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Portland Port in Dorset, UK celebrated the twin christening of two new vessels. Dignitaries and guests watched the christening of the Wyke Castle tug and the Silverwell pilot boat on the Dorset port’s Dock Jetty before an demonstration of the…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/portland-port-christens-two-new-vessels-530022
https://www.marinelink.com/news/portland-port-christens-two-new-vessels-530022The Henriksen HLH 3500 rescue boat and liferaft hook has become a key element of a new fall protection system invented by BC Ferries, the Descent Control System (DCS), which is now installed across its fleet of 38 ships. As launching boats at sea is a high-risk activity…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/henriksen-hooks-chosen-new-bc-ferries-530023
https://www.marinelink.com/news/henriksen-hooks-chosen-new-bc-ferries-530023Today, Monday, September 15 2025, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 27 points, reaching 2153 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2153-up-27-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-2153-up-27-points/The Trump Administration has filed a request to a federal court to vacate a permit approved for US Wind’s proposed Maryland Offshore Wind project. According to court documents, the project, cleared by the administration of former US president Joe Biden, could create issues with search and rescue operations and commercial fisheries. It was expected to …
https://splash247.com/maryland-offshore-wind-project-permit-challenged-in-federal-court/
https://splash247.com/maryland-offshore-wind-project-permit-challenged-in-federal-court/The Panama Canal has launched a new NetZero Slot, a category within its transit reservation system designed to encourage the decarbonisation of shipping. In an initial phase, vessels must be registered as dual-fuel to enter. The first competition to allocate this slot will take place on October 3, applicable to the transit week of November …
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-carves-out-weekly-slot-for-dual-fuel-pioneers/
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-carves-out-weekly-slot-for-dual-fuel-pioneers/On Friday, the UK imposed sanctions on 100 additional entities, including 70 tankers, in its latest crackdown on the Russia-linked shadow fleet of tankers. The move followed Moscow’s recent drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, as well as a violation of Polish airspace. With this action, the UK has now blacklisted nearly 500 tankers, up from …
https://splash247.com/uk-targets-further-70-tankers-in-latest-russian-sanctions/
https://splash247.com/uk-targets-further-70-tankers-in-latest-russian-sanctions/The World Shipping Council (WSC), liner shipping’s lobby group, has announced the launch of its Cargo Safety Program, an industry-led initiative to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods using artificial intelligence in order to prevent ship fires, protect crews, vessels, customers’ cargo, and the marine environment. The program combines AI-powered cargo screening and common inspection …
https://splash247.com/world-shipping-council-deploys-ai-in-fight-against-misdeclared-cargoes/
https://splash247.com/world-shipping-council-deploys-ai-in-fight-against-misdeclared-cargoes/Ukraine’s long-range drone war on Russia’s energy infrastructure escalated dramatically late last week, with strikes on the Baltic oil hub of Primorsk damaging tankers, halting terminal operations, and sparking fires visible for miles. Two Sierra Leone-flagged aframax tankers – Kusto and Cai Yun – were hit in the September 12 raid, with one vessel briefly …
New analysis from Danish liner consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows the growing percentage of empty containers moving around the world. Experts at Sea-Intelligence have calculated the share of empties relative to full containers, based on teu-miles, and found out that currently 41% of container transport is empty. “The present situation is that for every 10 miles a …
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https://splash247.com/41-of-container-transport-is-empty/LNG carrier demolition sales have already reached an annual record with nearly 30% of the year still to go. Data from Clarksons Research show 0.8m dwt worth of LNG carriers have been sent for demolition this year as weak market conditions have led to several steam turbine units being disposed of. “This is a pattern …
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