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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, were little changed on Monday as gains in smaller vessel segments countered weaker capesize rates. The overall index .BADI, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose by a point to 1,730 points. The panamax index ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-steady-as-gains-in-smaller-vessels-counter-weaker-capsize/Shipping has to contend with new danger zones following Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend and the hijacking of the 15,000 teu MSC Aries. United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres urged warring parties to “step back from the brink” yesterday in what Ian Bremmer, a well-known political scientist and president of New York-based consultancy Eurasia …
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https://splash247.com/shipping-braces-for-israels-response-to-iranian-attacks/Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has been awarded a contract extension by energy supermajor BP for continuing support across its North Sea portfolio. Petrofac said that it would be providing maintenance and engineering services under the terms of a three-year, multi-million-dollar contract. In the North Sea, BP is the operator of the Clair Phase One project, …
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https://splash247.com/new-extension-keeps-petrofac-working-on-bps-north-sea-assets/Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has sold one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) to an undisclosed buyer. DOF said in an Oslo Bors filing that it sold its 2011-built PSV Skandi Gamma. The financial details of the deal were not revealed. The vessel will be delivered to the new owners during this month and …
https://splash247.com/dof-sells-13-year-old-platform-supplier/
https://splash247.com/dof-sells-13-year-old-platform-supplier/The world’s largest containerline, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), remains very active in the secondhand market. As week 16 starts its buying spree counts 11 ships so far this year according to VesselsValue, without counting data from MB Shipbroking – formerly Maersk Broker – who note that the Gianluigi Aponte-founded line has secured two more ships, …
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https://splash247.com/msc-adds-two-more-ships/Oilfield services giant SLB has been awarded three contracts by Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the Buzios Wave II oilfield. The scope of the contract includes SLB’s full-bore electric interval control valves and electric subsurface safety valves. The award is a catalyst …
https://splash247.com/slb-bags-deals-for-buzios-work-from-petrobras/
https://splash247.com/slb-bags-deals-for-buzios-work-from-petrobras/US offshore wind contracting newcomer Kalypso is pressing ahead with plans to build America’s first Jones Act-compliant cable laying vessel. The New York-based outfit, led by DEME’s former project manager Colin Smith, has signed a letter of intent with Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC for a 5,000-ton CLV that would be built in the US and …
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https://splash247.com/plans-revealed-for-americas-first-jones-act-compliant-cable-layer/The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal inquiry into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. According to reports, citing two US officials familiar with the matter, the probe will look into the circumstances leading up to the collapse and if all federal regulations were followed. “The FBI is present aboard …
https://splash247.com/fbi-opens-baltimore-bridge-case/
https://splash247.com/fbi-opens-baltimore-bridge-case/Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a basic contract for the marine transport of offshore wind components with JFE Engineering Corporation, while also agreeing to build a new module carrier vessel with Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering.This will…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mol-ups-offshore-wind-game-new-deals-512954
https://www.marinelink.com/news/mol-ups-offshore-wind-game-new-deals-512954MAN Energy Solutions reports it has received an order for three MAN 6L21/31DF-M (Dual Fuel-Methanol) GenSets capable of running on methanol in connection with the construction of a 7,990 dwt IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker.The dual-fuel engines…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/man-bags-first-propulsion-order-512961
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