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China's military sometimes simulates attacks on foreign naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said on Wednesday.China…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/taiwan-says-china-sometimes-stages-mock-533083The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.Flight MH370…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hunt-mh-resume-533084Iron ore futures rose on Tuesday, as infrastructure demand and steady steel consumption countered weak China economic data. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) traded 0.5% higher at 800.5 yuan ($113.20) a metric ton. The benchmark January iron ore (SZZFF5) on the Singapore Exchange gained 0.17% to $103.75 a ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-climbs-as-infra-demand-steady-steel-use-counter-weak-china-data/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, climbed to log a near two-year high on Tuesday, bolstered by strong gains in the capesize segment. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose by 17 points, or 0.7%, to ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-hits-near-two-year-peak-as-capesize-registers-strong-gains/More newbuilding orders for dry bulk carriers were reported during the past week. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in the bulk sector, Singaporean owner Winning International placed an order for 2 x 325,000 dwt ore carriers to Hengli H.I. in China. The ship design is in collaboration with SDRARI in ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-newbuildings-back-in-demand/Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ 480MW Morecambe offshore wind farm has cleared a major hurdle after securing planning consent from the UK government. Energy secretary Ed Miliband signed off the Development Consent Order, allowing the Irish Sea project to move toward construction. The fixed-bottom scheme, made up of 35 turbines, is being advanced by Copenhagen Offshore Partners …
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https://splash247.com/uk-signs-off-on-cips-irish-sea-wind-farm/For an industry more used to stacking boxes for efficiency than festivity, the UK’s Cuboid Self Storage has given shipping containers a seasonal makeover by unveiling what it claims is the world’s largest advent calendar made entirely from containers. The firm has transformed a towering stack of boxes into a giant, countdown-to-Christmas display, with each …
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https://splash247.com/containers-turn-festive-as-cuboid-builds-worlds-biggest-advent-calendar/Pierre Aury gives readers a renewable fuels guide. As the International Maritime Organization has decided to postpone by one year the approval of its proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) we have decided to use that opportunity to try to cast some light on what renewable fuels, biofuels, and e-fuels are. Between the EU Emissions Trading …
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https://splash247.com/understanding-biofuels-and-e-fuels/A South Korean company has shown off its recently patented design for a bunkering vessel that can deliver multiple fuels. Sun Comprehensive Energy’s bunker vessel can deliver LNG, methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen from a single ship – fuels that have very different densities and temperatures. Kang Pyeong-ho, CEO of Sun Comprehensive Energy, said, “The platform …
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https://splash247.com/single-vessel-promises-all-in-one-bunkering/Norsepower has won the contract to install rotor sails on a pair of methanol-fuelled VLCCs in a world-first for shipping. Japan’s Idemitsu Tanker first revealed its contract to build these new-look ships in May this year, signing with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Nihon Shipyard for the tankers, costing $135m each. Today, it was …
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