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Hapag-Lloyd has firmed up its fleet renewal plans with an order for eight dual-fuel methanol container ships at China’s CIMC Raffles, alongside agreements to charter a further 14 vessels on long-term contracts. The German liner major said the eight newbuildings will each have a capacity of 4,500 teu, with deliveries scheduled for 2028 and 2029. …
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https://splash247.com/hapag-lloyd-orders-eight-methanol-dual-fuel-boxships-in-500m-newbuild-push/Nippon Yusen Kaisha’s Sage Sagittarius, a 25-year-old post-panamax bulk carrier that made plenty of headlines a decade ago, has been sold for scrap in Bangladesh at a price of $430 per ldt, The vessel was dubbed the death ship in Australian media more than a decade ago after three men died in mysterious circumstances in …
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https://splash247.com/infamous-death-ship-scrapped/The risks facing commercial shipping in the Black Sea escalated sharply over the weekend after two Turkish-controlled vessels were struck amid a wave of Russian attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure, following Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian-linked shipping and energy assets. On Friday, Cenk Shipping’s ropax Cenk T (built 1978) caught fire while alongside in Chornomorsk …
UK shipbroking group SSY has struck a deal to acquire Grieg Shipbrokers, adding one of Scandinavia’s longest-standing brokerage houses to its expanding global platform. The deal is set to take effect in January 2026, subject to customary conditions. Founded in 1884, Grieg Shipbrokers has built a strong position across gas, dry bulk, tankers, offshore, sale …
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https://splash247.com/ssy-buys-grieg-shipbrokers/Navios Maritime Partners has announced a series of senior leadership changes as the New York-listed diversified owner reshapes its top management structure under chairwoman and chief executive Angeliki Frangou. At the centre of the move is the creation of an office of the chairwoman, designed to bring senior decision-making closer to the company’s long-term strategy …
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https://splash247.com/navios-partners-rolls-out-new-leadership-structure/Iranian authorities detained 18 crew members of a foreign tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman on Friday that they said was carrying 6 million litres of smuggled fuel, Iranian media reported on Saturday.Iran, which has some of the world's lowest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in the
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/iran-seizes-tanker-detains-crew-alleged-533492In container shipping, the leverage – and the real fragility – now lives where the cranes greet the sea, writes Wolfgang Lehmacher. Shanghai has just pulled off something remarkable, even by its own lofty standards. The world’s largest container port handled more than 46m teu in the first 10 months of 2025, up 6.5% year-on-year, …
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https://splash247.com/shanghais-box-boom-exposes-a-resilience-blind-spot/Ukraine's navy accused Russia of deliberately attacking a civilian Turkish vessel carrying sunflower oil to Egypt with a drone on Saturday, a day after Moscow hit two Ukrainian ports.In a statement on Telegram, the navy said the vessel was called the Viva and had 11 Turkish citizens on board.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ukraine-says-russian-drone-attack-hit-533482Thailand's military said it was considering blocking fuel exports to Cambodia, as fighting between the two countries spread to coastal areas of a disputed border region two days after U.S. President Donald Trump said the sides had agreed to…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/thailand-considers-blocking-fuel-exports-533483Severe weather has caused additional damage to the MSC Baltic III grounded in Cedar Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The hull suffered significant new damage, including increased plate buckling on both the starboard and port sides, and the stern is now noticeably lower in the water.
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