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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2026 and marked its 50th year of commissioned service Saturday by freeing and escorting a cruise ship trapped…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-coast-guard-cutter-polar-star-534814Frontline plc (NYSE and OSE: FRO) entered into one-year time charter-out agreements for seven of its VLCCs. The charters will commence during the period from late-January to April 2026 at a rate of $76,900 per day per vessel.“We are in unprecedented times…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/vlcc-charter-rates-soar-unprecedented-534815
https://www.marinelink.com/news/vlcc-charter-rates-soar-unprecedented-534815The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, edged up 0.1% to 1,762 points on Friday, after decreasing by more than 2% in the prior day. The smaller supramax index added 7 points to 1,026 points, supporting the main index. Meanwhile, the capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-ticks-up-books-weekly-gain/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-ticks-up-books-weekly-gain/Search and rescue operations are continuing in the South China Sea after the Singapore-registered bulk carrier Devon Bay capsized and sank while en route to China. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it was informed on January 23 that the 2013-built bulker had gone down while sailing towards Yangjiang. The crew had …
https://splash247.com/two-dead-four-missing-after-bulker-sinks-in-south-china-sea/
https://splash247.com/two-dead-four-missing-after-bulker-sinks-in-south-china-sea/Italian product tanker owner d’Amico International Shipping has added two MR2 product tankers to its orderbook, pressing ahead with a fleet renewal drive built around fuel efficiency and future fuels. The Milan-listed owner said its operating arm, d’Amico Tankers, has signed a shipbuilding contract with China’s Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding (YZJ) for two 50,000 dwt …
https://splash247.com/damico-doubles-down-on-mr-orders/
https://splash247.com/damico-doubles-down-on-mr-orders/Swan Defence and Heavy Industries (SDHI) has signed its first newbuild contract for six IMO Type II chemical tankers, marking a milestone for India’s commercial shipbuilding sector and the country’s first chemical tanker order placed with a domestic shipyard.The contract…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/indias-sdhi-books-m-chemical-tanker-order-534782
https://www.marinelink.com/news/indias-sdhi-books-m-chemical-tanker-order-534782Seatrium delivered FREDERICK PAUP to Manson Construction Co. Built at Seatrium’s Brownsville Texas yard, the Jones Act-compliant vessel is the largest self-propelled hopper dredger in US history.Key highlights:Largest in the U.S. – 420’ length x 81’ beam…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/largest-selfpropelled-hopper-dredger-us-534791Associated Terminals and Liebherr Maritime Cranes celebrated the christening of two CBG 500 E cranes in New Orleans, introducing the first all-electric transshipment cranes of their kind on the Lower Mississippi River. Each crane is engineered for high-volume bulk handling…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/associated-terminals-takes-a-pair-534793At a general meeting of Kongsberg Gruppen on Thursday afternoon, the separation of Kongsberg Maritime was formally approved by the shareholders. The plan is to list the maritime company on the Oslo Stock Exchange on April 23.Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, as we know it today, will continue as two companies.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/kongsberg-maritime-formally-separates-534800Safe Bulkers, Inc., an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of two newbuild, 82,500 dwt, dry-bulk, Chinese, Kamsarmax class vessels, with scheduled delivery dates in the third quarter of 2028 and the first quarter of 2029. The newbuild vessels are designed to ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/safe-bulkers-inc-announces-agreement-for-the-acquisition-of-two-newbuild-kamsarmax-class-dry-bulk-vessels/