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Oceanbird, the wind propulsion technology joint venture between Alfa Laval and Wallenius, has appointed Amrit Kaur Bhullar as its new chief executive. She will take up the role on January 1 2026, as the company moves from early-stage development to full commercialisation. Bhullar, who grew up in London and has spent the last 15 years …
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https://splash247.com/new-leadership-for-oceanbird/An LNG tanker targeted by U.S. sanctions berthed at Russia's Arctic LNG 2 on Thursday, shiptracking data from LSEG and Kpler showed, the fifth such tanker to stop at the project this year.Loadings resumed late in June at the Arctic LNG 2 project…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sanctioned-lng-carrier-berths-arctic-lng-529169Zelim, a leader in AI-driven maritime safety and security systems, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Newport to trial ZOE for the detection…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/zelim-signs-crada-us-navy-trial-maritime-529177A relatively new entrant to container shipping is scaling back. CStar Line, founded two years ago in Dubai, has focused on servicing Russian, Asian and Turkish ports. Container analytics firm eeSea is reporting the carrier is suspending one Asia – Europe and three Asia – Middle East services this month. The carrier continues participation in …
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https://splash247.com/dubais-cstar-line-scales-back/Panels are beginning to coalesce for next April’s Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference. As in past editions, the two-day event will close with a very high level session on iron ore, the largest shipped dry bulk commodity, with the 2026 line-up for this well attended session looking genuinely stellar. Moderated once again …
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the holding company of HD Hyundai Group, has struck a deal to acquire Doosan Vina, the Vietnamese manufacturing unit of Doosan Enerbility, in a transaction worth 290bn won ($207.5m). The deal will see HD KSOE take full control of Doosan Vina’s heavy industry facility in Quang Ngai …
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https://splash247.com/hd-hyundai-buys-doosans-vietnam-yard-for-207m/Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Suzuki Motor Corporation and digital trade platform TradeWaltz aimed at strengthening the fast-growing automobile supply chain between India and Africa. The agreement, unveiled during TICAD 9 in Yokohama, will focus on two key areas: digitising documentation in vehicle trades and decarbonising transport links. …
https://splash247.com/mol-teams-with-suzuki-and-tradewaltz-to-drive-india-africa-car-trades/
https://splash247.com/mol-teams-with-suzuki-and-tradewaltz-to-drive-india-africa-car-trades/French liner giant CMA CGM is making a strategic minority investment in US-based Vanguard Renewables through its energy fund PULSE, securing long-term access to volumes of renewable natural gas (RNG). Vanguard, which runs anaerobic digesters powered by farm and organic waste, will dedicate up to four projects to produce biomethane, or bio-LNG for the Marseille-headquartered …
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https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-invests-in-us-bio-lng-supplier/Suezmax spot rates are surging as Kazakhstan runs into mounting difficulties with its oil exports, tightening the tonnage list across the Mediterranean and beyond. Kazakhstan has suspended flows via the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline after chloride-contaminated crude entered the system in late July, diverting volumes to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk. The pivot …
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https://splash247.com/suezmaxes-cash-in-on-kazakh-export-disruption/The United States has ordered an amphibious squadron to the southern Caribbean as part of President Donald Trump's effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the deployment said on Wednesday.The sources…
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