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The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize the existence of the endangered Rice's whale.The analysis…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-assessment-determines-rices-whales-526004India plans to spend $10 billion over the next 25 years to acquire up to 112 crude oil tankers, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed officials. The move would effectively reduce reliance on foreign-chartered vessels and bolster energy security for India.According to the Bloomberg report…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/india-invest-b-tanker-fleet-expansion-526006
https://www.marinelink.com/news/india-invest-b-tanker-fleet-expansion-526006Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) testified this week in support of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," spotlighting a major investment in the U.S. Coast Guard as a cornerstone of the legislation."For more than 20 years…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/chairman-graves-highlights-b-boost-coast-526008Coal imports from China’s largest supplier Indonesia tumbled 20% to 14.286 million tons in April, customs data showed on Tuesday, as Chinese buyers rejected a push by Jakarta to use its government-set benchmark in international sales, in a bid to increase royalties. Indonesia began using the new government-set price, known as HBA and previously used ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/indonesian-coal-shipments-to-china-slide-amid-new-benchmark-push/Perth-based OSV operator MMA Offshore, a subsidiary of Cyan Renewables, has won a multi-year platform supply vessel contract from Chevron in Australia. The contract was awarded to the 2015-built high-specification PSV MMA Plover. It will provide marine logistics support to Chevron’s Barrow Island and Wheatstone assets, located off the coast of Western Australia. The assets …
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https://splash247.com/mma-offshore-gets-psv-work-off-australia-with-chevron/Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has won a contract for one of its jackup rigs from Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company (PQPOC) in Vietnam. The contract was awarded to the 2013-built Naga 4 jackup, which was hired to drill over 40 wells for the Vietnamese firm. The deal for the independent-leg cantilever jackup …
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https://splash247.com/velesto-jackup-to-drill-over-40-wells-in-vietnam/A fire at Chevron’s deepwater Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) oil platform off Angola left 17 injured, including four critically. The fire broke out around 3 am local time in the basement of the multi-story production platform. All personnel have been accounted for, according to Chevron. The platform has living quarters for approximately 157 people. …
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https://splash247.com/fire-at-chevrons-oil-platform-off-angola-injures-17/Young people are happy to move about a lot and crewing managers and shipowners need to bear this in mind, writes Henrik Jensen, the CEO of Danica Crewing Specialists. It isn’t a reflection on their crewing services but just a reality of modern life. Things have changed in the job market, he stresses in this …
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https://splash247.com/manage-not-only-retention-but-also-fluctuation/Singapore-based dry bulk operator SeaTrek has unveiled a new leadership line-up with some well known names joining the Asifur Chowdhury-founded company. The company has appointed long-time Swire employee Rob Aarvold as global CEO. As well as Swire, Aavold’s career has seen him work at broker SSY and Western Bulk Chartering. Aarvold said: “I am honoured …
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https://splash247.com/rob-aarvold-takes-the-reins-at-seatrek/John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation continues to offload bulk carriers at pace. The company has sold its tenth bulker in 2025, the 14-year-old, 57,000 dwt SFL Sara, built at Xiamen Shipyard, fetching $11.2m from undisclosed Chinese interests. The sale follows a recent transaction of a sister vessel, SFL Yukon, to Fujian Highton Development—one of China’s most …
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