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An employee of General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works shipyard was killed during a mass shooting event in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday.The Bath, Maine shipyard, which designs, builds and supports surface combatants for the U.S. Navy, released the…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bath-iron-works-shipyard-employee-killed-509074
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bath-iron-works-shipyard-employee-killed-509074The lead ship in the U.S. Coast Guard's Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, USCGC Argus (WMSM-915), was launched and christened during a ceremony at Eastern Shipbuilding Group's Nelson St. Shipyard in Panama City, Fla.Attended by more than 3…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eastern-launches-first-offshore-patrol-509075
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eastern-launches-first-offshore-patrol-509075Freeland, Wash. shipbuilder Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) announced it has been awarded a contract to construct an uncrewed autonomous vessel for the U.S. Department of Defense's research and development agency.The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) project was awarded by Serco North America…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nichols-brothers-wins-contract-build-509076
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nichols-brothers-wins-contract-build-509076Norway’s largest utility Statkraft has acquired Sweden-based Njordr Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Njordr and Vindkraft Värmland, and its portfolio of early-stage offshore wind power projects. The portfolio includes nine projects located in the Swedish part of the Western Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Bothnian Sea, and the Gulf of Bothnia. The total potential …
https://splash247.com/statkraft-buys-21gw-of-offshore-wind-projects-in-sweden/
https://splash247.com/statkraft-buys-21gw-of-offshore-wind-projects-in-sweden/New York-listed offshore driller Valaris and its partner Saudi Aramco have secured financing for the first two newbuild jackup rigs. ARO Drilling, an equal joint venture between Valaris and Aramco, has entered into a $359m term loan with a syndicate of local Saudi Arabian banks to finance the deliveries of rigs named Kingdom 1 and …
https://splash247.com/valaris-seals-funds-for-two-saudi-jv-jackup-newbuilds/
https://splash247.com/valaris-seals-funds-for-two-saudi-jv-jackup-newbuilds/Two of the world’s largest terminal operators have joined forces to highlight the urgent need for ports to electrify container handling equipment, a niche segment of the global supply chain that is responsible for up to 15m tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. APM Terminals and DP World have announced an initiative to accelerate …
https://splash247.com/apm-terminals-and-dp-world-call-on-port-peers-to-electrify-box-handling-equipment/
https://splash247.com/apm-terminals-and-dp-world-call-on-port-peers-to-electrify-box-handling-equipment/It has been a month since the last vintage VLCC was reported sold. Now, a new deal is in the making involving a 318,000 dwt rusty workhorse named Timmus. Sources tell Splash that the ship has been sold for around $31m. The 21-year-old tanker has changed hands for the fifth time in three years. In 2020, the ship was named Seaways …
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https://splash247.com/vintage-vlcc-sold/Greek dry bulk owner EuroDry has formed a joint venture with several investors represented by NRP Project Finance regarding the ownership of two recently acquired ultramax vessels. The JV will own the 63,197 dwt Christos K, formerly known as the Giants Causeway, and 63,153 dwt Maria, formerly known as the Sadlers Wells. Both bulkers were …
https://splash247.com/eurodry-forms-shipowning-joint-venture-for-bulker-duo/
https://splash247.com/eurodry-forms-shipowning-joint-venture-for-bulker-duo/The German shipmanagement sector is in flux with mergers imminent and a new brand coming up. German owner Harren Group yesterday launched Harren Ship Management offering comprehensive shipmanagement services – both technical and crew – for all major vessel types, including heavylift and multipurpose vessels, tankers, bulkers, container vessels and offshore wind. Harren Group managing …
https://splash247.com/harren-unveils-new-shipmanagement-brand/
https://splash247.com/harren-unveils-new-shipmanagement-brand/A not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has identified two vessels conducting an illegal ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of Iranian crude. UANI posted a satellite image on the X platform – formerly Twitter – of the Honduras-flagged 27-year-old 300,361 dwt tanker Artemis III and the Panama-flagged 19-year-old 159,106 dwt Ocean Hermana conducting STS transfer …
https://splash247.com/malaysia-detains-tankers-over-illegal-sts-operation/
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