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More details have emerged on the collision and a dramatic fire involving two tankers near Singapore earlier this month as the ships remain detained in Malaysian waters for further investigation. A Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile and the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged Ceres I collided and caught fire about 55km northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra …
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https://splash247.com/malaysia-provides-details-on-this-months-big-tanker-collision/Production bottlenecks are emerging at major shipbuilding bases in Asia as the sector battles its way through record long orderbooks. The lead story in the July issue of Splash Extra identifies issues including labour, engines, steel processing, and coating capacity all putting a strain on immensely busy production schedules at yards across East Asia. Elsewhere …
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https://splash247.com/asian-yards-struggling-to-keep-up-with-busy-production-schedule/A bunkering boom jointly developed by NYK and TB Global Technologies (TBG) for the ship-to-ship supply of fuel ammonia received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).NYK says the development will significantly enhance the safety of supplying ships with ammonia…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/aip-granted-shiptoship-ammonia-bunkering-515567Russian shipping company Sovcomflot has started this year's transportation of Urals crude oil to Asia via the Northern Sea Route, according to market sources and LSEG data on Tuesday, as melting ice opens the Arctic route for transit shipments.Russia…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-opens-arctic-route-shipping-urals-515558One of the United States' largest fleeting and shifting companies, Turn Services, headquartered in New Orleans, announced it has reached a deal to acquire Marine Fueling Service, a Texas-based provider of marine support services.Owned by the Bean family for over six decades…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/turn-services-acquire-marine-fueling-515559MAN PrimeServ – the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions – will offer a retrofit package for the conversion of existing conventional MAN four-stroke engines to dual-fuel methanol operation starting in 2025. Customers will initially be able…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/methanol-retrofits-man-fourstroke-engines-515560Kongsberg Maritime announced it has been awarded a further contract from Danish operator Tärntank to design and equip its 11th hybrid chemical tanker, which will be wind-assisted. This latest order brings the total of vessels ordered by Tärntank to 11…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/kongsberg-maritime-wins-contract-th-515561The U.S. Navy on Monday accepted delivery of the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27) from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis.Delivery of the latest Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) follows the successful completion of Acceptance Trials in December 2023.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-takes-delivery-uss-nantucket-515562The Panama Canal expects to increase the number of daily transit slots for vessels to 36 from the current 34 beginning in September, the canal's deputy administrator said, as rains allow authorities to ease drought-imposed restrictions.Panama experienced its third-driest year on record in 2023…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/panama-canal-increase-transit-slots-515563A 2022 fire aboard the Staten Island Ferry Sandy Ground was caused by a combination of engine design flaws and insufficient training for engineering crewmembers, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed on Tuesday.The incident occurred on December 22…
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