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Splash is published by Asia Shipping Media (ASM), which is based in Singapore. Established in 2012 by industry experts Grant Rowles and Sam Chambers, ASM has grown to encompass a variety of media brands. One of ASM's key publications, Maritime CEO, features interviews with leading figures in the shipping industry, with highlights showcased in a quarterly glossy magazine that reaches the top 3,000 shipowners globally. Asia Shipping Media boasts one of the fastest-growing social media presences in maritime publishing, with a total reach exceeding 300,000. Each day, our platforms are filled with hundreds of links, discussions, polls, and comments, solidifying ASM's role as a modern, innovative publisher in the 21st century.

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Trump softens on Iran intervention amid maritime chaos in Gulf

1 week ago | 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.
Japan seeks to double shipbuilding output by 2030

1 week ago | 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.
Seafaring remains one of the world’s most dangerous professions

1 week ago | 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).
Poland sends derelict Russian tanker for demolition

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

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.
PIL’s Teo Teng Seng takes the reins at SSA

1 week ago | 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.
Freight market reacts to soaring Middle East tensions

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Tensions in the Middle East have reached a boiling point this week as senior US officials reportedly prepare for a potential military strike on Iran, a move that threatens to ignite a wider regional conflict.
Anti-piracy hardware gains traction

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Edinburgh-based Palaemon Maritime, a maritime security company founded by Royal Marines veteran Steve Regis, has raised $750,000 to scale its alternative to razor wire — a barrier system already in use by major operators like Maersk and ADNOC. After leaving the British military, Regis worked as an armed guard on commercial vessels off the coast of Somalia, intercepting pirate attacks. It was there he saw firsthand how the use of razor wire was “next to useless”, he stated in a release.
Oil spill detected from Tuesday’s tanker collision in the Gulf of Oman

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

An oil spill is growing rapidly in the Gulf of Oman after Tuesday’s spectacular collision between a Frontline VLCC and a suezmax belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet. The accident occurred at 1:14 am Dubai time on Wednesday between two tankers, the 23-year-old Adalynn suezmax and the Liberian-flagged Front Eagle VLCC, near the Khorfakkan anchorage in the Gulf of Oman. The impact resulted in a fire aboard the Adalynn and prompted the swift evacuation of its entire crew.
Samsung Heavy files lawsuit seeking billions from Russian counterpart

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Samsung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it will file a lawsuit against Russia’s largest shipbuilder, Zvezda, for “illegally” terminating shipbuilding equipment supply contracts worth KRW4.85trn ($3.5bn). The Korean shipbuilder said it will also seek damages through international arbitration. In 2020 and 2021, Samsung Heavy signed contracts with Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex to supply parts and steel hull blocks for 10 icebreaking LNG carriers and seven shuttle tankers.
ABS issues approval in principle for Korean nuclear power module

1 week ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

ABS has issued approval in principle (AIP) to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) for a concept of a floating small modular reactor (SMR)-powered power module. The design is intended to generate electricity offshore and near shore, supporting port facilities and onshore communities.