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Dr Linda Sorensen, co-founder of Bigyellowfish, says mental health issues risk undermining the sustainability of the maritime sector. Seafarers often must perform in high-pressure environments given the unpredictable conditions of working at sea. Inclement weather, time pressures and long working hours are just some of the common difficulties of life onboard. In recent times, decarbonisation …
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https://splash247.com/strengthening-resilience-at-sea/Indonesian owners are back in the secondhand market having been quiet for most of the year. VesselsValue registers six Indonesian bulker purchases so far this year, a significant decrease since last year when Indonesian owners picked up 31 ships in total. This week, Gurita Lintas Samudera is tied to its fifth purchase in a year with …
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https://splash247.com/indonesian-owners-back-in-buying-mode/The United Arab Emirates has banned Eswatini-flagged ships from entering the country, having banned Cameroon-registered ships earlier in the year. The Eswatini flag have been involved in the growing, so-called shadow or dark fleets transporting sanctioned oil. Eswatini, the landlocked southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, has been in and out of the …
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https://splash247.com/uae-bans-eswatini-flagged-ships-from-entering-the-country/Delta Blue, a suezmax belonging to Greece’s Delta Tankers, has been attacked four times in the space of 24 hours by the Houthis. While the Houthis have targeted more than 120 ships in their 10-month campaign in solidarity with Palestinians, the targeting of the Delta Blue stands out for the repeated attempts and the use …
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https://splash247.com/delta-suezmax-attacked-three-times-in-24-hours-by-the-houthis/Container shipping has another yard it can contract for megamax construction. As it unfurls its next wave of newbuild expansion, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has tapped Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard in China to build twelve 19,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships, the first time this yard has won orders for this size category, the yard confirmed …
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https://splash247.com/chinas-changhong-international-enters-megamax-construction-with-msc-orders/An explosion occurred on the boxship YM Mobility at a container terminal in the Beilun Port area of Zhoushan Port. The cause of the accident was initially determined to be an explosion of a container on the ship, and there were no reports of casualties. According to timestamps from surveillance footage videos posted online, the …
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https://splash247.com/massive-explosion-rocks-yang-ming-boxship-at-berth-in-ningbo/As the international shipping industry continues to explore measures to conserve and protect underwater life, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is proposing the future monitoring of Underwater Radiated Noise (URN), which may lead…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/canadianled-research-project-reveals-ways-515800Fred. Olsen Express, a Canary Island-based ferry company, is installing SEA.AI anti-collision technology on its ships to boost navigational safety at sea. The move is a world first for fast passenger ferries.At present AIS can display and identify…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ai-anticollision-technology-installed-515811The number and size of cruise ships globally has doubled since the start of the millennium, T&E’s new ‘Cruisezillas: How much bigger can cruise ships get?’ report reveals. If they continue to grow at this rate, the biggest cruise ships in 2050 could be a staggering 345…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/cruisezilla-modern-cruise-ships-dwarf-515812The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped its four-day gaining streak on Thursday, as rates declined across all vessel segments.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize…
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