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Chatham Chats: Seafarers and Crew Changes..What's Happening?
What’s your take on the seafarer’s situation regarding crew changes? Is progress being made? Can more be done? We put these questions and more to our Chatham Chats panel recently. Read what they had to say and give your opinion…
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Piracy Offshore: What's Going On?
We asked Munro Anderson of Maritime Security firm Dryad Global what’s going on with piracy at the moment in relation to heavylift, general cargo and offshore vessels. Here’s what he…

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Hansa Meyer Moves Generator for Siemens Landivisiau project
Hansa Meyer Global awarded a transport scope for the Siemens Landivisiau project in February 2020. Recently, Hansa Meyer Global handled the shipment and onshore transportation of a 405 tonne Generator,…

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KENC Designs Lifting Tool for Van Oord
Van Oord has selected KENC Engineering to design a Lifting Tool for the Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm. Last week, marine contractor Van Oord, awarded Breman Machinery and KENC Engineering with…
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China's First Transverse Hydraulic shoe load-out Completed by Mammoet
Load-out of the first semi-submersible hull for the Ling Shui 17-2 gas field project has been completed by Mammoet in southern China. This was also the first transverse hydraulic shoe…

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Shipping's CO2 Set to Grow
The shipping industry’s CO2 footprint is projected to grow despite efficiency gains, according to analysis company Marine Benchmark. An ageing fleet of ships and historically low levels of newbuild activity…

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Updated - Incident: Heavy Load Carrier Hijacked
It’s been reported that on Friday, 13 November 2020, a heavy load carrier ZHEN HUA 7 (IMO9166560) was boarded in Gulf of Guinea waters off Sao Tome and Principe. Updated…
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Becker Returns to Siemens Gamesa as Offshore CEO
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy today announced that Marc Becker is to return to the company as CEO of its Offshore business in February 2021. Becker served as Managing Director for…
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Weekly Bunker Report: 18 November 2020
Keeping an eye on bunkers. Your weekly bunker update powered by InterContinental Bunkering. Brent crude futures for January rose 19 cents, or 0.43%, to $43.94 a barrel by 0744 GMT, while…
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