Aberdeen-based offshore support vessel specialist Sentinel Marine is expanding its fleet through a deal with China’s Jiangmen Hangtong Shipbuilding for up to four multipurpose newbuildings. The shipbuilding contract involves one firm 65-m energy support vessel with options for three more units. The...
https://splash247.com/cyans-sentinel-marine-contracts-mpsv-newbuilds-in-china/
Splash has obtained the contentious draft text regarding how shipping will pay for its green transition, with news that a flat levy is very much off the agenda at the International Maritime Organization. A draft legal text on a package of regulations for the implementation of the International...
https://splash247.com/contentious-late-night-imo-meeting-ends-in-stalemate/
The Trump administration’s so-called maximum pressure on Iran has turned its attention to Jugwinder Singh Brar, an Indian national based in the United Arab Emirates, who owns the companies Prime Tankers and Glory International. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
https://splash247.com/us-targets-uae-based-indian-in-latest-iranian-sanctions/
The government of South Korea has imposed sanctions on a non-flagged vessel the country seized for illegally transporting iron ore produced in North Korea. Sanctions were also imposed on two Chinese nationals, Sun Zhengzhe and Sun Feng, who operated the ship and Russian company LLC Consul DV, which...
https://splash247.com/north-korean-iron-ore-shipments-spark-sanctions/
Supply chain planners are busy booking shipments from non-Chinese destinations into the US today following last night’s tariff surrender by Donald Trump, the American president. Trump announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs amid financial turmoil and a weakening dollar in...
https://splash247.com/tariffs-on-china-set-to-dramatically-alter-us-trade-flows/
Nigerian owner Temile Development Company has contracted South Korea’s shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for up to two very large gas carriers (VLGCs). The deal covers one firm and one optional 88,000 cu m LPG dual-fuel powered newbuild worth around $250m in total. The first unit is set to be...
https://splash247.com/nigerias-temile-development-signs-for-south-korean-vlgc-newbuilds/
Malaysian offshore services player Sapura Energy has won a contract for maintenance, construction, and modification services for offshore facilities in Peninsular Malaysia. The contract, worth RM 40m ($9m), was awarded to its operations and maintenance arm, Sapura Fabrication. The client was left...
https://splash247.com/sapura-energy-bags-operations-and-maintenance-contract-off-malaysia/
Malaysian offshore marine support services firm Perdana Petroleum has won contracts for the charter of two AHTS vessels. The company will provide two AHTS vessels, along with crews and equipment, to perform the scope of work in line with the charterer’s requirements. The value of the deals, awarded...
https://splash247.com/perdana-petroleum-wins-two-three-year-ahts-deals-from-hess/
El megapuerto de Chancay acelera el comercio Perú-China, reduce tiempos logísticos y potencia exportaciones agrícolas y llegada de autos eléctricos.
https://logistica360.pe/megapuerto-de-chancay-productos-chinos-mas-asequibles-y-exportacion-peruana/
Greek owner Evangelos Marinakis is lining up a series of containership newbuildings in South Korea worth nearly $1.6bn. Shipbuilding sources in Greece report that Marinakis-led Capital Maritime has secured slots at HD Hyundai Mipo for 14 ships and six more at HD Hyundai Samho. HD Mipo Dockyard is...
https://splash247.com/marinakis-readies-1-6bn-boxship-series-in-south-korea/