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Russia failed on Friday in its bid for reelection to Category (a) at the IMO Council. Member states held a secret ballot to elect nations to the International Maritime Organization’s council, the UN body’s executive organ responsible, under the assembly, for supervising the work of the organisation. The council is made up of 40 member …
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https://splash247.com/russia-fails-in-bid-to-return-to-imos-top-table/Pakistan’s ship recycling sector has taken a long-awaited step onto the global compliance ladder, with Prime Green Recyclers becoming the country’s first Hong Kong Convention (HKC) compliant yard. Established in 2000 in Gadani as Prime Ship Breakers, the company was later rebranded as Prime Green Recyclers. Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued a statement of …
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https://splash247.com/pakistan-claims-first-hong-kong-convention-compliant-recycling-yard/Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has formally opened a next-generation Samsung Remote Operation Center (SROC) in Taiwan for long-time customer Evergreen, marking another step towards shore-based vessel management and the future of autonomous shipping. The new SROC, developed in close cooperation with Evergreen and ClassNK, enables real-time, shore-based monitoring of key vessel systems, alongside remote maintenance …
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https://splash247.com/samsung-heavy-and-evergreen-open-next-generation-remote-operation-hub/Ocean Network Express (ONE) has advised that the owners of the ONE Henry Hudson have declared general average in relation to the fire that hit it while docked at the port of Los Angeles 10 days ago. The ship’s owner, Fukujin Kisen, has appointed Richard Hogg Lindley as average adjusters. Containers will not be released …
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https://splash247.com/general-average-declared-on-one-henry-hudson/Norden has acquired the cargo activities of Taylor Maritime in southern Africa, previously operated under the Island View Shipping (IVS) brand. As part of the acquisition, Norden has taken over the specialist parcelling team based in Durban. No price has been revealed for the acquisition. The Durban office becomes Norden’s third on the African continent, …
https://splash247.com/norden-strengthens-parcelling-push-with-southern-africa-deal/
https://splash247.com/norden-strengthens-parcelling-push-with-southern-africa-deal/A fresh wave of Ukrainian attacks and unexplained incidents has deepened uncertainty for vessels trading Russian cargoes — sanctioned or otherwise. Coming just days after Kyiv claimed the use of Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russia-linked shadow fleet tankers – the Kairos suezmax (pictured) and the Virat aframax – in the Black Sea, …
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https://splash247.com/chaos-and-conjecture-as-ukraine-widens-drone-war/The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its preliminary assessment of a cargo fire on the bulk carrier Atlay on June 27, 2025.The Marshall Islands registered vessel was loading scrap metal into its aft cargo hold at Albert Dock…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-combustible-scrap-caused-fire-bulk-532977
https://www.marinelink.com/news/report-combustible-scrap-caused-fire-bulk-532977A new report from the Getting to Zero Coalition identifies 25 new green shipping corridors – trade routes designed to demonstrate and scale novel zero-emission fuels, vessels, and technologies – launched this last year, expanding the global…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/green-shipping-corridors-stalled-532978Greek tanker owner Super-Eco Tankers Management has returned to the newbuilding market with an order for up to four MR product and chemical tankers in China, marking the company’s first newbuild investment in more than two years. The Piraeus-based company has signed a 2+1+1 order for 41,000 dwt MR tankers at Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding, with …
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https://splash247.com/greek-owner-super-eco-tankers-signs-four-ship-mr-order-in-china/China’s Hengli Shipbuilding has confirmed a major newbuilding programme for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), detailing a 12-ship order that marks one of the most substantial commitments at the yard this year. The deal, valued between $1.1bn and $1.6bn, spans three vessel types and signals the Idan Ofer-led owner’s return to the VLCC segment after a …
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