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The Panama Canal welcomed a visit from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama on May 21.Kevin Marino Cabrera visited as part of an institutional outreach tour focused on providing first-hand knowledge of the canal’s operations.The U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-ambassador-visits-panama-canal-locks-526037The 30-year-old Washington State Ferries vessel Wenatchee, one of the state’s three largest ferries, has been converted to hybrid-electric power. It is due to be operational again this summer.The work included:• taking out two of the four diesel…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/washington-state-ferry-converted-526038The CIMAC working group WG20 System Integration has released the CIMAC Guideline "Digital Twins in the Maritime Industry."The Guideline examines concepts, definitions and applications of digital twins. It provides a comprehensive framework for…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/cimac-releases-guideline-digital-twins-526039The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2024, which details the most important lessons learned from maritime investigations completed last year.Safer Seas Digest 2024 details the facts and analyzes the probable causes of 34 maritime casualties…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ntsb-releases-safer-seas-digest-526040A serious accident occurred on Wednesday during the launch of a new North Korean warship while leader Kim Jong Un was attending the event, with him calling it a "criminal act" that could not be tolerated, state media KCNA reported.Kim, who witnessed the failed launch of the 5,000-ton destroyer, exco
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/kim-jong-un-condemns-warship-accident-526041Teekay Tankers has continued to offload ageing vessels, with deals reportedly struck with African buyers for a pair of suezmaxes. S&P sources show the New York-listed firm has agreed to sell the 2009-built Cascade Spirit and Aspen Spirit to unnamed Nigerian interests for around $75m. The en bloc deal suggests a significant premium, considering both …
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https://splash247.com/teekay-tankers-offloads-suezmax-brace/A hijack signal sent from a Panama-flagged petroleum products tanker off Iran was a false alarm, British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Wednesday.Ambrey first reported the incident south of the busy Strait of Hormuz shipping lane on Tuesday without naming the "UAE-linked" vessel.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hijack-call-tanker-off-iran-identified-a-526016Poland's military intervened after a ship from the Russian "shadow fleet" was seen performing suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, the Polish Prime Minister said on Wednesday.NATO has stepped up security in…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/poland-intervenes-suspicious-russian-526018With a 160+ year history and 18% of the world fleet under the DNV classification banner, DNV is one of the world’s leading classification societies.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/one-one-knut-rbeck-nilssen-ceo-maritime-526026Wage talks involving some 7,500 oil drilling workers in Norway broke down on Wednesday, employers and three labour unions said, raising the risk of strike action later this year that could disrupt exploration.The talks between the Norwegian Shipowners' Association (NSA) and the Safe…
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