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Royal Caribbean Group announced to has tapped Bert Hernandez to succeed Barbara Muckermann as president of its Silversea brand.Most recently serving as senior vice president, international, Hernandez has been with the Royal Caribbean Group for the past 20 years.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/bert-hernandez-named-president-royal-512965Finnish shipping company Meriaura announced it has placed an order for two Ecotrader cargo ships from Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes. The ships will be built in Hoogezand for scheduled delivery in January and December 2026.The ships are 105 meters long…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/meriaura-orders-cargo-vessel-pair-royal-512968China may cancel corn shipments from Europe following cancellations of Ukrainian corn orders to ease supply pressure on the domestic market, China Grain Net, an information provider affiliated with state stockpiler Sinograin, said on Friday. Buyers have already cancelled shipments of Ukrainian-origin animal feed corn totalling several hundred thousand metric tons for April/May shipments, traders ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-may-cancel-corn-shipments-from-europe-to-ease-supply-pressure/China’s soybean imports in March tumbled to their lowest for the month in four years, data showed, as high prices and poor hog margins discouraged crushing for feed consumption. Total imports for the month came to 5.54 million metric tons, down nearly 20% from the same period last year, according to the General Administration of ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-march-soybean-imports-shrink-to-lowest-in-four-years/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-march-soybean-imports-shrink-to-lowest-in-four-years/China’s coal imports were nearly flat in March year-on-year, customs data showed, as weak demand and falling domestic prices weighed on international shipments. Arrivals of coal in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the fuel, totalled 41.38 million metric tons in March, up less than 1% from 41.17 million tons a year earlier, the General ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-march-coal-imports-nearly-flat-up-14-in-q1/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-march-coal-imports-nearly-flat-up-14-in-q1/Saudi oil and gas driller Advanced Energy Services (ADES) has secured a jackup rig contract in Qatar worth up to about $93.3m with French energy major TotalEnergies. The deal covers a firm one-year term in addition to three optional six-month extensions, the company said in a stock exchange filing. The project is expected to start …
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https://splash247.com/ades-scores-jackup-rig-contract-in-qatar/Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has contracted a private Chinese yard, Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering, for the construction of a module carrier that will serve the Japanese offshore wind sector. The 13,000 dwt newbuild is set for delivery in the spring of 2026 under a contract with JFE Engineering to ship offshore wind turbine foundations to …
https://splash247.com/mol-continues-offshore-wind-drive-with-module-carrier-order-in-china/
https://splash247.com/mol-continues-offshore-wind-drive-with-module-carrier-order-in-china/Singapore’s maritime mantelpiece needs reinforcement, groaning from all the trophies, accolades and awards lavished towards the Lion Republic, the preeminent shipping hub of the 21st century. Meanwhile, an old Asian rival, Hong Kong, is sliding down the ranks fast. Singapore remains the world’s leading maritime hub according to multiple global surveys, the latest of which …
https://splash247.com/singapore-retains-global-shipping-hub-crown/
https://splash247.com/singapore-retains-global-shipping-hub-crown/A South Korean manufacturer has unveiled how the world’s largest liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) storage tanks will look like. Sejin Heavy Industries is constructing a pair of LCO2 tanks for Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Maritime, which ordered last July two firm 22,000 cu m ships at Hyundai Mipo, with options for two more. The nascent LCO2 …
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https://splash247.com/korean-lco2-storage-tanks-unveiled/Somali pirates released a hijacked Bangladeshi ship, Abdullah, and its crew of 23 early on Sunday after a $5m ransom was paid, according to two pirates. “The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual… we checked whether the money was fake or not. Then we divided the money into groups and left, …
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