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Today, Friday, March 20 2026, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 1 points, reaching 2056 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-2056-down-1-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-2056-down-1-points/A subsidiary of Tianjin-based BOMESC Offshore Engineering has signed a long‑term cooperation agreement with Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore. The deal, signed through Tianjin BOMCO Marine Engineering and Swiss SBM subsidiary Single Buoy Moorings Inc, covers fabrication, integration, and related construction services for topside modules of FPSO units. Under the framework, the two companies will …
https://splash247.com/bomesc-unit-signs-fpso-cooperation-deal-with-sbm-offshore/
https://splash247.com/bomesc-unit-signs-fpso-cooperation-deal-with-sbm-offshore/The Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) to accelerate offshore wind development in Japan. The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration between JWPA and GWEC to promote knowledge exchange, enhance industry and supply chain networks, and support the sustainable growth of Japan’s offshore …
https://splash247.com/japan-offshore-wind-push-gains-momentum-with-new-agreement/
https://splash247.com/japan-offshore-wind-push-gains-momentum-with-new-agreement/Italian energy giant Eni has taken the final investment decisions for the Gendalo and Gandang gas project (South Hub) and for the Geng North and Gehem fields (North Hub) offshore Indonesia. The FIDs come only 18 months after the project’s development was approved in 2024. The developments leverage existing infrastructure, including the Jangkrik FPU and …
https://splash247.com/eni-set-for-major-growth-with-two-hubs-off-indonesia/
https://splash247.com/eni-set-for-major-growth-with-two-hubs-off-indonesia/Seafarers are not hiding their health because they don’t care, but because the system gives them no privacy, argues Doctor Jens Tülsner, CEO of Marine Medical Solutions in this exclusive for Splash. There is a growing tendency in shipping to assume that younger seafarers are somehow more reluctant to speak up about health concerns, as …
https://splash247.com/crew-wellbeing-stalled-by-shipboard-medical-privacy-failures/
https://splash247.com/crew-wellbeing-stalled-by-shipboard-medical-privacy-failures/China’s Maple Leaf Shipping has marked its 70th anniversary by adding its largest vessel to date, emerging as the buyer of a 206,300 dwt newcastlemax bulker. Broker sources tell Splash the privately owned company is behind the purchase of the 2005-built Cape Merlin, which has now been renamed ES Bright Sea. Maple Leaf is one …
https://splash247.com/maple-leaf-shipping-marks-70-years-with-its-first-newcastlemax-purchase/
https://splash247.com/maple-leaf-shipping-marks-70-years-with-its-first-newcastlemax-purchase/Panamanian president José Raúl Mulino has accused CK Hutchison subsidiary Panama Ports Company of lying over the country’s handling of arbitration proceedings, deepening a bitter dispute that has stripped the Hong Kong conglomerate of its long-held grip on two of the canal’s most strategic terminals. Mulino fired back Thursday after PPC claimed Panama had failed …
https://splash247.com/panamas-president-hits-back-at-hutchison-over-arbitration-lies/
https://splash247.com/panamas-president-hits-back-at-hutchison-over-arbitration-lies/The near-three-week conflict between Iran and the US/Israeli coalition has delivered its most severe blow yet to global energy infrastructure, with QatarEnergy confirming catastrophic damage to two of its flagship LNG trains and a cascade of fresh strikes on Middle East energy hubs threatening to reshape the shipping landscape for years to come. QatarEnergy has …
https://splash247.com/qatar-lng-damage-yanbu-strikes-and-hormuz-toll-threats-deepen-shipping-crisis/
https://splash247.com/qatar-lng-damage-yanbu-strikes-and-hormuz-toll-threats-deepen-shipping-crisis/The International Energy Agency has called it “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”— and 20 days into the war between Iran and the US-Israeli coalition, the numbers bear that with massive crude and gas production shutdowns sending bunker prices and VLCC rates to record levels, and more than 20 …
Norway’s IKM Gruppen has acquired Hendrik Veder Group, headquartered in Rotterdam.The combined entity will operate under the new name IKM Hendrik Veder.Hendrik Veder Group brings a distinguished 225-year legacy, making it one of the oldest maritime enterprises in the Netherlands.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ikm-gruppen-acquires-hendrik-veder-group-537127
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