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Elissama Menezes and Andrew Dumbrille, directors of Equal Routes, write for Splash ahead of this month’s crunch green vote at the International Maritime Organization. In the face of the upcoming International Maritime Organization. (IMO) Net-Zero Framework vote next month, we’re seeing a lot of rhetoric around the so-called LNG pathway, yet little substance. Recent commentary …
https://splash247.com/the-great-lng-scam-the-imos-climate-credibility-is-on-the-line/
https://splash247.com/the-great-lng-scam-the-imos-climate-credibility-is-on-the-line/Mauritius has finally published the long-suppressed Court of Investigation report into the 2020 grounding of the Wakashio. The findings are damning — exposing what investigators call a “total lack of safety culture on board the Wakashio,” a disaster born from distraction, negligence, and systemic oversight failures. The newcastlemax veered just five nautical miles off Mauritius …
https://splash247.com/total-lack-of-safety-culture-laid-bare-in-wakashio-disaster/
https://splash247.com/total-lack-of-safety-culture-laid-bare-in-wakashio-disaster/A Finnish district court has dismissed charges against the captain and two officers of the Eagle S tanker, ruling that Finland has no jurisdiction to prosecute over the damage of critical subsea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea last year. The case, seen as a test of how maritime law applies to attacks or accidents involving …
https://splash247.com/finnish-court-drops-baltic-subsea-cable-case-against-eagle-s-crew/
https://splash247.com/finnish-court-drops-baltic-subsea-cable-case-against-eagle-s-crew/The Boracay, an 18-year-old Russian-linked tanker seized by French commandos off Brest this week, has been placed at the scene of up to nine drone incidents across northern Europe, according to a Daily Telegraph analysis of AIS tracking. The newspaper reports the vessel was within striking distance of Copenhagen, Kiel and multiple Danish airports when …
https://splash247.com/shadow-tanker-accused-of-being-europes-drone-mothership/
https://splash247.com/shadow-tanker-accused-of-being-europes-drone-mothership/Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.3 million tons in September, a decrease of 11.5% compared to 2024. Limestone cargos were also below the month’s five-year average by 6%.Loadings from U.S. quarries decreased 13.5% from last year to 2.7 million tons.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lakes-limestone-trade-down-september-530696
https://www.marinelink.com/news/lakes-limestone-trade-down-september-530696This week, RWE withdrew from a $10 billion Namibia green hydrogen project, the latest example of companies considering such investments.The German power utility said on Monday that it had withdrawn from Namibia's Hyphen green ammonia project…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mega-hydrogen-projects-break-new-fuel-530698
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mega-hydrogen-projects-break-new-fuel-530698Ecuadorian activist María Chóez, a vocal advocate for the families of missing tuna fishers, has been murdered.According to witnesses cited by NGO Human Rights at Sea, the 48-year-old was shot in the head by occupants of a vehicle on September 25 in Manta…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ecuadorian-human-rights-activist-shot-530700
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ecuadorian-human-rights-activist-shot-530700Belgium’s DEME Offshore has landed a contract worth between €50m and €150m ($54m–$162m) for subsea cable work at the Nordseecluster B offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The deal covers transport and installation of 124 km of inter-array cables, linking 60 turbine foundations to the offshore substation about 50 km north of Juist …
https://splash247.com/deme-clinches-german-offshore-wind-cable-installation-deal/
https://splash247.com/deme-clinches-german-offshore-wind-cable-installation-deal/Norwegian offshore vessel owner and services player DOF Group has picked up a string of new contracts in North America worth more than $60m, securing over 300 vessel days with further options attached. The work will be carried out by vessels already positioned in the region, covering subsea, mooring and walk-to-work operations. Anchor handling vessel …
https://splash247.com/dof-nets-60m-north-america-contract-haul/
https://splash247.com/dof-nets-60m-north-america-contract-haul/Lugano-based Nova Marine Carriers has teamed up with New Zealand’s McCallum Bros in a 50/50 joint venture that will replace the ageing multipurpose vessel (MPP) on the supply run to the Chatham Islands. The MBL/Nova Marine partnership won the government tender with a proposal centred on an MPP newbuilding designed to carry containers, fuel, vehicles …
https://splash247.com/nova-marine-carriers-breaks-into-new-zealand-market-with-mpp-newbuild/
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