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Royal Caribbean has officially welcomed Legend of the Seas. After nearly two years of construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, the third Icon Class ship is now ready to make its July 2026 European debut.To mark the milestone…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/royal-caribbean-welcomes-legend-seas-540173New analysis from Danish Shipping Companies shows that the price difference for bunker oil in Singapore and Rotterdam set a new record in the spring of 2026. The difference hit $362 per ton in mid-March, with price shocks hitting Asia much harder than in Europe.In a recently published analysis…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/record-high-bunker-oil-price-difference-540175The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended its decline into a ninth consecutive session on Wednesday, falling about 1.7% to a fresh low since May 1st at 2,771 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, dropped about 3.2% ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-losing-run-continues/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-losing-run-continues/Viridien, formerly known as CGG, and Aker BP have entered into a partnership agreement to strengthen collaboration across multi-client OBN seismic data acquisition, imaging, and technology development. The agreement establishes a five-year cooperation framework designed to align strategy and bring consistent effort to innovation and technology development, with the goal of optimising exploration efforts on …
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https://splash247.com/aker-bp-teams-up-with-viridien-to-advance-norwegian-exploration/A little-known Hong Kong company has emerged as the latest entrant to the feeder containership newbuilding market, with Synelysia Limited ordering four firm 1,900 teu bangkokmax vessels at China’s Xinle Shipyard, according to Alphaliner. The order includes two separate sets of options that could lift the series to as many as eight ships. Alphaliner said …
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https://splash247.com/hong-kong-newcomer-books-up-to-eight-feeders-at-xinle/Chinese ports once again dominated the latest Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), with Fuzhou in top spot ahead of Dalian, Oman’s Salalah, Mawan and Chiwan in the 2025 rankings published by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. The annual index, now in its sixth edition, measures container port performance using vessel time in …
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https://splash247.com/chinese-ports-dominate-global-efficiency-rankings/Brazil has pushed back full enforcement of its biofouling regulations by 18 months, but shipowners still face the prospect of fines of up to BRL50m ($9m) for non-compliance once the rules take effect, according to guidance issued by port agency GAC. Under NORMAM-401/DPC Chapter 4, issued by the Brazilian Navy’s Directorate of Ports and Coasts …
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https://splash247.com/new-brazilian-biofouling-rules-come-with-fines-of-up-to-9m/Lloyd’s Register Group (LR) and Lloyd’s Register Foundation have appointed Matthias Altendorf as the new chair of their boards. He will succeed the current chair, Thomas Thune Andersen, when he leaves the role at the end of his tenure in June 2027. Altendorf served as an executive and non-executive director of several high-profile organisations. He …
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https://splash247.com/lloyds-register-names-matthias-altendorf-as-next-chair/COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers has completed the transport and float-over installation of an offshore converter platform for the Qingzhou V & VII offshore wind project, a key milestone in what the company described as the world's first…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/cosco-installs-gw-converter-platform-540139China's trade in major commodities in May underscored that price moves are the primary driver of changes in flows in the world's biggest buyer of natural resources.The headline-grabbing number from customs data was the collapse in crude oil…
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