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France has intercepted another Russia-linked tanker, stepping up Europe’s campaign against the shadow fleet Moscow uses to move oil and gas around Western sanctions. French president Emmanuel Macron said yesterday the country’s navy boarded the tanker Deliver on Tuesday as it transited near Sicily. Footage released by the president showed French marines descending from helicopters …
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https://splash247.com/france-boards-another-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-off-sicily/Russia has warned it could take legal action if Britain sells the cargo from the seized shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos, escalating the fallout from the first UK-led interdiction of a Russia-linked oil tanker. The 106,800 dwt Smyrtos remains detained off southern England after Royal Marines and National Crime Agency officers boarded the vessel on June …
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https://splash247.com/seized-tanker-tests-the-limits-of-shadow-fleet-enforcement/Shipping has a recruitment problem, but Panos Patsadas believes the industry also has a communication problem. Too many young people, graduates and career changers are looking at maritime from the outside without any clear sense of what the business actually is, how its different sectors work, or where they might fit. Some are drawn in …
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https://splash247.com/a-career-in-shipping-the-truth-about-getting-a-job-in-maritime/Plans to restart commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have been harmed after an Evergreen containership was hit yesterday shortly after completing a transit through the waterway, prompting the International Maritime Organization to pause its evacuation operation started earlier this week for vessels trapped in the Gulf. Volkswagen agreed to sell a majority stake …
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https://splash247.com/splash-wrap-hormuz-hope-dashed/A familiar constraint from shipping’s last great shipbuilding boom is beginning to reappear: yards are short of engines. Splash understands a lack of available main engines is now curbing shipyard output at the margin, echoing conditions last seen during the 2007 ordering frenzy. The pressure is most visible in dual-fuel low-speed two-stroke engines, where production …
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https://splash247.com/shipyards-compete-with-ai-for-engines/Plans to restart commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have been blown out of the water after an Evergreen containership was hit shortly after completing a transit through the waterway, prompting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to pause its evacuation operation for vessels trapped in the Gulf. The 9,532 teu Ever Lovely was struck …
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https://splash247.com/hormuz-reopening-plans-thrown-into-doubt-after-evergreen-boxship-attack/The countdown is on. With just 90 days to go, Splash Singapore is already shaping up to be one of the standout maritime gatherings of the year. Senior shipping figures, sharp market minds, tech trailblazers and influential decision-makers are being lined up for September 24 at the five-star Fairmont Hotel for a programme designed to …
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https://splash247.com/90-days-to-splash-singapore/Faced with declining production post-2030, across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Majors have started the process of reloading exploration hoppers. Targeting predominantly deep and ultra-deep waters, they have signed numerous agreements aimed…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/markets-oil-majors-reload-exploration-540660For decades, floating nuclear power occupied a niche position in the energy debate – technically feasible, strategically intriguing, but commercially marginal. Today, however, combined pressures of decarbonization, energy security, land constraints…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/floating-nuclear-a-new-offshore-energy-540661France's navy seized another tanker it said was linked to Russia's "shadow fleet" on Thursday, underscoring the escalation this year in European efforts to enforce sanctions and squeeze one of Moscow’s main revenue streams.Nine suspected shadow fleet tankers…
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