Albania has seized an oil tanker carrying 22,500 tonnes of oil suspected of coming from Russia and arrested the crew for breaching a Western embargo, Albanian police said on Monday. The Liberian-registered oil and chemical tanker was seized in the coastal town of Durres.
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Ukraine will ask Turkey and the United Nations this week to start talks to roll over the Black Sea grain deal, seeking an extension of at least one year that would include the ports of Mykolaiv, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.The…
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Lloyd’s Register (LR) has announced a new research project with Icebreaker One, an independent, non-profit organisation that aims to support the decarbonisation of shipping by influencing investment decisions with data.
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China’s first domestically built LNG bunkering vessel has completed its first ship-to-ship bunkering operation.Image […]
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ABGC DMCC, a joint venture firm of fast-expanding Al Seer Marine and BGN International, has booked a pair of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers at South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Samho, revealed the order in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The ships …
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While all eyes have been on Frontline’s merger saga with Euronav, John Frederiksen’s has been doing what he does best, buying and selling ships, and making fortunes in S&P. Sources tell Splash that the 321,000 dwt , built in 2009, has been sold to Yinson and is now called Eminence. The Daewoo-built tanker is estimated …
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Pressure is growing on International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states to to classify plastic pellets as hazardous substances. Just weeks after the French government promised legal action in response to a mass of plastic pellets washing up on its beaches, another spill has impacted beachgoers in Dubai. On Sunday, thousands of plastic pellets – or …
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Some of the world’s biggest carriers are joining forces with the world’s first industrial safety technology accelerator to launch a new innovation initiative to reduce cargo loss at sea. Evergreen Line, HMM, Maersk, the Offen Group, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Seaspan as well as Lloyd’s Register will work with Safetytech Accelerator to find and advance …
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Spanish authorities detained and charged a Turkish product tanker for allegedly discharging oil in open waters of the Mediterranean near Tarragona port. The Maltese-flagged ship owned by Besiktas Likid Tasimacilik was intercepted after a reported discharge that extended over an area of 12.7 sq km was detected earlier this month. The owners of the 2009-built …
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The ageing global fleet and renewal pressure look set to propel many more ships onto their final voyages this year and next with one cash buyer telling Splash Extra demolition volumes could nearly double year-on-year in 2023. This year has already seen the volume of containerships heading for recycling make plenty of headlines, however other …
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