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- gCaptain Read
Resilience Doesn’t Equal Security- Lloyd’s List
Strait of Hormuz transit data for the month of September reveals how the oil and container markets are tactically adjusting to the U.S./Israel war on Iran.
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Premier Alliance Prepares for Asia-N Europe Services Return to Suez
October will see almost all global ocean carriers make a tentative return to Suez transits on Asia-Europe sailings, after revised pro forma shipping schedules show the Premier Alliance is set to send one of its vessels on the route through the Red Sea and Egyptian waterway.
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Nuclear-Powered LNG Carrier Would Cost 2.5 Times More to Build, Study Finds
A nuclear-powered LNG carrier could cost roughly 2.5 times as much to build as a conventional vessel, but lower fuel costs could significantly change the economics over the ship’s operating
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Turkey and UN Broker New Talks on Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Truce
(Bloomberg) — Turkey and the United Nations have set up fresh talks in Russia and Ukraine to discuss a Black Sea ceasefire, trying to coalesce scattered efforts to protect grain
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Salvage Work Begins on WWII ‘Time Bomb’ Wreck in Thames Estuary
More than 80 years after the SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames Estuary with roughly 1,400 tons of explosives still aboard, marine contractors have begun one of the most delicate interventions
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Alternative-Fuel Ship Orders Surge to Two-Year High
Alternative-fuel ship orders rebounded sharply in the third quarter, with September delivering the strongest monthly total in nearly two years as LNG remained the dominant choice for new vessels. Shipowners
- Task & Purpose Read
Bomber crews need better food on the flight line, says celebrity chef Robert Irvine
The celebrity chef suggested that base flight lines need healthier grab and go food options for troops who have limited options.
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UK Sanctions Five LNG Carriers in New Russia Package
The United Kingdom has sanctioned five liquefied natural gas carriers as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia's efforts to expand a maritime "shadow fleet" for LNG exports, including three Russian-built Arc7 ice-class vessels intended to support the Arctic LNG 2 project.
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Tanker Congestion Shunts Vital Oil Transfers Farther From Hormuz
Persian Gulf oil producers are shifting critical cargo transfer operations even farther out of the war-hit region as waters just outside the Strait of Hormuz become congested with tankers.
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GAO Finds Marine Firefighting Gaps Persist at U.S. Ports
A new federal watchdog report says gaps in training, coordination and emergency planning continue to complicate the response to ship fires at U.S. ports, three years after two firefighters were
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Canada Makes Major Investment in Marine Safety as Ship Traffic Grows
Canada is committing C$1.2 billion (USD $843 million) to ocean protection and marine safety as the federal government prepares for a significant increase in commercial vessel traffic tied to new
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U.S. Ports Push Nuclear Power, Faster Dredging at Record AAPA Convention
The American Association of Port Authorities wrapped up its annual convention in New Orleans on Wednesday after drawing its largest attendance ever, with more than 900 participants representing over 90 ports.
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Saronic Starts Construction on $3 Billion Texas Shipyard
Saronic Technologies has broken ground on its planned $3 billion Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, moving one of the largest new U.S. shipbuilding projects in decades from the planning stage
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Army says nearly all soldiers have now taken new cognitive test for brain injuries
Nearly every soldier in the Army has completed the neurocognitive assessment designed to identify the changes of a brain injury.
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Many awards for combat flying, few details in Iran war
The Air Force has awarded more than 70 Distinguished Flying Crosses for the Iran war, but few offer meaningful details about what happened.
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Russia Sends Nuclear Warning to NATO as Tensions Rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
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Ships Face Fuel Delays at China’s Zhoushan on Supply Squeeze
Ships are being forced to wait significantly longer to refuel at China’s top bunkering hub of Zhoushan, where the fallout from the US-Iran war has tightened supplies and pushed up prices.
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Counter-ISIS mission in Iraq comes to an end
The U.S. has concluded its counter-ISIS mission in Iraq, turning it over to local security forces, while the operation continues in Syria.
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Three More Tanker Attacks Surface in Delayed Hormuz Reports
Three more attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz have surfaced through delayed reports from UK Maritime Trade Operations, adding to growing uncertainty over how quickly incidents in the
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Airmen criticize Air Force’s use of AI in suicide prevention training as ‘uncomfortable and odd’
The Air Force says incorporating AI-generated imagery standardizes the training, but some airmen criticize it as being “cold and unnatural.”
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