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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) identified multiple unmanned maritime system (UMS) operations occurring within and near major West Coast port approaches without prior coordination with cognizant Captains of the Port (COTP). The lack of advance notification…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/coast-guard-issues-notice-unmanned-540848
https://www.marinelink.com/news/coast-guard-issues-notice-unmanned-540848Blue Sky Maritime Coalition (Blue Sky) appointed Rich Byrnes as its new President and Chief Executive Officer as of July 1, 2026.“Rich is a dynamic leader with a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our industry,” said David Cummins, current President/CEO of Blue Sky.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/byrnes-helm-blue-sky-maritime-coalition-540850Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), and Republican lawmakers today urged the Trump Administration to allow the current Jones Act waiver to expire as scheduled, and to take additional policy steps to safeguard…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/congressional-leaders-urge-trump-540851
https://www.marinelink.com/news/congressional-leaders-urge-trump-540851The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for the second session on Wednesday, rising about 2.4% to a near one-week high of 2,562 points. Gains were seen across all vessel segments. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, surged ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-at-near-1-week-high/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-at-near-1-week-high/Fred Olsen 1848 has secured third-party verification from classification society DNV for its BRIZO floating solar technology, marking a step towards commercial deployment of the system in more exposed marine and inland water environments. The technical review, carried out under DNV’s recommended practice for floating solar photovoltaic systems, concluded that the technology’s design methodologies, structural …
https://splash247.com/fred-olsen-1848-moves-floating-solar-technology-closer-to-market/
https://splash247.com/fred-olsen-1848-moves-floating-solar-technology-closer-to-market/South Korea has awarded five offshore wind projects totalling 1,786MW in the first half of its 2026 fixed-price contract auction. The latest round drew bids for 3,656MW across nine projects, according to the country’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. Of the capacity awarded, 1,254MW went to fixed-bottom offshore wind, well ahead of the 689MW …
https://splash247.com/south-korea-awards-nearly-1-8gw-of-offshore-wind-projects/
https://splash247.com/south-korea-awards-nearly-1-8gw-of-offshore-wind-projects/Mette Frederiksen, head of research and insight at Tankers International, writes for Splash on an eventful, historic Q2 for VLCCs. The second quarter of 2026 will be remembered less for freight cycles than for the event that overshadowed them all: the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The world’s most consequential oil chokepoint remained …
https://splash247.com/vlcc-market-adapts-as-hormuz-closure-reshapes-global-crude-flows/
https://splash247.com/vlcc-market-adapts-as-hormuz-closure-reshapes-global-crude-flows/Aker-backed Føn Energy Services has signed a multi-year contract for the delivery of integrated O&M services at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract is a long-term agreement with extension options, covering the delivery of an integrated balance-of-plant operations and maintenance programme for all subsea assets, including foundations and cables, at the …
https://splash247.com/norwegian-firm-scores-om-deal-for-polands-first-offshore-wind-farm/
https://splash247.com/norwegian-firm-scores-om-deal-for-polands-first-offshore-wind-farm/French liner and logistics giant CMA CGM has agreed to acquire FedEx Supply Chain in a $1.4bn deal, adding another large bolt-on to its CEVA Logistics platform. The deal will give the Marseille-based group a much bigger contract logistics footprint in North America, a market it has been targeting as part of its push beyond …
https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-buys-fedex-logistics-arm-in-1-4bn-us-push/
https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-buys-fedex-logistics-arm-in-1-4bn-us-push/Nord Gas Solutions has secured a contract to supply an LNG regasification system for Belgium-based Exmar as part of the conversion of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) that will support the expansion of the EemsEnergyTerminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.The order, booked in the second
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nord-gas-supply-lng-regasification-system-540816
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