Middle East
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Red Sea latest: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd ships attacked, Navibulgar bulk carrier boarded
It has been another perilous 24 hours for vessels transiting the Red Sea with two boxships attacked and one bulk…
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Urgent talks underway to ensure safety in the Red Sea
Urgent diplomatic discussions are going on around the world to ensure the chaotic scenes recorded in the southern Red Sea…
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Nakilat-Keppel O&M rebrands as Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions
Qatar’s shipping repairs and offshore construction facility, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is rebranding itself into Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions…
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Ships shot at in the Red Sea
Ships were shot at while passing near Yemen today in the latest acts terrorising seafarers transiting the Red Sea, a…
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Scorpio Services and Gulf Navigation launch shipmanagement venture in Dubai
Lolli-Ghetti family-controlled Scorpio Services Holding (SSH), part of the Monaco-based Scorpio Group, has established a shipmanagement joint venture with Gulf…
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Tristar orders electric hybrid bunker vessel
Dubai’s Tristar Group has placed an order with Turkey’s Akdeniz Shipyard to build an electric hybrid bunker barge for the…
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AD Ports and Masdar eye hydrogen hub in KEZAD
Abu Dhabi’s ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group and clean energy developer Masdar have joined forces to explore the…
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Houthis fire cruise missile at Norwegian chemical tanker
A Norwegian-owned chemical tanker was struck by a cruise missile yesterday while passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. US Central Command…
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Houthis widen ship targets
It has been another weekend of heightened fear for seafarers transiting the Red Sea. On Saturday, Yemen’s Houthi movement said…
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Shelf Drilling awarded $73m rig contract in Vietnam
Oslo-listed jackup rig pure-play Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Perseverance with PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration Production…
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US focuses on reducing Houthi threat in the Red Sea
As well as discussing the idea of a naval coalition with allies, the US is looking to turn the cash…
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Masdar and Iberdrola forge $16bn offshore wind, green hydrogen alliance
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Spanish utility Iberdrola have inked a €15bn ($16.2bn) strategic partnership agreement to evaluate the joint development…
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MOL forms carbon capture and storage partnership in Bahrain
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines has teamed up with Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to develop a cross-border carbon capture and storage…
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US discusses Red Sea naval escorts with allies
The US is in discussions with allies to create a naval task force to chaperone merchant ships through the Red…
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Lila Global times market well with cape buy
Following the secondhand market closely and successfully sealing deals immediately before surging earnings has been the key success factor for…
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Seamec seals DSV charter deal with Zamil Offshore
Indian offshore vessel operator Seamec has struck a deal with Saudi Arabia’s offshore and marine services provider Zamil Offshore to…
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Red Sea security situation worsens
Rockets and drones rained down on international merchant shipping in the Red Sea on Sunday with war risk surcharges now…
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AD Ports looks to set up shipyard in Kazakhstan
Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group is expanding its cooperation with Kazakh national oil company KazMunayGas with…
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RWE teams with Masdar for 3 GW British offshore wind project
German utility RWE has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company Masdar to co-develop 3 GW Dogger Bank…
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COP out: World’s first ammonia-powered ship arrives in Dubai … fuelled by diesel
In a neat visualisation of where shipping is on its path towards decarbonisation, the world’s first ammonia capable vessel has…
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