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  • Renewed Strike Mandate for RFA Officers as Wage Dispute Continues

    Renewed Strike Mandate for RFA Officers as Wage Dispute Continues The long-running wage dispute for the officers, ratings, and shore personnel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is being renewed with a new strike mandate. The service which operates the support and supply ships for the UK’s Royal Navy has been in a pay dispute with…

  • Plans Announced for the Last Voyage of Famed Ocean Liner SS United States

    Plans Announced for the Last Voyage of Famed Ocean Liner SS United States   After nearly 30 years on the Philadelphia waterfront, a tentative timeline has been set for the final departure of the once famed ocean liner the ss United States. The last voyage to be accomplished on a towline comes almost 55 years…

  • Florida Cruise Ports Smash Passenger Records in 2024 as Growth Continues

    Florida Cruise Ports Smash Passenger Records in 2024 as Growth Continues Florida’s three East Coast ports that handle cruise ships each achieved strong growth setting new records in the number of passengers passing through the ports. It is further evidence of the growth in cruising that resumed after the pandemic and with the ports already…

  • Philippine Coast Guard Triples Fleet With French and Japanese Newbuilds

    Philippine Coast Guard Triples Fleet With French and Japanese Newbuilds   On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved an order for five 320-foot cutters for the Philippine Coast Guard, bringing the service’s orderbook for new patrol vessels to a total of 49 hulls. The orders will roughly triple the service’s number of cutters and patrol…

  • Vessels Pile Up as Foreman Lockout Continues at Canada’s West Coast Ports

    Vessels Pile Up as Foreman Lockout Continues at Canada’s West Coast Ports   The strike/lockout of the foreman for the dockworkers union in Canada is continuing with reports that there are no new talks between the two sides. As it enters its third day, vessels have begun to pile up at Vancouver while business associations…

  • Why China’s changing diet matters

    Why China’s changing diet matters The Chinese switch from pork and how this is influencing dry bulk trades. Eating healthier and more nutritious foods and changing your diet for the better is the advice of every doctor you probably ever met. But what happens if a country of 1.4bn people changes its diet and how…

  • Vårgrønn seals German offshore wind entry

    Vårgrønn seals German offshore wind entry Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision has acquired a 27.4% stake in the operational 288 MW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from PGGM Infrastructure Fund. The wind farm sits in the German Baltic Sea, 32 km north of the Island of Rügen, and started operation in…

  • Borr Drilling scores extensions for jackup trio

    Borr Drilling scores extensions for jackup trio Offshore jackup rig player Borr Drilling has secured further work for three of its units in a 24-strong fleet. The New York- and Oslo-listed company has bagged an extension for the 2013-built rig Mist from Valeura Energy offshore Thailand and is now fixed until August 2026. Additionally, the…

  • Winners and losers from Trump’s return

    Winners and losers from Trump’s return ‘Drill, baby, drill’ and ‘liquid gold’ were two of the phrases president-elect Donald Trump repeated during his victory rally in Florida yesterday and a common consensus is building among shipping experts that the Republican’s return to the White House will be positive for tankers, but less so for container…

  • Canadian Coast Guard Select PALFINGER MARINE Equipment

    Canadian Coast Guard Select PALFINGER MARINE Equipment Davit Go to Source