MAN Energy Solutions announced it will begin developing retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines as part of a research association including WTZ Roßlau gGmbh and TU-Darmstadt. The three-year research project, ‘CliNeR-ECo’, is funded…
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Russia to Deem All Ukraine-bound Ships ‘Potential Carriers of Military Cargo’
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday it would deem all ships travelling to Ukrainian ports to be potential carriers of military cargo and their flag countries to be parties to the conflict on the Ukrainian side.The move follows Russia's…
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Alabama Shipyard Wins USNS John Lenthall Repair Work
Alabama Shipyard has been awarded a contract for an 81-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189).The $10,729,026 firm-fixed-price…
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Demand for Larger Dry Bulk Vessels Wanes
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, pressured by lower rates for larger capesize and panamax vessel segments.The overall index…
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Russia Carries Out Air Strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa Port
Ukrainian air defence systems were engaged in the early hours of Wednesday in repelling a Russian air attack on the southern port of Odesa for a second consecutive night, the region's governor said.Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a…
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First Force Supply Ship Delivered to French Navy
During a ceremony organized on July 18, 2023 in Toulon, its home port, the Jacques Chevallier, the first of the four force supply vessels (BRF) of the "Logistics Fleet" program (FlotLog), was received by the Directorate General of Armaments…
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Boreas Maritime Opens New Branch in Croatia
Crewing agency Boreas Maritime, headquartered in the Netherlands, announces the opening of a new branch in Croatia. The team has been expanded with two new, dedicated team members to run the branch in Rijeka, Croatia.The branch office will be largely f...
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The Need for [U.S. Navy Shipbuilding] Speed
The Navy wants, and needs, more ships; but it can’t build them fast enough.While the U.S. Navy aims to achieve a 355-ship fleet, it is decommissioning older (and some not so old) ships at about the same rate it's adding new ones.A Congressional Researc...
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Russia Blocks Cargo Vessel Transits Through the Kerch Strait
The movement of cargo vessels through the Kerch Strait has been suspended by Russian authorities since July 16 following drone attacks on the Crimean port of Sevastopol, two industry sources told Reuters.Russia's defense ministry said its forces…
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Panama’s Arsenio Dominguez Elected as IMO Secretary General
The International Maritime Organization's Council (IMO) has elected Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco from Panama as its secretary-general, the UN shipping agency said on Tuesday.Dominguez beat six other contenders from China, Turkey, Kenya…
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