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From ergonomics on the bridge to social spaces below deck, seafarers are urging shipowners and yards to listen to their lived experience — and rethink what makes a well-designed vessel. The final chapter in our bumper Seafarers magazine. It remains one of the most common rants among the world’s seafarers – why aren’t they more …
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https://splash247.com/seafarers-push-to-shape-the-ships-they-sail/Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire compatriot logistics major Qube at an enterprise value of AUD11.6bn ($7.5bn). Qube and Macquarie entered into a process and exclusivity deed in relation to the proposed acquisition. The price of AUD5.20 ($3.36) in cash per share implies a 27.8% premium to the last closing …
https://splash247.com/macquarie-tables-7-5bn-bid-for-logistics-giant-qube/
https://splash247.com/macquarie-tables-7-5bn-bid-for-logistics-giant-qube/HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate holding company for HD Hyundai's shipbuilding business, has signed a shipbuilding contract with HMM for eight 13,400-TEU dual-fuel container ships.The vessels ordered are 337 meters in length…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hmm-places-b-order-eight-ultralarge-532800
https://www.marinelink.com/news/hmm-places-b-order-eight-ultralarge-532800AD Ports Group and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on the development and delivery of offshore wind projects.Under the agreement, the companies will identify opportunities where AD…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ad-ports-masdar-team-offshore-wind-532802
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ad-ports-masdar-team-offshore-wind-532802Jifmar Group has completed the transfer of Seacontractors’ fleet of 15 workboats, finalizing a deal signed in August and strengthening its presence in the Middle East and Indian Ocean.The vessels and associated teams formally joined Jifmar on November 19…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/jifmar-concludes-takeover-seacontractors-532803
https://www.marinelink.com/news/jifmar-concludes-takeover-seacontractors-532803European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas visited Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard, underscoring the facility’s growing strategic importance as Europe prepares a new Maritime Industrial Strategy for 2026.During the visit…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-transport-commissioner-supports-532805
https://www.marinelink.com/news/eu-transport-commissioner-supports-532805Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) entered into an agreement with IMI plc, to acquire its Birmingham, UK-based Truflo Marine business, a provider of mission-critical valves and actuators.This acquisition will complement FMD’s existing build-to-print capabilities…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fmd-acquisition-trail-again-532806
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fmd-acquisition-trail-again-532806China’s leading marine lubricant suppliers are embracing onboard oil testing technology. The adoption of portable lube-oil analyzers represents a shift in how the country’s oil majors including Sinopec, PetroChina, and CNOOC, look to service…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinese-oil-majors-invest-onboard-oil-532811
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinese-oil-majors-invest-onboard-oil-532811France-based BIO-UV Group, a specialist in UV-, ozone-, salt-electrolysis- and AOP-based water-treatment technologies, has announced three senior appointments to support and strengthen the company’s expansion across new and existing markets.The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/biouv-group-announces-new-leadership-532812
https://www.marinelink.com/news/biouv-group-announces-new-leadership-532812China imported no soybeans from the U.S. for a second straight month in October even as total imports surged to a record high on purchases from South America, with buyers aiming to avert supply disruptions amid trade tensions with Washington. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs on Thursday showed U.S. soybean imports in October ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-imports-no-us-soybeans-for-second-month-brazil-arrivals-up-29/