Sam Chambers
Editorial Director at Splash247.com
Editorial Director of Asia Shipping Media, publishers of Splash, Splash Extra & Maritime CEO
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splash247.com | Sam Chambers
Oil prices dipped 2% in early trading today as Donald Trump appeared to step back from joining Israel’s attacks on Iran, while the waters in the Middle East remain busy, and dangerous thanks to vastly increased GPS spoofing in the region in the week since war broke out between the two Middle Eastern nations.
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splash247.com | Sam Chambers
Japan is weighing bold steps to rejuvenate its once-dominant shipbuilding industry, including the establishment of a government-backed national shipyard, as part of a wider strategy to restore maritime manufacturing capabilities critical to national security.
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splash247.com | Sam Chambers
Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions, according to a major new report, which surveyed 147,000 people in many different jobs across the world. According to Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s latest World Risk Poll Focus On report, 25% of ocean workers report having experienced harm from their work in the past two years, compared to 18% of other workers – the highest level recorded among any sector polled (see chart below).
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Poland is removing a stranded Russian product tanker and sending it for demolition in Denmark The 1987-built, 23,000 dwt Khatanga has been stranded in the Port of Gdynia for nearly eight years. It was detained in October 2017 after failing a port state inspection, with its owners, Murmansk Shipping Company, promising repairs that were never carried out.
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splash247.com | Sam Chambers
Teo Teng Seng, an advisor at Pacific International Lines (PIL), has been elected as the new president of the Singapore Shipping Association, succeeding Caroline Yang as head of one of the largest regional shipping bodies in the world. Teo had served as chair of SSA’s digitalisation committee for the past five years.
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A new study shows a way to calculate when a hull needs to be defouled, so that drydock time can be scheduled optimally, reducing costs and emissions. Pictured, the formation of biofilm over 3 days https://t.co/4DtIjUk9z4 https://t.co/EvZ8wJb1Bj
EU investigation seeks to answer what is the content and scope of the rights to life, liberty and health when applied at sea and who is responsible for protecting them and how https://t.co/bp2KGM5GGT
'Chinese yards have gained market leadership while the Japanese and Koreans suffered due to higher cost bases and labour shortages. Chinese yards benefitted from policy support, weaker RMB, softer steel prices, & a weak labour market, capping labour costs' https://t.co/WyB9l5cSGE