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The United Arab Emirates has banned Eswatini-flagged ships from entering the country, having banned Cameroon-registered ships earlier in the year. The Eswatini flag have been involved in the growing, so-called shadow or dark fleets transporting sanctioned oil. Eswatini, the landlocked southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, has been in and out of the …
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https://splash247.com/uae-bans-eswatini-flagged-ships-from-entering-the-country/Delta Blue, a suezmax belonging to Greece’s Delta Tankers, has been attacked four times in the space of 24 hours by the Houthis. While the Houthis have targeted more than 120 ships in their 10-month campaign in solidarity with Palestinians, the targeting of the Delta Blue stands out for the repeated attempts and the use …
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https://splash247.com/delta-suezmax-attacked-three-times-in-24-hours-by-the-houthis/Container shipping has another yard it can contract for megamax construction. As it unfurls its next wave of newbuild expansion, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has tapped Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard in China to build twelve 19,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships, the first time this yard has won orders for this size category, the yard confirmed …
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https://splash247.com/chinas-changhong-international-enters-megamax-construction-with-msc-orders/An explosion occurred on the boxship YM Mobility at a container terminal in the Beilun Port area of Zhoushan Port. The cause of the accident was initially determined to be an explosion of a container on the ship, and there were no reports of casualties. According to timestamps from surveillance footage videos posted online, the …
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https://splash247.com/massive-explosion-rocks-yang-ming-boxship-at-berth-in-ningbo/As the international shipping industry continues to explore measures to conserve and protect underwater life, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is proposing the future monitoring of Underwater Radiated Noise (URN), which may lead…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/canadianled-research-project-reveals-ways-515800Fred. Olsen Express, a Canary Island-based ferry company, is installing SEA.AI anti-collision technology on its ships to boost navigational safety at sea. The move is a world first for fast passenger ferries.At present AIS can display and identify…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ai-anticollision-technology-installed-515811The number and size of cruise ships globally has doubled since the start of the millennium, T&E’s new ‘Cruisezillas: How much bigger can cruise ships get?’ report reveals. If they continue to grow at this rate, the biggest cruise ships in 2050 could be a staggering 345…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/cruisezilla-modern-cruise-ships-dwarf-515812The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped its four-day gaining streak on Thursday, as rates declined across all vessel segments.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/baltic-dry-index-snaps-fourday-winning-515793California shipbuilder Moose Boats announced it has secured a contract with the City and County of San Francisco to build an M1-46 fireboat to service the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The vessel will be operated by the San Francisco…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/moose-boats-build-new-fireboat-san-515796On August 8, BLRT Repair Yards' Tallinn Shipyard in Estonia on Thursday commissioned a new floating dry dock, enabling it to maintain, repair and modernize larger vessels.Built to accommodate Handysize vessels, ranging from tankers to passenger ships…
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