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cargo ship fire

Grimaldi Conro Evacuated in English Channel After Second Fire is Reported

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CMA CGM Selects Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® and Airguard for Future-Ready Fleet

Published Feb 19, 2025 1:14 PM by Wärtsilä

CMA CGM, a global leader in container shipping, has selected Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® Bearing, Shaft Line Monitoring System, and 10-Year Airguard Seal for their latest vessel designs and their future fleet of ten 24 000 TEU vessels built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.  This decision underscores CMA CGM’s commitment to operational efficiency, sustainability, and advanced shaft line solutions. Why Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions Were the Perfect Fit Intellisafe® Bearing for Durability and Reliability Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® Bearing represents a significant leap forward in shaft line technology,...

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Ardmore Gibraltar

Executive Interview: Ardmore Shipping CEO Gernot Ruppelt

Published Feb 19, 2025 12:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Since its founding in 2010, NYSE-listed product tanker specialist Ardmore Shipping has carved out a place for itself as an innovative owner and operator, willing to try out new technology and reap rewards from higher efficiency. A focus on long-term value and a strong balance sheet has paid off, according to Ardmore. To find out more about its secret to success, TME spoke with Ardmore's recently appointed CEO, longtime tanker executive Gernot Ruppelt. TME: Can you tell us a bit...

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Vietnamese-occupied Barque Canada Reef

China Surveys Vietnamese Naval Base Using U.S. Satellite Data

Published Feb 18, 2025 11:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Over the past year, Vietnam has accelerated its land reclamation program in the Spratly Islands, building out acreage and enlarging its military bases at a faster pace than any other claimant. At its largest facility on Barque Canada Reef, it has dug out a ship channel large enough to accommodate the largest existing destroyers and cruisers, according to a new paper released by China's Ministry of Natural Resources.  The paper, published in the latest edition of the Chinese-language Journal...

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Emden

Unknown Saboteurs Are Targeting German Navy Warships

Published Feb 18, 2025 10:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The German Navy has confirmed that unnamed saboteurs have attempted to damage more than one of its warships, and media reports from Germany suggest that at least two vessels have been affected. In 2024, a German Navy minehunter was damaged by unknown personnel while in shipyard in Rostock. Several cable harnesses were severed, and an investigation is under way into a suspected sabotage attack, according to Spiegel. The Rostock prosecutor's office has confirmed that it is investigating...

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wind turbine installation vessel Charybid

Photos: First U.S.-Built WTIV Completes First Trials

  The first wind turbine installation vessel, Charybdis for Dominion Energy, is nearly complete reports shipbuilder Seatrium. The company’s AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas released the first photos of the vessel as it undergoes trials. “Charybdis is 96 percent completed and complies with U.S. Jones Act regulations, allowing it to operate seamlessly in U.S. waters for domestic offshore wind projects,” writes Seastrium. “One of the largest WTIVs of its kind globally, the Charybdis is designed to handle current and next-generation...

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Shipbuilding

CMA CGM containership

CMA CGM Selects Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® and Airguard for Future-Ready Fleet

CMA CGM, a global leader in container shipping, has selected Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® Bearing, Shaft Line Monitoring System, and 10-Year Airguard Seal for their latest vessel designs and their future fleet of ten 24 000 TEU vessels built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.  This decision underscores CMA CGM’s commitment to operational efficiency, sustainability, and advanced shaft line solutions. Why Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions Were the Perfect Fit Intellisafe® Bearing for Durability and Reliability Wärtsilä’s Intellisafe® Bearing represents a significant leap forward in shaft line technology,...

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Environment

nuclear power barge

Core Power Maps Effort for Nuclear Power Barges Leading to Commercial Ships

  Core Power, a startup that is working to develop opportunities in the maritime sector using a new generation of advanced nuclear technology, outlined its vision to develop floating nuclear power plants that can be levered into nuclear-powered merchant shipping. The company will develop a U.S.-anchored maritime program named Liberty in honor of the mass-produced World War II Liberty ships. Last month, Core Power announced it was partnering with Glosten to design a floating nuclear power plant that...

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Business

OSM Thome tanker

Powerhouse: OSM Thome

  It’s been a good – no, an exceptional year – for OSM Thome, marked by significant growth, strategic achievements and new opportunities in the maritime and offshore sectors. It all began with the merger of OSM Maritime and the Thome Group a year earlier.  “The merger between OSM Maritime and the Thome Group has been a success,” says Finn Amund Norbye, CEO of OSM Thome. “It was driven by a strategy to create a company of scale capable of...

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