Turkey said on Friday it had sent a ship loaded with field hospital equipment, ambulances and generators to Egypt to treat war casualties from Gaza, where Israeli's devastating siege has caused a humanitarian crisis with medical care collapsing."A tota...
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Baltic Index Logs Weekly Gain as Rates Across Vessels Rise
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index rose on Friday, marking a weekly rise, steered by higher rates across vessel segments.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose 45 points, or 2.8...
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KBR Secures FEED Contract for Liquid CO2 Terminal in Danish Port
KBR has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FFED) contract by Fidelis New Energy for Project Fyrkat, a liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) receiving terminal at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark. KBR will provide engineering to support the LCO2 handling a...
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Japan’s NYK Takes Delivery of Seventh LNG-fueled PCTC
Japan's NYK Line has recently taken delivery of the LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Sweet Pea Leader at Tadotsu Shipyard Co., Ltd., a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group. This is NYK's seventh LNG-fueled PCTC, with NYK planning…
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Ukraine Corridor Freight Costs Up after Missile Attack, Brokers Say
Freight costs for ships using Ukraine's alternative export corridor have risen following an attack on a cargo vessel in the Black Sea off Odesa, brokers said on Friday.Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday a Russian missile damaged a Liberia…
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Babcock Signs $916M Submarine Infrastructure Deal with UK Defense Ministry
Defense contractor Babcock has signed a four-year £750 million (~$916 million) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), to deliver the infrastructure required to support and sustain the UK’s submarines…
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Argeo Secures Contract with Shell for Deepwater Inspection Works Offshore Nigeria
Oslo-listed offshore service company Argeo has signed a contract with Shell's Nigerian subsidiary SNEPCo and local content partner GOSL for work on Shell's Bonga field.The first work program comprises deep-water inspection services in the Bonga field a...
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US Coast Guard Medevacs 64-Year-Old from Fishing Vessel Off San Diego
A U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego helicopter crew rescued a 64-year-old male passenger from a fishing vessel approximately 40 miles off the coast of San Diego, Thursday.Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders receive...
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Ukraine: Alternative Black Sea Export Corridor is Working Despite Attack
Ukraine's alternative Black Sea export corridor is working despite a recent Russian attack on a civilian vessel, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Thursday.Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday a Russian missile damaged a Liberia…
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Oil Tanker Fire Sparked by Lithium-ion Battery Explosion -NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday cited thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery as the cause of a fire on an oil tanker docked in Baton Rouge, La.The Liberian-registered oil tanker S…
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