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Wolfgang Lehmacher makes the case for making the UN body stronger. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) could be sailing into a storm of its own making. After its Net Zero Framework ran aground amid global squabbling, the regulator’s critics smell blood in the water. The chorus calling for radical change reached fever pitch when Dr …
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https://splash247.com/divided-we-flounder-imos-regulatory-reckoning/Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has fixed two newly acquired 2019-built suezmaxes to Repsol Trading on three-year time charters, adding fresh employment stability and expanding its list of blue-chip customers. The 157,000 dwt P Bel Air and P Beverly Hills, both built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea, will deliver to Performance Shipping …
https://splash247.com/performance-shipping-secures-78m-repsol-deal-for-new-suezmax-pair/
https://splash247.com/performance-shipping-secures-78m-repsol-deal-for-new-suezmax-pair/South Korea has unveiled a breakthrough in shipboard fire safety technology, successfully trialling an AI-based autonomous firefighting system capable of detecting and extinguishing oil fires aboard naval vessels without human intervention. Developed by the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) under the leadership of Dr Hyuk Lee at its AX Convergence Research Center, the …
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https://splash247.com/korean-ai-fire-system-passes-sea-trials/Compared to recent months, geopolitics did not muscle into many Splash headlines this week, the final days of the tit-for-tat port fees levied by the US and China, which are set to come to an end on Monday. The most shocking news came from the Horn of Africa, where emboldened Somali pirates, deploying skiffs and …
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https://splash247.com/splash-wrap-pirates-crews-and-cyberstorms/Oil-and-products trading giant Vitol today announced the passing yesterday of Kit Kernon, CEO of its shipping arm Vitol International Shipping (VIS). Kernon, aged 56, died in Singapore, sources say, from a suspected heart attack while out jogging. Since 1997, he helmed Vitol’s shipping division, building it into a market-leading platform and steering the company’s transition …
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https://splash247.com/vitol-mourns-the-loss-of-shipping-ceo-kit-kernon/The threat of Somali piracy is re-emerging in the Indian Ocean, with recent incidents highlighting the increasing sophistication and reach of pirate groups. Yesterday’s hijacking of the Malta-flagged Hellas Aphrodite—carrying gasoline from India to South Africa—marked the first merchant vessel boarding of the year, with the ship still stationary and its crew reportedly sheltering in …
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https://splash247.com/emboldened-somali-pirates-spark-fear-in-the-indian-ocean/Business Korea reports that two tankers built at domestic Korean yard K Shipbuilding will be delivered under the U.S. flag and able to trade within the US.Construction will begin on the two 50,000dwt medium range tankers early next year for…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-korean-yard-build-usflag-tankers-532121
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-korean-yard-build-usflag-tankers-532121At a ceremony at Halifax Shipyard, the Canadian Coast Guard and Irving Shipbuilding have marked the official keel laying of the eighth and final Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) – the future CCGS Sermilik.Today’s ceremony included the…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/keel-laid-canadas-final-arctic-offshore-532123In April this year, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee approved guidance on in-water cleaning of ships' biofouling and also approved a proposal for the development of a legally binding framework for the management of biofouling.The…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/money-pours-hull-cleaning-technology-532124The Trump administration said on Thursday it would pursue negotiations with China over its dominance of shipbuilding and ocean logistics as it formalized plans for a one-year pause on U.S. port fees on China-linked vessels as part of a broader deal to reduce trade tensions.The U.S.
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