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Navios Amaryllis captain accused of negligent behaviour in grounding off Maldives
The captain of the Navios Maritime Partners supramax bulker that ran aground on a reef in the Maldives last Thursday…
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and TotalEnergies set out to develop liquefied CO2 carriers
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has partnered up with French energy giant TotalEnergies to carry out a feasibility study for the development…
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Shipping urged to share information on abandoned fishing nets
Another sea pollution mapping initiative is launching with a specific focus on so called ghost nets, the thousands of square…
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Saving the planet while ignoring two thirds of it
Bestselling author Ian Urbina, the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a Washington DC-based non-profit journalism organisation, writes for Splash today.…
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Study finds offshore drilling rigs open to cyber attacks
An increase in remote monitoring and autonomous control, the internet of things and digitalisation has made offshore drilling rigs much…
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Brazil eyes more rigs as utilisation hits 92%
Competitive rig utilisation for Brazil-based rigs has increased by 9% in six months, reaching 92% in June. Based on the…
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Noble to sell four jackups to ADES for $292m
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has struck a deal to sell four jackups to UAE-based offshore rig operator ADES International for…
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Tropical Storm Ida expected to hit Gulf of Mexico, offshore platforms being evacuated
A tropical depression that formed in the Caribbean has strengthened and been upgraded to Tropical Storm Ida as it moves…
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Dominion Energy to create offshore wind development at Port of Virginia
The Port of Virginia will lease 72 acres of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to Dominion Energy to use as a…
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Castor Maritime buys one and charters two bulkers
Nasdaq-listed Greek owner Castor Maritime has continued its secondhand spending spree with the acquisition of an eleventh panamax bulker to…
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Diana Shipping fixes panamax to ASL
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has secured a time charter deal with Singapore’s ASL Bulk Shipping for the 2010-built…
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Transocean wins $252m contract for newbuild drillship
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has landed a $252m firm deal with Beacon Offshore Energy for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater…
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More than 40 ships waiting outside LA and Long Beach setting new record
The number of ships at anchor, waiting for berth space to open up at America’s two largest boxports has hit…
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How shipowners can navigate rising inflation
Should shipping be worried by the direction of many central banks? Splash Extra interviewed economists, brokers, financiers and owners on…
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Terminal velocity
Splash columnist Kris Kosmala identifies the tech issues that led to container ports buckling during the pandemic. Are you familiar…
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Hamburg prosecutors raid Erck Rickmers office in ship scrapping investigation
The Hamburg public prosecutor’s office raided a number of shipowner offices yesterday including an Alster villa belonging to the Erck…
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China’s merged state shipbuilding giant moves HQ to Shanghai
The merger of China’s two largest state-owned shipbuilding conglomerates is finally complete and the giant yard conglomerate is moving its…
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X-Press Feeders snaps up Jebsen boxship
Sea Consortium-controlled feeder operator X-Press Feeders has purchased the 2006-built from Jebsen Shipping. Multiple brokers report the Tim Hartnoll-led company…
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Ernst Russ takes full ownership of boxship from Eimskip JV
Germany’s Ernst Russ Group has reached an agreement to acquire one of the container vessels owned by ElbFeeder, its 52/48…
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ONE and UCS open Hamburg container centre
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Universal Container Services (UCS) have opened a dedicated container storage centre at the…
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