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Ukrainian drone campaign takes out up to 900,000 barrels a day of Russian oil refining capacity
Ukraine’s drone campaign to knock out Russian refining capacity is scoring some big hits, with as much as 12% of…
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Red Sea salvage ops not possible: IMO
Salvors will not come to clean up the mess left by Houthi attacks until the situation in the Red Sea…
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StormGeo takes full ownership of Brazilian meteorological service firm
Norwegian weather intelligence specialist StormGeo has taken over the remaining stake of Brazil-based weather forecast specialist Climatempo. StormGeo, a part…
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Bulk carrier freed from Somali pirates after three-month hijacking
A Navibulgar bulk carrier and all 17 crew, hijacked by Somali pirates three months ago, was seized by the Indian…
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Former Golden Ocean CEO appointed as Statkraft chief executive
Former Golden Ocean chief executive Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal has been named as the new CEO of Norway’s largest utility Statkraft,…
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Odfjell boss Fotland appointed president of Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
Harald Fotland, the chief executive of chemical tanker owner Odfjell, has been elected president of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association after…
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Houthis vow to extend attacks deeper into the Indian Ocean
Another ship has been damaged by the Houthis, who now claim to have hypersonic missiles in their armoury and will…
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Pirates plan more attacks as abducted Bangladeshi bulk carrier moors off Somalia
Emboldened by their vessel capture earlier this week, Somali pirates have set out again to sea to snare more ships…
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Bulk carrier with 23 crew hijacked off Somalia
A Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier with 23 crew was boarded in the Indian Ocean Tuesday by suspected Somali pirates some 600…
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Filipino seafarers at the brunt of the Red Sea shipping crisis demand change
The Filipino seafaring community is very much in the headlines with survivors of last week’s deadly bulk carrier attack in…
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Corio in offshore wind team up with Vietnamese power company
Corio Generation, an offshore wind portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
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Panama Canal Authority adds three more daily transit slots
Solid amounts of rain have allowed the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to add three extra slots per day at its…
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Russian oil terminals hit by drone strikes
Ukraine has hit several Russian oil refineries with drone strikes in the past few days, continuing to damage Russian oil…
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Gram Car Carriers refinances 2015-built vessel with $41m loan
Norway’s Gram Car Carriers has agreed to refinance the 6,700 ceu with a leading Japanese bank at competitive terms. The…
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Wallenius snaps up Höegh Autoliners car carrier
Swedish shipowner and investor Wallenius Lines has emerged as the buyer of the Höegh Chiba from Norwegian car carrier player…
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Progress and challenges on diversity in maritime
Eline Muller from Multraship Towage and Salvage writes for Splash on International Women’s Day. Over the past decade, the shipping…
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dship Carriers signs for up to eight MPP newbuilds in China
German MPP specialist dship Carriers is expanding its fleet with up to eight heavylift multipurpose newbuilds in China. The Hamburg-based…
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Shipping mourns first deaths from Red Sea crisis
Top officials from across the shipping industry have expressed their feelings about the first loss of lives from the five-month…
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First casualties feared in Red Sea shipping crisis as crew abandon missile-struck bulker
The Barbados-flagged, 50,448 dwt bulker was damaged in a missile attack off Yemen with several crew members missing. According to…
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MOL and Allianz take Volkswagen to court over sinking of Felicity Ace car carrier
The shipowner of the Felicity Ace and its insurer have filed separate lawsuits in Germany against Volkswagen over the blaze…
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