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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, dipped for the ninth straight session on Wednesday as rates for all vessel segments weakened. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, lost 54 points, or 3.1%, to 1,708, hitting its ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-drops-for-ninth-straight-session-on-weaker-vessel-rates/As they battle record orderbooks, South Korea’s top three shipbuilders are having to contend with the prospect of a massive series of strikes next month. Unionised workers at HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries – three of the largest shipbuilders in the world – have all voted to down tools in August with …
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https://splash247.com/south-koreas-top-yards-brace-for-mass-strikes/Germany-based cruise operator Phoenix Reisen has retrofitted its 205-meter, 835-passenger capacity ship MS Amera with ABB’s DC technology to improve the vessel’s efficiency and lower its emissions during port calls.The vessel is now equipped…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/german-cruise-operator-picks-abbs-dc-tech-515570
https://www.marinelink.com/news/german-cruise-operator-picks-abbs-dc-tech-515570Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has secured a $1.6 billion contract to deliver two new FREMM EVO frigates for the Italian Navy.As part of the multi-year FREMM program aimed at the…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-leonardo-jv-secure-b-deal-515574
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-leonardo-jv-secure-b-deal-515574Amogy held a renaming ceremony for NH3 Kraken, a 57-year-old tug the company is converting to run on its cleaner-burning ammonia-to-power technology.The 105-foot-long tug, which is undergoing conversion work at Feeney Shipyard in Kingston, N.Y.…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/amogy-holds-renaming-ceremony-515578
https://www.marinelink.com/news/amogy-holds-renaming-ceremony-515578Concordia Damen has secured a contract with an undisclosed Swiss luxury river cruise operator to deliver its River Cruise 135 vessel.The new ship will have hybrid propulsion for reduced fuel consumption and lower emissions, high insulation, laser-controlled ventilation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-damen-books-river-cruise-ship-515579
https://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-damen-books-river-cruise-ship-515579Russia's navy began planned exercises involving most of its fleet in the Arctic and Pacific oceans as well and the Baltic and Caspian seas, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.Russia is considered by most military analysts to have the world's…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-flexes-naval-muscle-massive-drill-515582
https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-flexes-naval-muscle-massive-drill-515582Indonesian offshore vessel operator Wintermar has ventured into the offshore accommodation segment in partnership with Rajawali Perak Mulia. A 50/50 jv has been set up to own and operate an accommodation work barge with a 300-passenger capacity, Wintermar said. The unnamed vessel is currently operating in Thailand and augments Wintermar’s fleet of around 50 OSVs …
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https://splash247.com/wintermar-forms-offshore-accommodation-vessel-venture/Valaris has seen two more of its jackup rigs suspended in Saudi Arabia, after Aramco’s initial move to cut more than 20 units across eight contractors earlier this year. The New York-listed offshore driller said in its fleet update it had received suspension notices in late July for Valaris 147 and Valaris 148, which are …
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https://splash247.com/aramco-suspends-two-more-valaris-jackups/The ships that support emerging economies are struggling to make a positive contribution to net zero writes Thomas Zaidman, managing director, Sagitta Marine. We live in an asymmetric world and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in national responses to climate change and the energy transition. The shipping industry displays a similarly uneven …
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