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Taiwan Welcomes Royal Navy Transit of Taiwan…on 20 June 2025 at 12:50 am
A British Royal Navy patrol vessel has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, a Navy spokesperson said on Thursday, saying the passage complied with international law.”HMS Spey’s routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a long-planned…
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You Cannot be a Leader if…on 20 June 2025 at 12:40 am
“You cannot be a leader if you don’t know what is going on,” says Rik van Hemmen, President of marine consulting firm Martin & Ottaway.van Hemmen, writing in the June issue of Maritime Reporter magazine, recounts of some of his experiences in…
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Nigerian Navy Cracks Down on Oil Thefton 19 June 2025 at 11:53 pm
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a two-year crackdown, it said on Thursday.Rampant oil theft from pipelines and wells has crippled Nigeria’s oil industry in recent years…
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Iran Maintains Oil Exports During Conflicton 19 June 2025 at 11:46 pm
Iran is maintaining crude oil supply by loading tankers one at a time and moving floating oil storage much closer to China, two vessel tracking firms told Reuters, as the country seeks to keep a key source of revenue while under attack from…
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“American Energy” LNG Vessel Celebrated in Puerto…on 19 June 2025 at 6:14 pm
Crowley, alongside Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón, celebrated the LNG carrier American Energy during an event Wednesday, June 18 at Crowley’s LNG Loading Terminal in Peñuelas. American Energy is the first U.S.-flagged liquefied…
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DHT Snags 2018-built VLCC for $107mon 19 June 2025 at 6:08 pm
DHT Holdings entered into an agreement to acquire a VLCC built in 2018 at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for $107 million. The vessel is scheduled to deliver towards the end of the third quarter of 2025. “This is a sister of vessels built by us in 2018…
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Iran Considers Closing Strait of Hormuzon 19 June 2025 at 5:15 pm
Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz as a way of hitting back against its enemies, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, though a second member of parliament said this would only happen if Tehran’s vital interests were endangered.Iran has in the…
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Researchers Identify Swedish 17th Century Warship…on 19 June 2025 at 5:00 pm
Researchers have identified a shipwreck off Porkkala, in southern Finland, as the Swedish warship “Falken,” a 17th-century vessel built in Stockholm and considered the “little sister” of the iconic Vasa ship.The shipwreck was discovered 50 years ago…
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DOF’s Subsea Construction Vessel Gets Atlantic…on 19 June 2025 at 1:59 pm
DOF Group has signed multiple contracts for the Skandi Inventor subsea construction vessel (SCV) in the Atlantic region. The contract is for 100 days of firm work, with additional options available.The Skandi Inventor, a state-of-the-art DP3…
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MacArtney to Equip N-Sea’s Altera CLV Newbuildon 19 June 2025 at 1:33 pm
MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions, in collaboration with Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) and Enersea, has secured the contract to design and deliver a fully integrated cable lay spread, a tailored solution for N-Sea’s new cable laying vessel (CLV)…