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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, extended gains to scale a more than eight-month peak due to higher rates across both large and small vessel segments. The main index, which monitors rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, was up 166 points, or 9.6%, ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-extends-gains-to-more-than-eight-month-high/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-extends-gains-to-more-than-eight-month-high/Dry bulk ship acquisitions have been on the rise over the course of the past week, with more being reported. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in the Bulk sector undisclosed buyers were behind the purchase of the Kamsarmax AOM SOPHIE II 82,000 dwt 2020 Japanese built sold at mid-$31 mln. ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-ship-purchases-on-the-rise-again/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-ship-purchases-on-the-rise-again/Davie, a leader in icebreaker and specialized vessel construction, announced plans to acquire shipbuilding assets in Galveston and Port Arthur from Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation — marking a major step toward revitalizing large-scale shipbuilding of icebreakers in the United States.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/davie-acquisition-texas-shipyards-fast-526773All 23 crewmembers aboard the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Run Fun 3 have been rescued after abandoning their sinking ship in the Indian Ocean. The 172-m-long ship, built in 1997, departed Singapore and was sailing towards Togo when it began sinking due to an unknown cause of cargo hold flooding. The crew—21 Vietnamese and two Myanmar …
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https://splash247.com/crew-rescued-from-sinking-bulker-in-indian-ocean/A court in Taiwan has sentenced a Chinese national, identified only as Captain Wang, to three years in prison for intentionally damaging an undersea communication cable connecting Taiwan’s main island to the Penghu archipelago. This verdict marks the first conviction related to the severing of Taiwan’s critical undersea infrastructure. On February 25, 2025, the Togolese-flagged …
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https://splash247.com/chinese-master-jailed-for-damaging-taiwanese-undersea-cable/NR Marine Services has commissioned UK-based ship designer Chartwell Marine to design a new CTV, which will be capable of supporting older generation assets, now referred to as legacy turbines. These vessels will still be constructed and outfitted with modern technologies to maximise vessel fuel efficiency and comfort. The so-called Defiant class vessel is a …
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https://splash247.com/chartwell-marine-designs-ctv-to-support-legacy-offshore-wind-turbines/Houston-based oilfield services provider Oceaneering has, through its offshore projects group (OPG), secured a vessel services contract with an undisclosed major operator in the Gulf of Mexico. The agreement will see the US-flagged 2013-built multipurpose vessel (MPSV) Harvey Deep Sea deployed to carry out subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) and installation services. The MPSV, …
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https://splash247.com/oceaneering-scores-gulf-of-mexico-vessel-contract/Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) introduced its latest digital innovation, the Augmented Surveyor 3D (AGS 3D), an inspection tool that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect and localize structural anomalies on…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bv-leverages-ai-nextgen-augmented-526776
https://www.marinelink.com/news/bv-leverages-ai-nextgen-augmented-526776StormGeo announced a strategic partnership with Bearing AI, a pioneer in AI-driven vessel performance modeling. The aim is integrate Bearing AI’s advanced vessel performance models into StormGeo’s Voyage Optimization Service to deliver more precise fuel consumption predictions…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/stormgeo-adds-bearing-ai-partner-network-526777
https://www.marinelink.com/news/stormgeo-adds-bearing-ai-partner-network-526777WinGD is to deliver X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engine designs for four newbuild medium gas carriers (MGC) to be built by HD Hyundai Mipo for Trafigura. The 45,000-cu.m. vessels will each be powered by a six-cylinder, 52-bore 6X52DF-A engine with…
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