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London Gateway Selected As UK Hub For Gemini Partnership As Felixstowe Fails To Do So Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have selected London Gateway as the UK headquarters for the upcoming Gemini partnership, which is set to launch on February 1, 2025. The strategic decision will remove Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, from the Asia-Europe service […]
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Nut Allergy? Ships From Singapore And Rotterdam Hit By Cashew-Related Disruptions Several ships from Singapore and Rotterdam have reported operational problems in recent months after using marine fuel blended with liquid cashew shell biofuel, fuel testing agency CTI-Maritec said in an advisory published on Thursday. Singapore-based CTI-Maritec said it analyzed samples from the affected ships
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Samsung Heavy Industries Launches Fully Autonomous Research Vessel ‘shift-Auto’ Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has launched the next-generation mission-driven autonomous research vessel ‘SHIFT-Auto’. The vessel, designed to be fully autonomous, was launched on November 21, 2024. The event was attended by SHI CEO Choi Sung-an, officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and
IMO Gender Equality Award To Be Given To Maritime Entrepreneur Karen Ursel Ms. Karin Ursel, Co-founder and CEO of MF Shipping Group of the Netherlands, has been awarded the 2025 IMO Gender Equality Award. The award honors someone who has significantly contributed to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in the maritime sector. The IMO
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Zelensky: Missiles will speak. US rockets hit Russia. “The missiles will speak for themselves,” Zelensky said. A few hours later, American missiles with 8,000 submunitions flew toward Russia. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that the administration of U.S. President Biden belatedly allowed Ukraine to launch American-made long-range missiles at Russian targets. After the news
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Swedish Navy Identifies Vessels In Area Suspected Of Underwater Cable Sabotage Investigators collect evidence at two locations in the Baltic Sea region while the Danish Navy tracks the Chinese cargo ship. The Swedish Navy said it has a “roughly 100%” picture of vessels at suspected submarine cable sabotage sites in the Baltic Sea. In contrast,
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Pakistan Sends First Direct Cargo To Bangladesh For the first time, a cargo ship from Pakistan has docked directly at the Chittagong port in Bangladesh, establishing a historic maritime link between the two countries. The “Yuanxianfazhong” arrived on November 13, carrying raw materials for Bangladesh’s textile and ceramic industries. Previously, trade between the two countries
The U.S. Navy Operates Its Newest Littoral Combat Ship, The Uss Nantucket The Navy’s newest ship has been commissioned alongside the fleet’s oldest ship. The U.S. Navy has welcomed another littoral combat ship to its ranks. The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Nantucket was commissioned on Saturday, November 16, at the Charlestown Naval Shipyard in
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Putin Lowers Threshold For Using Nuclear Arsenal After Biden Decision To Arm Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered Russia’s threshold for using nuclear weapons after U.S. President Joe Biden decided to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia using long-range missiles provided by the United States. The new doctrine allows Moscow to
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Maersk Halifax makes history as the first large container ship to switch to methanol fuel. Maersk Halifax announced on Monday that it has become the first large container ship to switch to methanol fuel after the vessel was built in 2017. The comprehensive conversion was completed in 88 days at the Xinya Shipyard in Zhoushan,