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This year’s multilateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise, an annual event conducted by the United States Navy which took place from August 12 to 23, 2024, focused on strengthening regional responses to maritime security threats.The participants were Australia…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/singapore-plays-central-role-exercise-516319The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its preliminary assessment of the grounding of the bulk carrier Indian Partnership on April 23, 2023, and implicated voyage optimization planning.The UK-registered bulk carrier…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/voyage-optimization-plan-led-grounding-516320The U.S. Navy commissioned Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Kingsville (LCS 36) at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center, on August 24.Kingsville, the 18th Independence-variant LCS, is the first to bear this name and pays homage to the city of Kingsville and the King Ranch.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/penultimate-independencevariant-lcs-516321Esgian provides an update on drilling and demand across several regions in its Week 34 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesIthaca Energy expects results from sidetrack appraisal drilling at its K2 prospect…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/esgian-week-report-appraisal-activity-516322Shipowners and cash buyers continue to struggle with the ongoing tonnage shortage as sub-continent ship recycling markets continue down their current trajectory, says cash buyer GMS.Negativity is permeating across the industry on the back of…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/outlook-glum-ship-recyclers-516323Italian prosecutors have begun an official investigation of James Cutfield, captain of the superyacht, the Bayesian, belonging to British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily last week, killing its owner and six others, Italian media…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-bayesian-captain-officially-516327The Greek-flagged ship Sounion has been on fire since Aug. 23 after an attack by Yemen's Houthis with no obvious signs of an oil spill, EU Red Sea naval mission Aspides said in a post on X on Monday.The EU mission published photos dated Sunday…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sounion-fire-houthi-attack-516328New Zealand said on Monday it would pass laws by the end of this year to reverse a ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, and take urgent steps to remove regulatory hurdles to import LNG amid energy shortages.The law would end the ban, in place since 2018, on exploration outside onshore Taranaki,
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-zealand-reverse-oil-gas-exploration-516330Amoysailing Maritime from Xiamen in China has been nailing one ship deal after another, this time, its second top bid at an auction in months. Sources tell Splash that the Chinese owner has taken advantage of the ongoing summer lull at an online auction sale tabling $27.8 m for the 2017-built ultramax Great Spring, a …
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https://splash247.com/amoysailing-maritime-seals-winning-bid-for-chinese-ultramax/Clarksons Research is reporting Hong Kong shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings has ordered four 113,500 dwt LR2 tankers at Hengli Heavy Industry in northeast China. No price has been revealed for the contract with the ships delivering in 2027 and 2028. The ship type is a new one for Wah Kwong. Hengli Group, a …
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