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The World Shipping Council (WSC), liner shipping’s lobby group, has announced the launch of its Cargo Safety Program, an industry-led initiative to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods using artificial intelligence in order to prevent ship fires, protect crews, vessels, customers’ cargo, and the marine environment. The program combines AI-powered cargo screening and common inspection …
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https://splash247.com/world-shipping-council-deploys-ai-in-fight-against-misdeclared-cargoes/Ukraine’s long-range drone war on Russia’s energy infrastructure escalated dramatically late last week, with strikes on the Baltic oil hub of Primorsk damaging tankers, halting terminal operations, and sparking fires visible for miles. Two Sierra Leone-flagged aframax tankers – Kusto and Cai Yun – were hit in the September 12 raid, with one vessel briefly …
New analysis from Danish liner consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows the growing percentage of empty containers moving around the world. Experts at Sea-Intelligence have calculated the share of empties relative to full containers, based on teu-miles, and found out that currently 41% of container transport is empty. “The present situation is that for every 10 miles a …
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https://splash247.com/41-of-container-transport-is-empty/LNG carrier demolition sales have already reached an annual record with nearly 30% of the year still to go. Data from Clarksons Research show 0.8m dwt worth of LNG carriers have been sent for demolition this year as weak market conditions have led to several steam turbine units being disposed of. “This is a pattern …
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https://splash247.com/lng-scrapping-sets-annual-record/The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to withdraw the Interior Department's 2024 approval of a wind farm off the coast of Maryland, according to court documents filed on Friday.The action is the latest in a series of moves the administration…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/trump-administration-asks-federal-court-529978The United States will be able to use planned defence facilities in Western Australia that are to help deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday.Australia…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-access-australias-nuclear-submarine-529991The Venezuelan government announced on Saturday that a U.S. destroyer intercepted, boarded and occupied a Venezuelan tuna fishing vessel for eight hours in the waters of the South American country's Special Economic Zone on Friday.In a statement read by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/venezuela-says-us-boarding-tuna-vessel-529993Scientists have detected the DNA of an invasive marine species in Arctic Canada suggesting the region’s waters are no longer cold enough to be a natural barrier.The study, published in Global Change Biology by researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS)…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/edna-used-detect-invasive-species-529994Escalatory and retaliatory moves kept key trading routes and markets on edge as freight rates propped up this week, with the Baltic Exchange Dry Index reporting a whopping 7.4% overall increase, reports cash buyer GMS.Capesize, Panamax, and Supramax indices all firmed in unison to the tune of 1.0%…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/tonnage-finally-finds-indian-subcontinent-529999Subsea7 has landed a major engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Aramco, covering offshore facilities in Saudi Arabia. The award falls under Subsea7’s long-term agreement (LTA) with the state-owned operator, the Oslo-listed company said. The contract scope includes approximately 106 km of infield and export pipelines, topside modification work, and associated hook-up operations. …
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