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The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) legal committee is meeting this week in London and is discussing one of shipping’s darkest, most intractable problems, crew abandonment, with record numbers of seafarers being left to fend for themselves by owners across the world. Latest statistics from the database coordinated by the IMO and sister United Nations body, …
https://splash247.com/imo-discusses-how-to-stem-record-cases-of-crew-abandonment/
https://splash247.com/imo-discusses-how-to-stem-record-cases-of-crew-abandonment/Singaporean shipowner Grace Ocean and ship manager Synergy Group face trial in Baltimore after lawyers for the city filed a case yesterday, claiming the ship that knocked over a huge bridge killing six people last month had left port with “unseaworthy” conditions. The legal battle over the Dali containership’s fatal allison with the Francis Scott …
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https://splash247.com/baltimore-takes-dali-owner-and-manager-to-court/Belships announced has expanded its newbuild program with two new 64,000 dwt Ultramax bulk carriers scheduled for delivery in 2028.The Norwegian-based company now has a total of 10 newbuilds under construction at Japanese shipyards with delivery between 2024 and 2028.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/belships-expands-newbuild-program-513152
https://www.marinelink.com/news/belships-expands-newbuild-program-513152As U.S. shale oil boomed last decade, an oil pipeline company pitched an ambitious multi-billion-dollar export port off the Texas coast to ship domestic crude to buyers in Europe and Asia.In April, Enterprise Products Partners' SPOT became the first project to receive a license from the U.S.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shale-oil-gains-slow-deepwater-port-513153
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shale-oil-gains-slow-deepwater-port-513153Maritime Authority of Jamaica’s Director General, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Peter Brady, has retired, with the position being accepted by Bertrand Smith, formerly the MAJ’s Director of Legal Affairs.Brady has served in this role since the Maritime Authority’s inception in 1999.As Director General…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/rear-admiral-peter-brady-retires-maritime-513154
https://www.marinelink.com/news/rear-admiral-peter-brady-retires-maritime-513154The MSC Foundation, the MSC Group and Mercy Ships International have joined forces to build a new hospital ship.On 8 April, the chairman of MSC Group and MSC Foundation, Capt. Gianluigi Aponte, MSC Group President and Member of the MSC Foundation Board…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mercy-ships-build-hospital-ship-513156
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mercy-ships-build-hospital-ship-513156EST-Floattech has been selected by KOTUG International to provide its containerized energy storage solution with Octopus Series energy modules for the E-Pusher 1 (Type M), the world’s first fully electric pusherboat operated by Cargill.The vessel was built by Padmos…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/estfloattech-supply-battery-system-513157
https://www.marinelink.com/news/estfloattech-supply-battery-system-513157Brunvoll has been contracted to deliver the propulsion, maneuvering and autonomy systems for two hydrogen powered ferries for Torghatten Nord AS.The ferries will operate the harsh route to and from Lofoten in Norway, the Bodø-Verøy-Røst-Moskenes route.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/brunvoll-propulsion-systems-chosen-513158
https://www.marinelink.com/news/brunvoll-propulsion-systems-chosen-513158Green hydrogen producer Lhyfe has launched the first Green Hydrogen Marketplace, on its online portal Lhyfe Heroes.Since 2017, Lhyfe has been working to accelerate decarbonization through major innovations such as the world’s first industrial…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lhyfe-launches-first-marketplace-green-513159
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lhyfe-launches-first-marketplace-green-513159Damen Shipyards Group has launched a pilot project in which a small tug will be dismantled in a circular way and fully in line with the EU regulations.The project will serve as a trial, after which this approach of ‘green’ ship dismantling and recycling will be made available commercially…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/damen-launches-green-ship-dismantling-513164
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