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The US Energy Department signalled yesterday it will begin selectively removing sanctions to allow Venezuelan oil to be shipped and sold into global markets. In a policy outline published on Wednesday, the department said the Trump administration aims to reintroduce Venezuelan crude under controlled conditions, even as enforcement against sanctioned shipping intensifies. The contradiction was …
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https://splash247.com/washington-opens-the-oil-tap-even-as-venezuela-tankers-are-hunted-down/he Trump administration yesterday announced it is withdrawing from 66 organisations, a mixture of NGOs and United Nations’ bodies. Of note for the shipping industry is the US decision to pull out of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combatting Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (RECAAP), as well as the UN Conference on …
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https://splash247.com/trump-quits-anti-piracy-and-trade-bodies-in-broad-un-retreat/ALMACO Group has announced the successful delivery of provision stores onboard Celebrity Cruises’ fifth Edge-class vessel, Celebrity Xcel, built at Chantiers de l’Atlantique. The project was delivered in October 2025 and marks another milestone in the ongoing collaboration between ALMACO Group…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/almaco-group-delivers-provision-stores-534142The new Polish Navy rescue vessel “Ratownik," currently under construction at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna, will be equipped with a propulsion package supplied by SCHOTTEL. Designed to replace the Navy’s existing rescue units, the ship will enhance…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/schottel-provides-propulsion-package-534145Damen Naval has expanded Colombian involvement by contracting Georg Fischer for the PES project in LATAM. Under this project, a Damen SIGMA frigate will be built by COTECMAR, at their shipyard in Cartagena. Georg Fischer in LATAM has been contracted…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/georg-fischer-latam-contracted-plastic-534146The US forces have seized two Venezuela-linked tankers, one after a two-week chase, a name change, and reports of a Russian submarine nearby. One of the tankers seized by US authorities is the 2002-built VLCC Marinera, formerly known as the Bella 1. While still under its previous name, the US Coast Guard tried to intercept …
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https://splash247.com/us-seizes-renamed-venezuela-linked-vlcc-after-weeks-long-chase/Oil extended declines on Wednesday as investors digested statements from President Donald Trump that the U.S. had reached a deal to import up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude, a move that would lift supplies to the world's largest oil consumer.Brent crude futures were down 40 cents…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-edges-lower-us-reaches-import-deal-534124Russia said on Wednesday that the U.S. seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic was a violation of maritime law, and a senior lawmaker described it as "outright piracy".Russia's Transport Ministry said contact with the vessel, the Marinera, had been lost after U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-us-seizure-oil-tanker-piracy-534125The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after pursuing it for more than two weeks across the Atlantic as part of Washington's efforts to block Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-seizes-russianflagged-oil-tanker-534126The quest to rebuild the U.S. iceabreaking fleet continues to move at lightening speed, with Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) signing agreements with Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) and Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (Rauma) to provide its Multi-Purpose…
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