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A new recruitment feature has launched to help dismantle the shadow network of rogue crewing agents exploiting seafarers through illegal fees and fake job offers. CareerHub, now live on The Hood Platform, connects verified seafarers only with licensed and Maritime Labour Convention-compliant employers. It removes the backdoor access that has allowed unlicensed recruiters to prey …
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https://splash247.com/new-platform-cracks-down-on-rogue-crewing-agents-exploiting-seafarers/The booming secondhand tanker market has reached new heights with the sale of the 21-year-old VLCC City of Tokyo for a reported $41m, setting a new benchmark for vintage VLCCs. The Liberian-registered Ashley Marine, a single-ship company, is offloading the Universal-built vessel, which has become the third sister ship of the same age and yard …
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https://splash247.com/vintage-vlcc-sells-for-41m-in-record-breaking-deal/In the wake of last week’s deadly Red Sea attacks, there’s been a lot of uncertainty created by the Philippines suggesting it will bar its nationals from serving onboard vessels heading to high-risk areas. Carl Martin Faannessen, the CEO of crewing agency Noatun Maritime, has some advice. Spare a thought for the Philippines’ Department of …
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https://splash247.com/seafarers-and-high-risk-areas/US president Donald Trump on Monday announced a sweeping threat to impose secondary sanctions on nations importing Russian exports — a move that could shake up global energy markets and disrupt tanker trades from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean. Sitting beside NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump warned that unless …
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https://splash247.com/trump-threatens-secondary-sanctions-in-50-day-ultimatum-to-putin/Most European ports are lagging in installing the shore-side electrical infrastructure needed for ships to switch from highly polluting marine fuel to cleaner electricity while docked, a new study showed on Tuesday.European Union environmental…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/european-ports-slow-install-shore-power-527941
https://www.marinelink.com/news/european-ports-slow-install-shore-power-527941U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico, according to an agreement with environmental groups filed in a federal court.The U.S.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-delays-rule-gulf-mexico-whale-527943
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-delays-rule-gulf-mexico-whale-527943Rocket Lab Corporation awarded a contract to Bollinger Shipyards to support the build out of Rocket Lab’s ocean landing platform for its Neutron reusable rocket.Modification and fit-out of Rocket Lab technology to its 400-ft-long landing platform…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-tapped-modify-rocket-labs-527944Seatrium Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary Seatrium Financial Services Pte. Ltd. (SFS) has successfully secured a $400 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with United Overseas Bank (UOB).The company says the credit facility…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/seatrium-expands-sustainable-finance-527946Nineteen Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in three separate cases at Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.The matters arose from incidents where Australian authorities identified, intercepted…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/australia-fines-indonesian-sea-cucumber-527947US-based dry bulk owner Genco Shipping & Trading has completed an amended and upsized revolving credit facility, boosting its borrowing capacity to $600m as it positions itself for future growth and continued balance sheet flexibility. The new deal increases the New York-listed company’s credit line by 50%, or $200m, compared to the previous facility. The …
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