Oil tanker SCF Primorye, owned by Russian state shipping company Sovcomflot and sanctioned by the United States, transferred 1 million barrels of Urals crude onto another vessel off Malaysia last week, data from analytics firm Kpler showed.The oil carg...
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Olympic CSOV Completes Sea Trials
A new construction service operations vessel (CSOVs) being built by Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft for Olympic has completed sea trials.The newbuild, Olympic Boreas, launched from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft on April 6, is the first of two sist...
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Two Dead After Vessels Collide in Alaska
One person is dead after two vessels collided near Wrangell, Alaska Wednesday morning, authorities said.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska Command Center received a mayday call over VHF radio at approximately 8:52 a.m. reporting a person…
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Bulk Carrier Crew Rescues Sailors Stranded in Rough Seas
A Panamanian registered bulk carrier came to the aid of a sailboat that was stranded in heavy seas 250 nautical miles off the U.S. East Coast.On April 24, 2024, the crew of CSL's self-unloader Sheila Ann received a mayday call from a sailboat…
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Court Approves Hornblower’s Financial Restructuring Plan
Hornblower Group on Friday announced its financial restructuring plan has gained court approval, clearing way for the marine transportation and experiences company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the coming weeks.Under the plan approved by the ...
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Houthis Say They Targeted Two Cargo Ships in the Red Sea
Yemen's Houthis on Friday said they targeted two vessels in the Red Sea with drones and missiles, but there was no independent confirmation of the purported attacks.The group targeted the Elbella and AAL Genoa vessels with "a number of drones and balli...
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ECOLOG LCO2 Carrier Design Earns ABS Approval
ECOLOG's low pressure, shallow-draft, low carbon footprint 40,000 cbm liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier design has been awarded an approval in principle (AIP) from ABS, the classification society announced.This AIP is the result of cooperation…
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Amphibious WW2 ‘Duck’ Vehicle Reenacts Normandy Landing on D-Day Anniversary
With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored World War Two amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday, exactly 80 years after the allied landing that started the liberation of France from Nazi occupation.The son of a Wo...
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Rhine in South Germany Reopens to Shipping
The river Rhine in south Germany reopened to cargo shipping on Friday after being closed by high water since the weekend, navigation authorities said.Falling water levels after dryer weather this week mean Rhine river shipping has re-started around Max...
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Sovcomflot Says Revenues Took a Hit from Western Sanctions
Russia's leading tanker group Sovcomflot said western sanctions and changing market conditions may cut its revenues this year, a rare admission from a major Russian business of the damage western restrictions against Moscow are having.The U.S.
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