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VLGC owner and operator BW LPG has decided to drop its investment plans for a liquefied petroleum gas onshore import terminal project in India, citing “heightened market uncertainties influencing the global business landscape”. The project, initiated by BW LPG’s joint venture with Confidence Petroleum India, called BW Confidence, and Ganesh Benzoplast, aimed to develop a …
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https://splash247.com/bw-lpg-exits-indian-gas-terminal-scheme/Netherlands-based shortsea operator Longship Group has bolstered its orderbook by triggering an option for four additional 6,000 dwt newbuildings. The move adds to the four so-called Pmax Eco Trader vessels the company booked in collaboration with GS Projects and Ship and Steelbuilding at the Dutch shipyard in Waterhuizen. The series is scheduled for delivery starting …
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https://splash247.com/longship-takes-option-on-four-newbuilds/South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has detailed how it intends to make its Philadelphia shipyard the top shipbuilder in the US. Hanwha, which spent $100m buying Philly Shipyard from Aker last year, has outlined how it intends to increase production capacity at its American yard from 1.5 ships to 10 a year, a mix of naval …
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https://splash247.com/hanwha-philly-shipyard-set-for-transformation-to-meet-trump-goals/Yemen’s Houthis said yesterday they will target the Israeli port of Haifa in response to Israel’s escalation of the Gaza war. The Houthis would “begin working to enforce a naval blockade of the port of Haifa,” said military spokesman Yehya Saree. “All companies with ships present in or heading to this port are hereby notified …
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https://splash247.com/houthis-warn-ships-bound-for-haifa-are-targets/Korea Marine Transport Co (KMTC) is rejoining the suddenly booming transpacific container trades after a 40-year absence. From Wednesday last week, cargo leaving China bound for the US carries a 30% tariff rate for a 90-day period – a reduction from the higher 145% tariff that was in place for six weeks. This has led …
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https://splash247.com/kmtc-returns-to-the-transpacific-after-40-year-absence/The investigation into why a Mexican Navy training ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, shearing the top of its masts, will look into a possible engine failure and the role of a tug boat that assisted it in backing out of its pier, officials…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ntsb-mulls-possible-engine-failure-525895HX Expeditions has launched an excursion program in Arctic Canada developed in partnership with Inuit Elders, local residents and community-born staff.It marks the first time a global cruise company has introduced a community-led program of this scale in the region.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hx-expeditions-partners-inuit-communities-525897The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has received more than $218 million in funding for numerous infrastructure improvement, dredging and environmental projects benefiting Maryland, Pennsylvania, southern New York, and…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-army-corps-engineers-readies-525898MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful Type Approval Test (TAT) of its dual-fuel MAN L35/44DF engine for application as auxiliary Genset and electric propulsion at constant speeds, respectively, of 720 and 750rpm.The TAT involved the testing of both 35/44DF variants…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/man-ldf-cd-genset-passes-type-approval-525900The US Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Incident Management team is responding to an oil discharge from a legacy pipe structure between piers 2 and 3 in San Juan Habor, Puerto Rico. “The source of the oil discharge is being contained and, while contained…
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