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Cash-rich Asyad Shipping, formerly known as Oman Shipping Co, has completed a deal for a pair of VLCCs, the first modern supertankers to change hands for 11 months. Brokers link Asyad Shipping to the acquisition of the 2020-built sisterships, Landbridge Wisdom and Landbridge Glory. The ships were built at Dalian Shipbuilding and have gone for …
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https://splash247.com/omans-asyad-shipping-sets-new-vlcc-pricing-benchmark-with-205m-double-swoop/The number of dead in the massive explosion and fire that rocked Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran over the weekend has risen to at least 40, according to the latest figures released by Iranian authorities. The blast, which took place on Saturday morning, damaged multiple buildings in the area and caused …
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https://splash247.com/iran-port-blast-kills-at-least-18-and-injures-hundreds/The second edition of Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference, opens today with a record attendance and delegates keen to hear what’s in store for the global trade outlook in the coming 12 months following a turbulent start to 2025. With 819 registered delegates, organisers had to turn away more than 100 requests …
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https://splash247.com/second-edition-of-geneva-dry-opens-today/The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.Saturday's blast took place in the Shahid Rajaee section of the port…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/death-toll-blast-iranian-port-rises-525071China's top market regulator said on Sunday it was paying close attention to CK Hutchison's planned sale of most of its port operations to a BlackRock-led consortium and parties to the deal should not try to avoid an antitrust review.The sale by the Hong Kong conglomerate…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/china-watching-ck-hutchison-ports-deal-525072North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multi-purpose destroyer", state media KCNA reported on Saturday.The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the "most powerful weapons" and built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology"…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/north-korea-unveils-multipurpose-525074KERSHIP has launched the construction of the first of two OPV 60M offshore patrol vessels for the Montenegrin Navy at its Lorient shipyard in France.The vessels will be named Petar I and Petar II in respect for the sovereign of Montenegro.The OPV 60M…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/kership-begins-construction-opv-525075The US Coast Guard, operator Spectrum OpCo and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO) have established a Unified Command in response to an oil and gas mixture release in a marsh environment near the Garden Island Bay Production Facility company's well in Plaquemines Parish…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-spill-occurs-louisiana-marshes-525076Cadets from Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) have completed a Geological Oceanography field course in Hawaii, an innovative experiential learning course 8,000 kilometers from their Cape Cod campus.Eleven students, majoring in Marine Science…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/mma-students-complete-realworld-training-525077General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched Hull 576, the future USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210), the sixth ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program.T-AO 210 is named in honor of Sojourner Truth, a nineteenth century civil rights activist from New York.
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