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Seaspan is upgrading and expanding its Vancouver Drydock infrastructure to help grow the company’s ship repair and maintenance operations. Seaspan received permit approval from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) last month to extend its North Vancouver drydock facilities to increase capacity and service additional vessels. Seaspan consolidated its ship repair and maintenance projects at …
https://splash247.com/seaspan-to-enlarge-vancouver-repair-yard/
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Danish bunker supplier and tanker owner Monjasa has further strengthened its operations across West Africa with the addition of two secondhand tankers, one of which has become the the company’s single largest ship investment to date. The Federicia-headquartered company has recently taken delivery of the 2008-built 68,589 dwt Monjasa Leader, ex-Cabo San Antonio and the …
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Busy Chinese shipowner and operator Seacon Shipping has picked up a pair of chemical and product tankers for $28m. The Hong Kong-listed firm is paying $14m each for the 2012 Taizhou Sanfu-built Kenrick and Enford, both linked to UK bulker and tanker player Union Maritime. Both ships should deliver in December this year. As part …
https://splash247.com/seacon-buys-chemical-tankers-in-leaseback-deal-with-union-maritime/
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New hires lead the way in 2023 salaries, according to Spinnaker’s annual pay report. Spinnaker’s annual salary report which benchmarks over 100 shore-based jobs in the maritime industry has been published. A total of 104 global shipping companies provided their employee’s annual salary and bonus figures to Spinnaker who then analysed the data, carrying details …
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Lithium-ion batteries have been wreaking havoc on many ships in recent years, principally car carriers and containerships. However, even small batteries – powering a single handheld radio – can cause millions of dollars of damage. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US has issued its report into the blaze on the bridge (pictured) …
https://splash247.com/how-one-handheld-radio-ripped-a-ships-bridge-apart/
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Ukrainian authorities insist the country’s maritime export corridor remains open for business despite Tuesday’s deadly missile attack on a Liberian-flagged, Philippines-owned bulk carrier. A Russian air-to-surface missile slammed into the bridge of the post-panamax as it was entering the port of Yuzhny killing the pilot and injuring four others. Merchant shipping and insurers have been …
https://splash247.com/insurance-premiums-climb-in-wake-of-latest-russian-missile-attack/
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The number of ships waiting to transit the Panama Canal has leapt by 13% in the space of just 24 hours as drastic transit cuts kick in at the drought-hit waterway that accounts for 3% of all global maritime trade. Following the driest year on record, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has been cutting both …
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-queue-grows-13-in-the-space-of-24-hours/
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Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed up for more ammonia dual-fuel newcastlemax newbuilds in China. The Idan Ofer-controlled diversified shipowner has firmed up orders for three additional 210,000 dwt units at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding for delivery in 2027 and added four more optional vessels, taking its potential order tally at the yard to …
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Ukraine's alternative Black Sea export corridor is working despite a recent Russian attack on a civilian vessel, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Thursday.Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday a Russian missile damaged a Liberia…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ukraine-alternative-black-sea-export-509372
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A U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego helicopter crew rescued a 64-year-old male passenger from a fishing vessel approximately 40 miles off the coast of San Diego, Thursday.Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders received a distress call from the fishing vessel Pride…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-coast-guard-medevacs-yearold-fishing-509373
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