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Maritime digital operations must evolve if they are to survive the asteroid of wider customer expectations on transparency and technology use, write Intent Communications’ Namrata Nadkarni and Edward Parshotam. Maritime is often accused of lagging behind other sectors when it comes to seizing the potential of digitalisation and harnessing the power of AI, with a …
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https://splash247.com/can-shipping-avoid-an-existential-tech-shock/French navy helicopters helped the Belgian armed forces seize a Russian shadow fleet tanker, the Ethera, on Saturday. The sanctioned 2007-built product tanker, which has headed to load in Russia, has since been escorted to the port of Zeebrugge.TankerTrackers.com said the ship is linked to the Iranian figure Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. His father, Ali Shamkhani, …
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https://splash247.com/france-and-belgium-capture-product-tanker/America’s Mainstay Maritime has agreed to sell its three Canadian operating companies and six Canadian‑flagged vessels to Algoma Central Corporation. The deal transfers Lower Lakes Towing and associated entities along with the Kaministiqua, Manitoulin, Robert S. Pierson, Saginaw, Michipicoten and Valo to Algoma, subject to customary closing conditions. Mainstay, formerly Rand Logistics, operates a large …
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https://splash247.com/mainstay-maritime-to-sell-canadian-lower-lakes-arm-and-six-ships-to-algoma/Resales of super hot VLCCs now command the greatest premium over newbuilds in the 60-year history of the supertanker, according to data from Clarksons Research. Benchmark TD3C earnings have surged to above $200,000 a day, a level not seen since May 2020, while one-year charter rates are in excess of $130,000 a day, with trading …
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https://splash247.com/vlcc-resales-outprice-newbuilds-by-record-39-5m/Following the most dangerous weekend for commercial shipping in the Middle East this century, the industry is giving the region a wide berth this week as missiles fly, and ships and ports are hit. The US and Israel went to war with Iran on Saturday, killing the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a …
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https://splash247.com/iran-attacks-send-shipping-into-chaos/The European Commission adopted the 15th edition of the European List of Ship Recycling Facilities which includes the first shipyard approved in Germany, located in Emden.The list renews the inclusion of four EU shipyards in Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Spain.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-approves-german-recycling-yard-536331
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-approves-german-recycling-yard-536331Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Norwegian shipleasing specialist Ocean Yield have bolstered their LNG carrier programme after declaring options for additional newbuildings to serve long-term charters with Cheniere Energy. The partners have doubled their orderbook at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to eight large LNG carriers after options covering four ships were exercised on substantially …
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https://splash247.com/nyk-and-ocean-yield-expand-lng-carrier-series-to-eight-ships/Seoul-based liner operator Korea Marine Transport Co (KMTC) has emerged as the owner behind a series of six feeder containership newbuildings booked at HD Hyundai Group yards. Shipbuilding sources say KMTC is the Asian owner behind a KRW 372.4bn ($258m) contract disclosed last week by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, which did not name …
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https://splash247.com/kmtc-tied-to-six-hd-hyundai-boxships/Singapore-based owner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is expanding its renewed push into the VLCC segment with two more newbuildings lined up at Hengli Shipbuilding. The vessels form part of a five-ship order for 306,000 dwt VLCCs announced by the Dalian yard last week, with deliveries scheduled across 2029 and 2030. Two of the ships are …
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https://splash247.com/eps-boosts-vlcc-series-with-two-more-hengli-newbuilds/At least three tankers were damaged off the Gulf coast and one seafarer was killed as Iranian retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran exposed ships to collateral damage, shipping sources and officials said on Sunday.Risks to commercial shipping have surged in the past 24 hours…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/least-three-tankers-hit-gulf-536319
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