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A Kuwaiti product tanker has become the latest merchant vessel apparently struck in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon ship off the eastern coast of Oman's Musandam Peninsula.
Petronas has secured a fresh long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas to Japan's Shizuoka Gas Co Ltd, extending a commercial relationship that stretches back three decades.
A tour boat carrying 45 people sank in the waters of West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on the evening of Thursday, 16 July, though all those on board were subsequently rescued without serious injury.
The IMO Fire Safety Systems Code is the detailed technical rulebook that turns SOLAS Chapter II-2 fire protection obligations into specific performance, installation, testing, and maintenance requirements that surveyors, class societies, and flag states can verify. For shipowners, understanding what the Code requires in practice, and where compliance most commonly breaks down, is essential for survey readiness, PSC performance, and crew safety.
Balenciaga Shipyard has resumed active shipbuilding, holding the keel laying ceremony for its first vessel since the historic Basque facility restarted operations.
Repsol has completed what it describes as the first bioethanol bunkering operation in the Port of Barcelona, delivering 2,800 tonnes of the alcohol-based fuel to Maersk's 16,000 TEU container vessel Antonia Maersk.
