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Member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will debate a proposal to clamp down on ship-to-ship transfers at the next meeting of the United Nations body’s legal committee this spring. In the wake of sanctions against Russia, the volume of ship-to-ship transfers has soared with Russia taking cargoes from its coast on smaller tankers …
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https://splash247.com/imo-to-debate-threats-posed-by-increasing-ship-to-ship-transfers/Shipping is still digesting the weekend’s big news from New York where close to 200 member states of the United Nations signed up for the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, also known as the High Seas Treaty. The treaty paves the way for the establishment of more high seas marine protected areas. Only 1.2% …
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https://splash247.com/ratification-of-high-seas-treaty-expected-to-take-many-years/The Philippines is bracing for one of its worst oil spills in recent years as beaches and protected areas become covered in black sludge following the sinking last week of the product tanker Princess Empress. The ship, carrying 800,000 litres of fuel oil, lost engine power in rough seas and sank off the island of …
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https://splash247.com/philippine-tanker-spill-widens/Norway’s Boa has been awarded a contract by TM Edison, a joint venture between Jan De Nul and DEME, to support the construction of the world’s first artificial energy island. Under the contract, BOA will provide the semi-submersible Boabarge 33 for the launching of 23 concrete caissons for Princess Elisabeth Island in the Belgian part …
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https://splash247.com/boa-secures-work-on-worlds-first-energy-island-off-belgium/UK-headquartered rig owner Aquadrill and a subsidiary of rig manager Vantage have secured a deal with an undisclosed operator in East Africa for the provision of the drillship . The 2008-built managed pressure drilling (MPD)-equipped unit has been booked for a one-well campaign, starting in mid-April this year. The total contract value is expected to …
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https://splash247.com/aquadrills-drillship-scores-east-africa-contract/EDF Renewables has joined forces with Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and electricity utility Luminus to bid for a commercial-scale offshore wind tender for the first phase of the Princess Elisabeth Zone in Belgium. The Princess Elisabeth Zone is an area identified by the federal government to increase Belgium’s local renewable electricity production by …
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to sell its air cargo transportation business to compatriot airline All Nippon Airways (ANA). One of the largest shipowners in Japan has sealed a memorandum of understanding that will see ANA acquire all shares in freighter operator Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), with the transaction expected to …
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https://splash247.com/nyk-to-sell-air-freight-division/The Dutch oil and gas company ONE-Dyas is the first to purchase a Liebherr offshore crane, type RL 2600, in combination with the recently launched service concept Liebherr Intelligent Maintenance (LiMain). LiMain is a fully digital, remote, and semi-automatic maintenance system…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/onedyas-opts-limain-unmanned-offshore-rig-503428Bollinger Shipyards last week officially commenced construction of the U.S. Navy's future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation, at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel is the 10th Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-holds-steel-cutting-ceremony-503434Maersk Supply Service has landed a three-year contract with Petrobras for a trio of anchor handling tug supply ships (AHTS). The L-class vessels Maersk Leader, Maersk Launcher and Maersk Lancer have been delivered in Brazil and will be employed for anchoring handling activities and rig movements. Maersk Supply Service now has twelve ships working in …
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