Splash247: MSC’s secondhand fleet frenzy hits 461 ships
The total number of secondhand boxships Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has added to its fleet since embarking on an unprecedented buying spree in August 2020, largely in lieu of chartering tonnage, has now reached what Alphaliner describes as a “mind-blowing” 461.
Seatrade Maritime: MAGA, move over for Make American Cranes Again
The AAPA has plans to revitalise US cargo handling equipment manufacturing to avoid a freeze in port development.
Maritime Executive: Nigeria Gets its First Locally-Owned FPSO
Nigeria has welcomed its first locally owned floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO Emem is owned by the Nigerian oil company Oriental Energy Resources (OER).
Maritime Executive: Oman to Build Clean Energy Bunker and Export Hub in Salalah
HIF Global and Acciona Nordex Green Hydrogen have signed a deal with Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology to explore the building of an e-methanol production and bunkering hub in the port of Salalah, in Oman's Dhofar Province
Splash247: Samsung Heavy to build Amogy ammonia power systems
US ammonia power specialist Amogy has teamed up with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in a multi-year strategic partnership to manufacture its ammonia-to-power systems in South Korea.
Seatrade Maritime: Middle East tensions preclude carriers’ Suez return
Container shipping lines face a number of barriers that will prevent them from returning tonnage to the Suez Canal, plummeting spot rates is one of them.





