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New York-listed VLCC pure-play DHT has confirmed the acquisition of a modern Korean-built tanker. The Svein Moxnes Harfjeld-led company said it will be adding an unnamed 2018 Hyundai Heavy Industries-built vessel in the third quarter of this year. DHT is paying $107m for the scrubber-fitted VLCC, which is expected to improve the company’s fleet age …
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https://splash247.com/dht-confirms-vlcc-buy/Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions, according to a major new report, which surveyed 147,000 people in many different jobs across the world. According to Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s latest World Risk Poll Focus On report, 25% of ocean workers report having experienced harm from their work in the past two years, compared …
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https://splash247.com/seafaring-remains-one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-professions/Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has partnered up with Australia’s Provaris Energy to advance compressed hydrogen shipping and offshore storage solutions. The two companies have signed a 12-month memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore the development, construction, and operation of Provaris’ H2Neo carrier and H2Leo barge. Provaris is currently developing a …
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https://splash247.com/k-line-teams-with-provaris-in-hydrogen-carrier-drive/Japan is weighing bold steps to rejuvenate its once-dominant shipbuilding industry, including the establishment of a government-backed national shipyard, as part of a wider strategy to restore maritime manufacturing capabilities critical to national security. The proposal, submitted to prime minister Shigeru Ishiba by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, calls for the rehabilitation …
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https://splash247.com/japan-seeks-to-double-shipbuilding-output-by-2030/Iran is maintaining crude oil supply by loading tankers one at a time and moving floating oil storage much closer to China, two vessel tracking firms told Reuters, as the country seeks to keep a key source of revenue while under attack from…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/iran-maintains-oil-exports-during-527102The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a two-year crackdown, it said on Thursday.Rampant oil theft from pipelines and wells has crippled Nigeria's oil industry in recent years…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/nigerian-navy-cracks-down-oil-theft-527103“You cannot be a leader if you don’t know what is going on,” says Rik van Hemmen, President of marine consulting firm Martin & Ottaway.van Hemmen, writing in the June issue of Maritime Reporter magazine, recounts of some of his experiences in…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/cannot-a-leader-527107A British Royal Navy patrol vessel has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, a Navy spokesperson said on Thursday, saying the passage complied with international law."HMS Spey's routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a long-planned…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/taiwan-welcomes-royal-navy-transit-taiwan-527108Researchers have identified a shipwreck off Porkkala, in southern Finland, as the Swedish warship “Falken,” a 17th-century vessel built in Stockholm and considered the “little sister” of the iconic Vasa ship.The shipwreck was discovered 50 years ago…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/researchers-identify-swedish-th-century-527093Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz as a way of hitting back against its enemies, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, though a second member of parliament said this would only happen if Tehran's vital interests were endangered.Iran has in the…
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