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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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Salvors unable to reach fire-stricken Morning Midas until Monday

1 day ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Efforts to bring the fire-stricken Morning Midas under control are facing a significant delay, with salvage teams not expected to reach the drifting vessel until Monday, nearly a full week after the crew abandoned ship. Zodiac Maritime, the manager of the Panama-flagged car carrier, confirmed that it has appointed Florida-based Resolve Marine to lead the salvage and firefighting response.
‘Britain has gone to hell, like Norway’: John Fredriksen

2 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Norway’s richest man, John Fredriksen, has launched a blistering critique of the state of life in both Norway and the UK, confirming he is relocating some of his business to the United Arab Emirates to escape what he sees as a Western world in steep decline. The 81-year-old shipping magnate spoke candidly to Norwegian title E24 this week at Oslo’s Tjuvholmen waterfront, where he was attending Nor-Shipping events.
Fortescue’s mission to champion ammonia goes global

2 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Mining giant Fortescue is on a worldwide campaign to reshape the future of maritime decarbonisation with its flagship vessel, the Fortescue Green Pioneer, at the helm of a push to establish green ammonia as the marine fuel of the future. From Southeast Asia to Western Europe and soon South America, the 75 m long offshore vessel is sailing a message of zero-emissions shipping—backed by real-world results.
LR report outlines clear case for shipowners to retrofit

2 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Demand for advanced propeller retrofits and energy-saving devices (ESDs) has nearly quadrupled since 2020 to enhance energy efficiency to meet tightening emissions regulations.
Wah Kwong launches clean fuels trading subsidiary

2 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Well-known Hong Kong shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport has unveiled at this year’s Nor-Shipping show Venture Energy, a subsidiary focusing on the procurement and trading of clean fuels. Venture Energy aims to connect producers of clean fuels in China to end users around the world, developing plant projects and procuring product both for downstream customers and for the potential future requirements of Wah Kwong and other shipowners.
Dali VDR transcript released

3 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US has released the audio transcript from the Dali containership’s voyager data recorder (VDR) on the night of March 26 last year when it slammed into Baltimore’s largest bridge, creating one of the most high-profile shipping accidents of the decade to date.
Tailwind buys five boxships from Peter Döhle

3 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Tailwind Shipping Lines, the container shipping arm of Germany’s Schwarz Group, has confirmed the acquisition of five 8,400 teu LNG dual-fuel newbuilding vessels originally ordered by fellow German owner Peter Döhle Schiffahrt. The deal marks Tailwind’s first foray into owning newbuilds and underscores its transition from a stopgap logistics solution to a permanent player in the global container market. Alphaliner says each vessel is costing around $120m.
Spain’s JSV Logistic acquires boxship resale

3 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

Spain’s JSV Logistic has acquired its first-ever owned vessel—a 1,200 teu containership nearing completion at a Chinese shipyard (pictured) —marking a strategic shift from its long-standing reliance on the charter market. Alphaliner is reporting the vessel was purchased for EUR38m ($43.3m) from German shipowner Reederei Jüngerhans.
Quarter of all box tonnage now deployed on Asia-Europe tradelane

3 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

The Red Sea shipping crisis – and the need to take the far longer route via the Cape of the Good Hope – has seen the proportion of containerships globally deployed on the industry’s top tradelane jump from a fifth to a quarter of all tonnage, according to a new study from Alphaliner. In just two years, carriers have added 2.26m teu of extra capacity on the Asia-Europe tradelane, bringing the total fleet on this route to 7.8m teu.
New Korean president wants to relocate HMM’s headquarters from Seoul to Busan

3 days ago | splash247.com | Sam Chambers

South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung has outlined some plans to decentralise administration away from Seoul, including shifting national shipping line HMM’s headquarters from the capital to Busan, the country’s second city and leading port.