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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | August 17 – French cable-layer, Norwegian unmanned craft order plus US and Qatari crewboat construction

A French operator takes delivery of a new cable-lay vessel while a Singaporean yard launches the first in a series of three crewboats destined for the Middle East. Construction starts on a new compact crewboat for deployment at US offshore wind farms. Finally, a Norwegian joint venture places an order for a new unmanned craft […]

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OPINION | Indian aircraft visit Cocos Islands as Australia strengthens its maritime security network

Despite Australia’s hopes, the Indian military will not be participating in the Australian Defence Force’s multinational Exercise Talisman Sabre later this month. But ..

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Ocean Network Express (ONE) enhances key Middle East route

Container shipping group One Network Express, jointly owned by the Japanese carriers NYK, MOL and K Line, is increasing the sailing frequency of its Africa, India and Middle East (AIM) service from fortnightly to weekly. The move will come into force starting with the Westbound sailing arriving at Jebel Ali on 6th May. The AIM service rotation will remain unchanged, connecting Jebel Ali, Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, Durban, Tema, Tincan, Apapa before returning via Durban to Jebel Ali....

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/ocean-network-express-one-enhances-key-middle-east-route/

COLUMN | Heroic Idun seafarers acquitted in Nigeria – Sing Hallelujah! [Offshore Accounts]

We were going to do a deep dive into corruption in Venezuela and Congo this week, but on Friday, finally, some good news from Abuja. Stop the press! The lengthy and unjus ..

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India-Middle East trade gets MSC service boost

Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has enhanced connections between India and the Middle East with a regular weekly service out of Cochin port. The rotation of the new Malabar service also includes Mundra, Karachi, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Shuwaikh, Hamad and Colombo ports and will be maintained by a fleet of four 2400 TEU vessels.

DP World welcomed the first call of the Malabar service at its International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) facility in Cochin when MSC Krittika was...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/india-middle-east-trade-gets-msc-service-boost/

COLUMN | Action for the Heroic Idun crew: Nigeria should fire its corrupt naval leadership, Modi should grow a backbone, and Abuja should free the detained crew now! [Offshore Accounts]

A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..

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Ever Alot Vessel Docked In Sri Lanka, Malaysia; Not India

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The country’s failure to draw larger cargo ships due to lacking port infrastructure poses a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambition to make India the world’s factory, as reported by Bloomberg.

Coasts not deep enough

The majority of harbours on India’s coast aren’t deep enough to accommodate ships like the 400-meter-long Ever Alot, the largest boxship in the world with a capacity of more than 24,000 20-foot equivalent units. The Ever Alot, which can rival...

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Investigation report on X-Press Pearl incident submitted to Sri Lankan government

The Sri Lankan government recently received the investigation report on a fire incident that occurred on a foreign-flagged container vessel just off the country’s c ..

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