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IKEA Supply has joined DCSA+, the Digital Container Shipping Association’s partnership programme for advancing digital standards across the container shipping industry. As the first shipper to participate, IKEA Supply adds the cargo owner perspective to a growing community of carriers, forwarders, terminals, feeders and technology providers working together to improve interoperability and data exchange through …
Large bulkers specialist Winning International Group has expanded its push into the very large ore carrier segment, ordering another six 325,000 dwt VLOCs from CSSC Beihai Shipbuilding to support its growing West Africa–China bauxite trade. The Singapore-based owner — which runs a fleet of more than 100 bulkers, over 50 of them owned — signed …
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https://splash247.com/winning-doubles-down-on-large-bauxite-carriers-with-six-more-newbuilds/Miros and Marine Technologies (MT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on integrating advanced marine sensing technologies with MT’s vessel control and smart-ship systems, the companies said on Wednesday.The agreement…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/miros-marine-tech-agree-develop-nextgen-533090DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to the joint consortium of MSC, Zhoushan Changhong International, and CIMC ORIC for a new 21,700 TEU ammonia-dual fueled ultra-large container ship design.The AiP is another milestone in the development of next-generation…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-greenlights-nextgen-teu-ammoniafueled-533091Wärtsilä has identified four key trends it expects to shape the global shipping industry in 2026, citing accelerating digitalization, rising decarbonization pressures and growing uncertainty over regulatory trajectories.The company highlighted lifecycle optimization as a major theme…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/wrtsil-flags-key-trends-set-shape-global-533097South Africa’s Competition Commission has referred a price-fixing complaint against eight major container lines to the country’s Competition Tribunal, alleging collusion over general rate increases (GRIs) on trades between Asia and southern and western Africa. The case targets the local units of Mediterranean Shipping Co, Maersk, CMA CGM, Pacific International Lines, Evergreen, COSCO, Mitsui OSK …
A Portugal-flagged LPG carrier has been attacked by pirates off Equatorial Guinea, with at least nine seafarers reportedly kidnapped. Security firm Vanguard said the CGas Saturn was boarded around 50 nautical miles west of Mbini early Monday. The 2003-built gas tanker, owned by Denmark’s Christiania Gas, was sailing toward Malabo when the assault took place. …
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https://splash247.com/seafarers-kidnapped-from-lpg-carrier-off-equatorial-guinea/Security in the Black Sea and surrounding waters has taken an ominous turn following a spike in attacks on Russian-linked shipping and fresh threats from the Kremlin, raising alarm and insurance rates. Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow may expand military action against commercial tonnage if strikes on Russia’s tanker fleet continue. According to Interfax, …
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https://splash247.com/kremlin-threatens-wider-retaliation-as-black-sea-security-deteriorates/A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were unharmed, Turkey's maritime authority and the Tribeca shipping agency said.Ukrainian naval drones last…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russianflagged-tanker-reports-drone-533065Germany has been putting import terminals for liquefied natural gas into operation as part of its efforts to replace piped Russian gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.The Brunsbuettel terminal received its floating storage regasification unit…
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