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Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has secured a $1.6 billion contract to deliver two new FREMM EVO frigates for the Italian Navy.As part of the multi-year FREMM program aimed at the…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-leonardo-jv-secure-b-deal-515574Amogy held a renaming ceremony for NH3 Kraken, a 57-year-old tug the company is converting to run on its cleaner-burning ammonia-to-power technology.The 105-foot-long tug, which is undergoing conversion work at Feeney Shipyard in Kingston, N.Y.…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/amogy-holds-renaming-ceremony-515578Concordia Damen has secured a contract with an undisclosed Swiss luxury river cruise operator to deliver its River Cruise 135 vessel.The new ship will have hybrid propulsion for reduced fuel consumption and lower emissions, high insulation, laser-controlled ventilation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-damen-books-river-cruise-ship-515579
https://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-damen-books-river-cruise-ship-515579Russia's navy began planned exercises involving most of its fleet in the Arctic and Pacific oceans as well and the Baltic and Caspian seas, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.Russia is considered by most military analysts to have the world's…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-flexes-naval-muscle-massive-drill-515582Indonesian offshore vessel operator Wintermar has ventured into the offshore accommodation segment in partnership with Rajawali Perak Mulia. A 50/50 jv has been set up to own and operate an accommodation work barge with a 300-passenger capacity, Wintermar said. The unnamed vessel is currently operating in Thailand and augments Wintermar’s fleet of around 50 OSVs …
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https://splash247.com/wintermar-forms-offshore-accommodation-vessel-venture/Valaris has seen two more of its jackup rigs suspended in Saudi Arabia, after Aramco’s initial move to cut more than 20 units across eight contractors earlier this year. The New York-listed offshore driller said in its fleet update it had received suspension notices in late July for Valaris 147 and Valaris 148, which are …
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https://splash247.com/aramco-suspends-two-more-valaris-jackups/The ships that support emerging economies are struggling to make a positive contribution to net zero writes Thomas Zaidman, managing director, Sagitta Marine. We live in an asymmetric world and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in national responses to climate change and the energy transition. The shipping industry displays a similarly uneven …
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https://splash247.com/a-just-and-equitable-transition-belongs-to-all-shipping-companies/A video has emerged of a dramatic accident that occurred earlier this month involving the puncturing of an LNG fuel tank onboard a Korean capesize. On July 16, the HL Eco, a 2020-built duel-fuel capesize belonging to Seoul-headquartered H-Line, lost power while manoeuvring to anchor at Hay Point in Queensland. The ship then hit another …
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https://splash247.com/cape-collision-in-australia-destroys-lng-fuel-tank/Consistently strong rains will allow the Panama Canal to accommodate 36 transits a day from September with the interoceanic waterway getting ever closer to maximum operating conditions. At its maximum, the canal can handle 40 ship transits a day, a figure that was eroded last year as months of record drought took their toll. In …
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https://splash247.com/panama-canal-to-allow-36-daily-transits-by-september/Eyeing an opportunity from a geopolitical tussle between the world’s two superpowers, Finland’s Konecranes is making a big pitch to sell its products in the US. In February this year, president Joe Biden signed an executive order setting in place a plan to replace the nation’s Chinese-built port cranes over concerns they could be fitted …