In a long running investigation, prosecutors in France have said they will pursue Alexis Kohler, Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff, over a conflict of interest relating to his alleged links with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC). Splash first reported on the investigation four years ago. The...
https://splash247.com/macrons-right-hand-man-investigated-over-his-ties-to-msc/
CMA CGM subsidiary APL has been allowed by a federal judge in Washington DC to ,move ahead with an antitrust lawsuit it is bringing against rival Matson over services connecting the US with Guam. APL claims Matson has violated US competition law. APL said in its complaint that after it entered the...
https://splash247.com/apl-presses-ahead-with-lawsuit-against-matson/
Offshore seismic specialist Shearwater GeoServices is set to launch the company’s first dual remotely operated vehicle (ROV) vessel designed to deploy ocean bottom nodes (OBN) and also provide source for surveys and conduct towed streamer surveys. The Norwegian owner is converting its 2010-built...
https://splash247.com/shearwater-unveils-deepwater-dual-rov-obn-deployment-vessel/
Shaun Robertson, an intelligence analyst at Palaemon Maritime, a company which provides specialist marine hardening equipment, provides an update on the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine on February 24, grain shipments from the country have ceased. However, a...
https://splash247.com/whats-happening-with-grain-shipments-out-of-the-black-sea/
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Lake-class cutters come onlineThe U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Lake-class cutters were designed by the Coast Guard and were improved and modernized versions of the service branch’s 240-footers. There were 10 cutters built in this class.
USCG Captain Q.B. Newman designed the Lake-class...
A.P. Moller – Maersk’s reefer manufacturing unit Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has appointed its current chief commercial officer Søren Leth Johannsen to take over as new chief executive officer of the company in November. Johannsen has been with MCI for the last 17 years and has held the role of...
https://splash247.com/maersks-reefer-manufacturing-unit-names-new-ceo/
Diana Shipping has secured a new loan to back the acquisition of nine modern ultramax dry bulk vessels. The New York-listed Greek bulker owner has taken $200m from Nordea Bank which will be directed to partially finance the $330m deal the company struck in August to take over the entire fleet of...
https://splash247.com/diana-shipping-secures-200m-loan-to-fund-sea-trade-ultramaxes-buy/
Norwegian OSV owner and operator DOF has sealed a charter extension with compatriot energy major Equinor for its large platform supply vessel . The extension for the 5,200 dwt vessel is for a period of 12 months, commencing October 4. The PSV joined DOF’s fleet in 2009 and has been on a five-year...
A consortium of preferred bidders Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy has been awarded a limited notice to proceed contract from Swedish utility Vattenfall for the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project off the coast of the UK. For the project, Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy will provide the grid...
Lomar Shipping, a maritime subsidiary of Libra Group, has acquired Bremen-based Carl Büttner Holding, paying $160m to take over the 166-year-old company and its fleet of six chemical tankers. “We are pleased to see the acquisition of Carl Büttner successfully completed and look forward to welcoming...
https://splash247.com/lomar-completes-160m-acquisition-of-carl-buttner/