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Union Pacific has struck a deal to acquire rival railroad Norfolk Southern in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at $85bn, in a move that would form the first coast-to-coast freight rail network in the US. The combined operator would span more than 50,000 route miles across 43 states and link close to 100 ports, giving it …
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https://splash247.com/us-rail-giants-in-85bn-coast-to-coast-tie-up/French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM has confirmed it is eyeing the potential acquisition of terminals from CK Hutchison, after exclusive talks between the Hong Kong conglomerate and a consortium led by BlackRock expired over the weekend. The preliminary deal, first announced in March, involved the sale of the majority of Hutchison’s global port …
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https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-eyes-hutchison-ports-as-msc-deal-falters/Cyprus-based bulker and boxship owner Castor Maritime has completed a sale and leaseback transaction with a Japanese counterparty for one of its kamsarmaxes. The Nasdaq-listed company has struck a deal for the 2011-built Magic Thunder, with the 83,400 dwt vessel bringing in about $14.6m. The vesssel will remain under Castor’s commercial control under a bareboat …
https://splash247.com/castor-seals-14-6m-leaseback-for-kamsarmax-bulker/
https://splash247.com/castor-seals-14-6m-leaseback-for-kamsarmax-bulker/Anticipating a strong cross-current that never materialized, an experienced tow pilot deviated from the sailing line on the Mississippi River and struck components of the Fort Madison Bridge near Fort Madison, Iowa, the National Transportation Safety Board has concluded.The towing vessel Joe B.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/pilot-overcompensating-crosscurrents-led-528447
https://www.marinelink.com/news/pilot-overcompensating-crosscurrents-led-528447Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminals are gaining momentum on the global LNG market, with capacity expected to triple by 2030 according to research from Rystad Energy.Once hindered by technical and operational challenges, FLNG projects…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/flng-capacity-jump-528448Columbia Group has launched a mobile and web-based app designed to teach the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs).The COLREGs Challenge is an educational tool which uses gameplay to turn regulatory learning into an immersive…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-app-teaches-colregs-528450A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 metres (16 feet) and sparked evacuation orders in Hawaii and across the Pacific on Wednesday.The shallow earthquake damaged buildings…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/tsunami-waves-reach-hawaii-following-528456
https://www.marinelink.com/news/tsunami-waves-reach-hawaii-following-528456Global Energy Group (GEG) has reached an agreement on the sale of three of its group companies, including The Port of Nigg, to long term investor, Mitsui & Co. Europe (Mitsui) a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co, together with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).The acquisition includes The Port of Nigg…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mitsui-mol-buy-port-nigg-energy-firms-528465
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mitsui-mol-buy-port-nigg-energy-firms-528465Three cabinet-level South Korean officials met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington for trade talks, Seoul said on Wednesday, as top business leaders were also reported to be flying in to help lobby for a deal on U.S. tariffs.South…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/south-koreas-political-business-leaders-528469Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for the newbuilding very large crude carrier (VLCC) Energia Viking for Equinor, at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering shipyard in China.The Energia Viking is the first LNG dual-fuel VLCC…
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