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WSC: Better Rules Needed to Manage Fire Risk of Small Li-Ion Batteries (opens the original)
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Lithium-ion batteries come with known fire risks, and they are a top cargo of concern for container lines and ro/ro operators. Improperly-declared battery cargoes - transported out of compliance with IMDG Code rules - are a significant hazard. But under current regulations, shippers can pack as many small batteries as they want into a standard box without telling the carrier what's inside - a fully compliant loophole that the World Shipping Council says that governments must take action to close
Russia Has Two Military Sealift Flotillas in the Mediterranean (opens the original)
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Three separate groups of Russian vessels carrying military cargoes are currently active in the Mediterranean. Escorted by the Udaloy Class anti-submarine warfare destroyer RFS Admiral Levchenko (D605), the oil products tanker General Skobelev (IMO 9503304), the Ro-Ro cargo vessel Sparta (IMO 9268710) and the oiler Akademik Pashin (IMO 9778193) passed east through the Strait of Gibraltar late on August 27. They were followed through the English Channel by an abnormally large Royal Navy escort, co
Poten: VLCC Rates Hit Unprecedented Levels Amidst Mideast Conflict (opens the original)
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Participants in the tanker industry are no strangers to market cycles combined with extreme volatility. However, even seasoned veterans are looking at current developments in the market and scratching their heads. What is happening is truly unprecedented. It begs the question: What is driving this market and, more importantly, how sustainable is it? In this Tanker Opinion we will focus on the market for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), the most volatile and visible tanker segment. Just to prov
Hengli Heavy Industries Emerges as a Winner of China's Shipbuilding Boom (opens the original)
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China's state-owned shipyards are a dominant force in the shipbuilding industry, but their full orderbooks are creating opportunities for privately-held competitors as well - notably Hengli Heavy Industries, which in a few short years has expanded to become the world's largest single shipyard (by order backlog). In its latest quarterly report, released August 24, Hengli Heavy said that it received 207 vessel orders in the first half of the year - a new all-time global record for a single yard. (
Tanker Hit and Disabled Near Strait of Hormuz (opens the original)
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Overnight Monday, a tanker was hit by a projectile at a position east of the Musandam Peninsula, on the Omani coastal route through the Strait of Hormuz. At about 2025 UTC, the master of an unnamed oil tanker reported that the vessel had been hit, damaging the engine room and disabling the ship. The crew remained safe, according to reporting agency UKMTO; the status of any environmental impacts was not known. The last reported position was about nine nautical miles to the northeast of Ash Shisha
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