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Seaboard Marine adds new LNG-powered vessel to its fleet
US shipping firm Seaboard Marine, a part of Seaboard, has added a new LNG-powered vessel to its fleet. Seaboard Marine said in a statement earlier this week that Seaboard
Maritime Propulsion Choices Begin with Fuel, End with Politics
The maritime industry’s elusive quest to achieve so-called ‘zero’ emissions continues. Where it ends is not a one-size-fits-all discussion.The year-end maritime industry discussions tend to move away from global influence and back
Russia's LNG 'Shadow Fleet' Runs Full Steam Ahead
A sanctioned LNG tanker named "Mulan", which approached Novatek's SAAM FSU floating storage facility in Murmansk on December 21, is currently sailing around Northern Europe and heading towards Port Said in Egypt,
Cambodia Opens China-Linked Naval Base to Japan Visitors
Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that Japan would be granted visitation rights to the country's Ream Naval Base, a facility the United States is concerned could become a military
Tanker Engine Failure Shuts Bosphorus Straight Traffic
Traffic was suspended in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Thursday after a tanker had an engine failure during northbound transit through the strait that runs through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca and the Transport
Turkey Eyes Maritime Deal with Syria
Turkey is aiming to strike a maritime demarcation agreement with Syria after a permanent government is formed in Damascus, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Tuesday.Turkey, which backed Syrian rebels who
‘Act of Terrorism’ Sinks Russian Cargo Ship Off Spanish Coast, Vessel Owner Claims
A Russian cargo ship that ran into trouble on Monday in the Mediterranean Sea and later sank was rocked by a series of three explosions in "an act of terrorism," state news
Police Looks Into Foreign Ship’s Role in Estonia-Finland Interconnector Outage
Finnish police said on Thursday they are investigating whether a foreign ship was involved in the damage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday.Baltic
Jan De Nul to install French floating wind export cables
Jan De Nul has won a contract to install the export cables that will transport the renewable energy from France’s first commercial-scale floating wind farms from the offshore substation to shore. The
CIMC SOE clinches LNG bunkering vessel order from Singapore’s EMF
CIMC SOE said on Thursday the vessel will have a capacity of 20,000 cbm. According to CIMC SOE, the dual-purpose ship will be 160 meters long, 25 meters wide,
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