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A war of words has broken out between the heads of two alternative fuel lobby groups, right here on the Splash site. Earlier this week, Peter Keller, chairman of lobby group SEA-LNG, wrote for Splash, taking aim at the limitations of methanol, a fuel that has rapidly grown in popularity this year and is now …
https://splash247.com/methanol-and-lng-fuel-lobby-groups-square-up/
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A year is a long time in liner shipping. At the end of 2022, carriers were handing out mega bonuses, some equivalent to more than a year’s pay. Fast forward to today and those same staff face the axe as the sector battles plummeting rates and rampant overcapacity. Maersk today issued its Q3 results, detailing …
https://splash247.com/challenging-times-ahead-maersk-lets-go-of-thousands-of-staff/
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Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping is shipping out the 2010-built supramax bulker it currently has on charter under a bareboat agreement. The Qingdao-based shipowner and operator, via its subsidiary Golden Orchid, will lift a purchase option for the 57,005 dwt vessel at Bank of Communications Financial Leasing’s (BoCom Leasing) shipowning arm, Xiang B5 HK International Ship …
https://splash247.com/seacon-to-buy-and-then-sell-bareboat-chartered-supramax/
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Norway’s Aasen Shipping has returned to Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes with an order for three hybrid-powered methanol-ready self-discharging bulk carriers. The order for 119,95-m-long newbuilds follows Bodewes’ delivery of battery-hybrids Aasfjell and Aasfoss in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The new ships, with the first delivery planned for December 2025, will have a similar design as …
https://splash247.com/aasen-shipping-back-at-royal-bodewes-for-three-hybrid-methanol-ready-bulkers/
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Swedish offshore vessel owner Viking Supply Ships has taken delivery of the Andreas Viking AHTS, previously known as the Far Senator.In March 2023, Viking Supply Ships said it would take two Ocean Yield-owned AHTS vessels, Far Senator and Normand Statesman…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/viking-supply-ships-takes-delivery-509213
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced over $653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).The investments—part of the largest…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-awards-million-port-projects-509214
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A new high-speed low-draft landing craft Island Guardian has been delivered to the Great Barrier Reef Joint Field Management Program in Australia.The new 21-meter vessel has been custom-designed by Incat Crowther and built by Norman Wright & Sons to enhance island protected area management…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-highspeed-landing-craft-delivered-509215
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Canadian shipbuilding group Davie announced it has finalized its acquisition of Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard Oy, which has struggled to gain new business due to Western sanctions against Russia.The deal has been nearly a year in the making, starting from December 2022.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/davie-acquires-helsinki-shipyard-509216
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A tanker carrying Norwegian liquefied natural gas (LNG) is set to arrive at Finland's Inkoo terminal overnight, vessel tracking data showed on Friday, making it the second cargo since the Oct. 8 outage of a Finnish-Estonian gas pipeline.The Arctic Princess…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/second-gas-cargo-heads-finlands-lng-509217
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Royal Caribbean Group is removing Israel from its 2024 itineraries due to the Israel-Hamas war, according to an email sent to travel agents on Thursday seen by Reuters, making it the second major U.S. cruise operator to alter its plans over the conflict.The Miami…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/royal-caribbean-alters-cruise-itineraries-509219
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