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A 22-year-old tanker carrying industrial fuel oil capsized and sank 3.6 nautical miles off Lamao Point in the Philippines due to rough seas on Thursday. The incident which involved the Philippine-flagged TerraNova tanker, carrying 1,494 tonnes of industrial fuel oil, has led to a large oil spill, according to a statement by the Philippine Coast …
https://splash247.com/manila-braces-for-oil-spill-as-tanker-sinks/
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Two Swiss lawyers have published a 247-page book looking at the risks associated with flags of convenience. Flags of Convenience, Below the surface of the global shipping industry, penned by Mark Pieth and Kathrin Betz, is available to read for free by clicking here. Research for the book took the authors to accident sites in …
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Across China, shipyards are expanding and churning out ships on a scale not seen since 2008. The shipyard sector has entered a new golden age after more than a decade’s slump following the global financial crisis. In terms of newbuilding capacity, the latest estimate from broker Arrow puts shipbuilding capacity across the big three builder …
https://splash247.com/capacity-across-big-three-shipbuilding-nations-leaps-20-in-a-year/
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A spokesperson for Ukraine's navy said on Wednesday that Russia had pulled all its vessels out of the Sea of Azov, a body of water connected to the Black Sea."There are no longer any Russian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov," the spokesperson, Dmytro Pletenchuk, wrote on Facebook.Ukrainian naval off
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Singapore's Cyan Renewables, which operates vessels for offshore wind farms, said on Thursday it will buy its Australian peer MMA Offshore for A$1.1 billion ($725.67 million), marking the largest take-private deal in this space in the Asia Pacific region.MMA shareholders will receive A$2.70 per shar
https://www.marinelink.com/news/cyan-renewables-buy-mma-offshore-515448
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ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) are working together to develop a model-based additive manufacturing (AM) qualification framework for the maritime industry with the aim to reduce lead time and cost for AM part approvals.Traditional…
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CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has helped confirm the resting place of motor vessel (MV) Noongah, a 71-metre coastal freighter lost at sea in 1969 in one of the nation’s worst post-war maritime disasters.MV Noongah was travelling…
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The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the availability of up to $54 million across two funding opportunities to address marine debris throughout the coastal and Great Lakes states,…
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Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have shortlisted two consortia for the next proposal evaluation round of an ammonia power and bunkering project, they said in a joint statement on Thursday.The project aims to develop a low- or zero-carb
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Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter offshore, before heading across the sea and into China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain.Gaemi made landfall…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/typhoon-gaemi-sinks-ship-off-taiwan-515455
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