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Classification society ABS announced it has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to Houston-based CLS Wind for its innovative wind turbine assembly system.The patented elevator style assembly system promises easier, safer and faster wind turbine and nacelle installation and maintenance…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/abs-grants-aip-cls-winds-offshore-wind-515361A U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist has been detained in Greenland and faces possible extradition to Japan which has issued an international warrant for his arrest, the Arctic island's police said in a statement.Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd activist group and the Captain Paul Watson Fo
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sea-shepherd-founder-paul-watson-detained-515362The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday it had received a report of two attacks on a vessel 64 nautical miles (118.5 km) northwest of Yemen's Mokha, causing slight damage.It said the captain of the vessel reported attacks by an Uncrewed Aerial System…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/two-ship-attacks-reported-off-yemen-515363Shipowner Lomar, part of the Libra Group, announced it is working to develop autonomous, low- or zero-emission cargo vessels using large kite systems as the main method of propulsion.Lomar said its corporate venture lab, lomarlabs, has signed…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/lomar-developing-autonomous-vessels-kite-515364NASA said its team members are installing pedestals aboard the agency’s Pegasus barge to hold and secure the massive core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, indicating NASA barge crews are nearly ready for its first delivery to support the Artemis II test flight around the Moon.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/nasa-prepping-barge-rocket-transport-515365The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, edged lower on Monday as rates for capesize vessels declined. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, lost 4 points, or 0.2%, to 1,993. The capesize index fell 33 points, or 1%, ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-declines-as-capesize-rates-fall/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-declines-as-capesize-rates-fall/Iron ore futures retreated on Tuesday, as investors awaited details of economic reform measures from top consumer China’s third plenum, after a slew of weaker-than-expected data triggered demand concerns. The most-traded September iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 0.96%lower at 824 yuan ($113.41) a metric ton, following a rise ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-slips-investors-eye-stimulus-signal-from-key-china-meeting/Global mining giant Rio Tinto reported second-quarter iron ore shipments below analyst estimates on Tuesday, reflecting impacts to production from a train derailment in mid-May. The world’s largest producer of iron ore shipped 80.3 million tons (Mt) of the steel-making commodity from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended June 30. This was 3% ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/rio-tintos-iron-ore-shipments-miss-estimates-due-to-may-train-derailment/The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Tuesday as rates for the larger capesize vessel segment dropped to a three-week low. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, lost 51 points, or 2.6%, to 1,942, its lowest ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/capesize-market-weakness-drags-bdi-down/The amount of coal transported in the United States decreased 8% in 2023, continuing a trend in which coal shipments have generally decreased over the past two decades as coal’s share of power generation has declined in the United States. The amount of coal transported to power plants, which are often located far from mines, ...
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