yemen/Indonesian owners continue to show appetite for older large LNG carriers, giving several laid-up ships a second life at a time when values in the segment have been sliding. About a month ago, brokers reported the sale of the 158,000 cu m Seri Balhaf, built in 2008, and the one-year-younger 158,000 cu m Seri Balqis, …
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https://splash247.com/indonesian-owners-give-older-lng-carriers-a-second-life/The Panama Canal is preparing to tighten draught limits for neopanamax vessels again, in another sign that water risk is returning to one of shipping’s most important chokepoints. The Panama Canal Authority has told ship agents, owners and operators that it will reduce the maximum authorised draught at its neopanamax locks to 14.94 m, or …
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https://splash247.com/panama-canal-tightens-draught-limits-again/Geneva-based Advantage Tankers has confirmed two suezmax newbuildings at Samsung Heavy Industries. The Tugrul Tokgoz-led owner lists the 157,000 dwt crude tankers Advantage Spirit and Advantage Synergy as dual-fuel-ready units on its newbuilding page. The vessels, costing $88.25m each, are scheduled for delivery in the first and second quarters of 2029. Brokers said construction of …
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https://splash247.com/advantage-tankers-adds-suezmax-pair-at-samsung/Russia's second city of St Petersburg and the surrounding region came under a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure hit, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said, as Kyiv's drone strikes continue…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ukrainian-drone-attack-hits-st-petersburg-540918
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ukrainian-drone-attack-hits-st-petersburg-540918Australia's competition regulator said on Friday the proposed merger of energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem would face a second-phase review over concerns it could reduce competition in key offshore oil and gas services.Here are a few details:The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/australia-deepens-review-subseasaipem-540919A fleet of 10 Japan-linked vessels was exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday while a supertanker carrying Saudi crude for South Korea left over the weekend, shipping data on LSEG showed, after the ships were stranded in the Gulf for months…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ten-japanlinked-vessels-exit-hormuz-iran-540921The quest to rebuild the United States Coast Guard icebreaker fleet received a major boost with the recent signing of $3.5B contract to build U.S. Arctic Security Cutters: two to be built at Davie Defense affiliate Helsinki Shipyard in Finland…
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