Barakah Offshore looking for new pipelay barge buyer as sale falls through
Malaysian offshore service provider Barakah Offshore Petroleum is searching for a new buyer for its pipelay and accommodation barge Kota Laksamana 101 after a preliminary deal with PT Wintermar Rajawali expired at the end of February. Barakah has been exploring options to sell the barge since January last year. It was looking to earn at least $11.4m […]
GTR Africa 2025 beckons – join, collaborate and shape Africa’s trade environment
Africa’s trade landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by infrastructure growth, an increasingly interconnected global economy, and digital transformation.. What better place to connect, engage, and collaborate with the continent’s most influential trade and trade finance conference, than GTR Africa.. Hosted by Global Trade Review, GTR Africa brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss […]
Splash at 10: Correlation is causation
On Splash’s big birthday, lead columnist Andrew Craig-Bennett gives his take on the past decade. Ten years ago, the industry that we all love was getting over the 2012 crisis – the year when many of the ships ordered during the 2004-2008 boom caused by China’s accession to the World Trade Organization were delivered. Everything […]
Education, Partnerships & Networking key Executive Insights – Goscelin Howson, ICS SA
The maritime industry is constantly evolving, and with it, the need for strong educational foundations, strategic partnerships, and adaptive leadership.. This is the crisp message from Ms.Goscelin Howson, Chairperson of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), South Africa Branch.. The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is the professional body for all members of the commercial shipping […]
Cơ hội hợp tác mới cho doanh nghiệp logistics Việt Nam – Đài Loan
Hợp tác kinh tế giữa Việt Nam và Đài Loan, Trung Quốc ngày càng sâu rộng, mở ra nhiều cơ hội kết nối, thúc đẩy giao thương và phát triển bền vững, trong đó có logistics. Quan hệ thương mại giữa Việt Nam và Đài Loan, Trung Quốc đang ghi nhận những bước tiến mạnh […]
CMA CGM signs for electric boxship
French liner operator CMA CGM has contracted inland vessels specialist Shandong Xinneng Shipbuilding to build its fully electric containership. The deal with an undisclosed value follows a letter of intent CMA CGM signed with the yard late last year for the construction of an 80 m long, 182 teu newbuild. The newbuild is expected to […]
ONE boxship collides with Maersk vessel in Hong Kong
On Saturday evening the 364 m long ONE Columba allided with the 6,600 teu Clifford Maersk in Hong Kong port with videos showing a number of containers falling off the Maersk ship. The accident happened as the ONE vessel was proceeding to berth, its bow ramming the starboard bow of the berthed Maersk vessel, with […]
‘Phủ xanh’ hạ tầng cảng biển
Trong bối cảnh các tàu biển trọng tải lớn được ra đời ngày càng nhiều, số lượng tàu trọng tải lớn tới cảng biển Việt Nam cũng ngày càng tăng, việc xanh hóa và số hóa đang đặt ra nhiều thách thức trong quá trình đầu tư xây dựng, kinh doanh khai thác cảng biển, […]
Russia hits two ships at the port of Odesa
Russia targeted a containership over the weekend it claimed to be carrying weapons to Ukraine. The attack on the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) ship at the port of Odesa also hit a nearby Sierra Leone-flagged bulk carrier in collateral damage. The 1,118 teu MSC Levante F and the laden 28,500 dwt Super Sarkas handysize managed […]
Tanker accused of Baltic sabotage allowed to leave Finnish waters
The Finnish authorities said yesterday they have released the Eagle S, a tanker seized in December 2024 over suspicions that it had deliberately cut undersea cables in the Baltic. A criminal investigation into the episode will continue, authorities said. The Finnish police said that since the criminal inquiry “has progressed”, the ageing tanker was free […]