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Royal Navy Makes Rare Visit to Remote South Atlantic Island Chain to Study Penguins

Royal Navy Makes Rare Visit to Remote South Atlantic Island Chain to Study Penguins

The Royal Navy research ship HMS Protector is making a rare visit to the remote South Sandwich Islands in the...
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Indonesia Suspends Thermal Coal Exports For One Month

Indonesia Suspends Thermal Coal Exports For One Month

Indonesia has cut off all exports of thermal coal for the month of January, reducing ton-mile demand for the dry...
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Kites Powered By Offshore Wind Preparing For Lift-Off

Kites Powered By Offshore Wind Preparing For Lift-Off

Tech startup Hydro Wind Energy is in the process of developing scaled prototypes of high-altitude kites powered by offshore wind...
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Germany Welcomes 1st Emission-Free Hydrogen-Fueled Tugboat

Germany Welcomes 1st Emission-Free Hydrogen-Fueled Tugboat

Earlier this month, the German consortium has welcomed a new emission-free hydrogen-fueled tugboat Elektra at Berlin’s largest inland port Westhafen. Following the...
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Dutch Investor Meewind Joins Oceans Of Energy’s Floating Solar Project

Dutch Investor Meewind Joins Oceans Of Energy’s Floating Solar Project

Dutch umbrella investment fund Meewind has joined Oceans of Energy’s project as an observer to provide guidance from the side...
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IOG Spuds North Sea Well After Overcoming Technical Issues

IOG Spuds North Sea Well After Overcoming Technical Issues

UK company IOG plc has finally started drilling the first Southwark development well in the UK North Sea following a...
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COVID Outbreak Ends Voyage For Thousands Already Aboard Cruise Ship

COVID Outbreak Ends Voyage For Thousands Already Aboard Cruise Ship

The German operator of a cruise ship that has been stuck in Lisbon’s port due to an outbreak of the coronavirus among...
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Joint Media Statement By The Maritime And Port Authority Of Singapore And The Johor Port Authority

Joint Media Statement By The Maritime And Port Authority Of Singapore And The Johor Port Authority

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Johor Port Authority (JPA) announce the closure of Changi Ferry...
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Halter Marine Awarded Contract For Second Polar Security Cutter Icebreaker For U.S. Coast Guard

Halter Marine Awarded Contract For Second Polar Security Cutter Icebreaker For U.S. Coast Guard

Pascagoula, Mississippi-based Halter Marine has been awarded the contract for the construction of the second U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security...
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Port Of Zeebrugge Boosts Green Energy With New Wind Farm

Port Of Zeebrugge Boosts Green Energy With New Wind Farm

The Belgian Port of Zeebrugge, one of Western Europe’s important energy hubs, has welcomed the new wind farm consisting of...
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Standard Drilling Sells Vessel For $10.3 Million

Standard Drilling Sells Vessel For $10.3 Million

Cyprus-based offshore vessel operator S.D. Standard Drilling has sold one of its large-sized platform supply vessels (PSVs) for $10.3 million. Standard...
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Swiss Tanker Released From Nigerian Detention After Nearly Four Years

Swiss Tanker Released From Nigerian Detention After Nearly Four Years

A long-running dispute that had seen a Swiss product tanker detained in Nigeria finally came to a close in December,...
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Queen Mary 2 Skips New York On Omicron Concerns

Queen Mary 2 Skips New York On Omicron Concerns

Carnival Corp’s Cunard cruise line said on Wednesday its Queen Mary 2 ship would skip a scheduled stop at New...
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Sophia Loren Names MSC Cruises’ New Eco-Friendly Ship

Sophia Loren Names MSC Cruises’ New Eco-Friendly Ship

Swiss-based cruise line MSC Cruises has held the naming ceremony for its new eco-friendly cruise ship MSC Virtuosa at Port...
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Sabella Wraps Tests On Next-Gen Tidal Turbine Blades

Sabella Wraps Tests On Next-Gen Tidal Turbine Blades

French tidal energy company Sabella has performed ‘successful’ tests on the next generation tidal turbine blades as part of the...
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Maritime Training Trust To Provide Rs. 100,000/- per To Indian Women Seafarers

Maritime Training Trust To Provide Rs. 100,000/- per To Indian Women Seafarers

On 29-12-2021, the Board of Trustees of the Maritime Training Trust has decided to provide financial support of rs. 100,000/-...
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Greenyield Shipping To Finance 4 Ships With $35.5M From CIT

Greenyield Shipping To Finance 4 Ships With $35.5M From CIT

CIT Group’s Maritime Finance business provided $35.5 million to finance four commercial shipping vessels operated by Greenyield Shipping, the American...
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Panama Through The AMP Recovers 10.4 Million Dollars In Wages Owed To Seafarers

Panama Through The AMP Recovers 10.4 Million Dollars In Wages Owed To Seafarers

The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP) communicates that from July 1, 2019 to December 27, 2021, the historical recovery of...
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Euroseas Announces New Containership Charters At More Than Twice The Rate Of Existing Contracts

Euroseas Announces New Containership Charters At More Than Twice The Rate Of Existing Contracts

Greek containership operator Euroseas has announced its latest head-turning charters for two of its ships at “more than twice” the...
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Philippine Navy Signs Warship Deal With Hyundai Heavy

Philippine Navy Signs Warship Deal With Hyundai Heavy

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) The Philippines signed a deal to purchase two corvettes from Hyundai Heavy Industries, beefing up its defense capabilities in...
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