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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) in New London, Connecticut, have signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MOU) to team up on addressing…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/johns-hopkins-apl-uscg-team-address-516150In 2011 the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter VIGILANT was on patrol in the Caribbean when it came upon a suspected maritime narcotics smuggler. As the chase ensued, the suspected smuggler jettisoned bales of what turned out to be cocaine. The VIGILANT…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/uscg-rdc-vessels-tech-partnerships-help-516151
https://www.marinelink.com/news/uscg-rdc-vessels-tech-partnerships-help-516151The shipwreck of a luxury yacht moored off the coast of Sicily is the latest sign that the Mediterranean is becoming a more dangerous sea to sail in, climate experts and skippers say.One man died and six people are still missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/heat-rising-sea-temps-present-threat-516155A ship on Argentina's Parana River near the grains hub of Rosario has been quarantined due to a suspected case of mpox, local media reported on Tuesday.The ship is flying a Liberian flag, outlet Infobae reported, citing sources from Argentina's naval league.According to the outlet…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/liberianflag-vessel-argentina-quarantined-516159Danish offshore wind vessel pure play Cadeler has strengthened its financial capacity by securing improved terms for financing of two newbuilds of about $456m and expanding its revolving credit facility by a year, alongside doubling its uncommitted guarantee lines to €200m to capitalise on market opportunities. The BW Group and Scorpio-backed shipowner has replaced the …
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https://splash247.com/cadeler-seals-newbuild-financing-as-it-bolsters-financial-agility/The US Department of Interior has issued the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine. The lease area covers around 60 sq km and is located some 50 km offshore Maine on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf and could allow for the deployment of up to 12 floating offshore wind …
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https://splash247.com/us-awards-first-floating-offshore-wind-research-lease-to-maine/Belgium’s Exmar has secured work on BP’s recently greenlighted Kaskida deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Nicolas Saverys-controlled group, best known as a gas shipowner and offshore infrastructure provider, has won a contract to design and engineer the hull for a new floating production unit (FPU), which will be built by Singapore …
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https://splash247.com/exmar-awarded-contract-for-bps-us-gulf-deepwater-project/Online box booking platform Freightos has acquired Luxembourg-based Shipsta, a freight-tender procurement platform used by enterprises to procure freight at scale from freight forwarders and carriers. This transaction expands NASDAQ-listed Freightos’ existing spot pricing, quoting, and booking capabilities by adding tender procurement. “The acquisition of Shipsta is a strategic milestone for Freightos, enabling us to …
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https://splash247.com/freightos-buys-shipsta/Landlocked Malawi will be able to shift goods via a neighbour to its east. The African nation is set to lease a terminal at the port of Nacala in the north of Mozambique. Mozambique is also looking to help out other landlocked neighbours. Splash reported last month Botswana, which boasts the third largest coal reserves …
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https://splash247.com/landlocked-malawi-to-lease-terminal-in-mozambique/This quarter has been a busy period for Indonesia’s largest tanker owners, seeking sizeable profits from tankers purchased years ago. The latest sale coming out of Indonesia is a ship sold by Buana Lintas Lautan (BULL), with brokers telling Splash that BULL has offloaded a 20-year-old aframax, selling the 115,000 dwt Salamander for $27m, almost …
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