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Evangelos Marinakis-led Capital Gas Ship Management Corp has ordered the world’s largest ammonia carriers, signing for two 88,000 cu m very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The ships are scheduled to be delivered by the second half of 2027, a sign of the extraordinarily long orderbook at the South …
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https://splash247.com/capital-gas-joins-eastern-pacific-in-ordering-very-large-ammonia-carriers/Singapore-based Chinese capesize specialist Winning International Group has placed an order at CSSC yard Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding for the construction of two very large ore carriers (VLOCs) to facilitate the company’s West Africa to China seaborne trade. The so-called WinningMax 325,000 dwt newbuilds, classed by the China Classification Society and DNV, will be nearly 330 …
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https://splash247.com/winning-orders-first-vlocs-as-guinea-bauxite-trades-leap/What will ships of the future look like? For those hoping for something more atheistically pleasing, don’t hold your breath, writes James Wilkes from Gray Page. American architect Louis Sullivan (1856 – 1924) – the ‘father of the skyscraper’ and ‘father of modernism’ – is credited with the axiom ‘form follows function’ by which he …
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https://splash247.com/form-follows-function-when-it-comes-to-ship-design/Danish liner giant Maersk has struck a deal with Norwegian energy major Equinor for the supply of green methanol for its first methanol-fuelled 2,100 teu feeder vessel into the first half of 2024. Equinor has a methanol plant at Tjeldbergodden in mid-Norway and is already an established player in Europe, with ambitions “to be a …
GoodBulk, one of the most high profile names in dry bulk shipping, is now free of vessel owning. The John Michael Radziwill-led company has confirmed it has completed the sale of the last of its fleet, a remarkably quick process which has seen ships prefixed with Aqua dominate broking S&P reports all year. Announcing its …
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https://splash247.com/radziwills-goodbulk-shorn-of-ships-eyes-new-opportunities/Shipping from India to Europe via the Middle East could be in for the greatest shake-up for generations if president Joe Biden gets his way. Headed to New Delhi for the G20 summit this weekend, the Biden administration has held discussions with India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to develop a new intermodal …
https://splash247.com/biden-heads-to-g20-in-new-delhi-ready-to-counter-xis-belt-and-road-initiative/
https://splash247.com/biden-heads-to-g20-in-new-delhi-ready-to-counter-xis-belt-and-road-initiative/Istanbul-based Feyz Group has returned to Dutch shipbuilder Damen for two more combination carriers. The deal comes hot on the heels of the order for three 3,850 dwt ships, which will be built at the Damen Yichang Shipyard in China for delivery in early 2025. The new order covers a general cargo ship from Damen’s …
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https://splash247.com/turkeys-feyz-group-returns-to-damen-for-two-more-ships/Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has been hit by power cuts after Turkey's Karpowership switched off the electricity supply due to an unpaid debt of around $40 million, the energy minister said on Friday.Minister Kanja Sesay told Reuters that…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/sierra-leone-hit-power-cuts-turkish-power-507882KR (Korean Register) has granted an approval in principle (AIP) for a liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) cargo tank design, developed by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), during this weeks Gastech…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-lco-cargo-tank-design-gets-kr-507886The U.S. on Friday divulged it disrupted in April a multimillion-dollar shipment of crude oil by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, seizing more than 980,000 barrels of contraband crude oil that violated U.S. sanctions.In April, Reuters reported that the U.S.
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