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Viridis Bulk Carriers Receives NOK 152 Million Investment Grant from Enova

The Maritime Executive 28 Sep 2023
The investment grant is an important and necessary step to realize the carbon free transportation system including ships, cargo and bunkering that Viridis Bulk Carriers and its ecosystem of partners have developed for the past three years ... Viridis Bulk Carriers expect to place orders for ships around year end 2023, with deliveries starting in 2025.
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Trading Lives for Profit

Human Rights Watch 28 Sep 2023
In the summer of 2021, Mohammed Biplob, 35, was working at Arefin Enterprise, a shipyard in Chattogram Bangladesh, dismantling a 24-year-old bulk carrier ship called the Max ... In the carrying stage, workers (“carriers”) drag steel and other parts ashore piece by piece. Carriers often lack adequate equipment including steel-toed boots or gloves.
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WATCH: Joint briefing on bulk carrier's detention

RTE 27 Sep 2023
... on the detention of the Panamanian-registered bulk cargo vessel, MV Matthew.
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ABS and Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP to explore methanol fuel system conversion

SAFETY4SEA 27 Sep 2023
In particular, they have signed a joint development project (JDP) to study the feasibility of converting the fuel system of an ultramax bulk carrier. The study is focused on a series of up to eight ABS Classed ultramax bulk carriers ordered for construction in the New Hantong ...
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Cork drugs cargo ship may have two tonnes of cocaine worth €150 milion

The Irish Times 27 Sep 2023
It could take gardai and customs officials several days to thoroughly search the bulk carrier, MV Matthew, now detained off the Cork coast. The size of the 189 metre bulk carrier means that it could take several days to thoroughly search the vessel, which sources believe was involved in the multi drop off of large quantities of drugs in Europe.
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Curaçao to Cork: What we know about MV Matthew's journey

RTE 27 Sep 2023
"Prior to that, the MV Matthew just was a standard bulk carrier ship ... Ownership. Documents show that Matthew Maritime Inc bought the bulk carrier ship on 10 August ... It's kind of a recognised phenomenon ... The bulk carrier sailed southeast along the coast of Venezuela, before spending two weeks seemingly at anchor off the coast of Guyana in South America.
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Grindrod Shipping agrees to acquire two ship management companies from Taylor Maritime Group

Independent online (SA) 27 Sep 2023
Grindrod Shipping owns and operates a diversified fleet of owned long-term and short-term chartered-in dry bulk vessels. TMI specialises in the acquisition and chartering of vessels in the handysize and supramax bulk carrier segments of the global shipping sector.
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September 2023 Review

Splash24/7 27 Sep 2023
One of the biggest operators of large bulk carriers in the world ...
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Irish forces found huge quantity of drugs on board ship

SAFETY4SEA 27 Sep 2023
Irish military forces raided the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier�M/V Matthew on 26th September and discovered a huge quantity of drugs. The Irish Defence Forces said that the ship had been tracked for several days after traveling from South America ... ....
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Cork drugs haul: What do we know about the gang and the ship they used?

The Irish Times 27 Sep 2023
MV Matthew sailed from the Caribbean to Cork before being found with 2.2 tonnes of cocaine on board ... Photograph ... Conor Gallagher ... “Come aboard as we chart a course towards prosperity and sustainability together,” reads the website of Matthew Maritime, which describes itself as “a leading bulk carrier ship owner company.” ... .
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Irish navy make record drug bust from cargo ship

Manila Bulletin 27 Sep 2023
The 189-metre-long bulk carrier was intercepted Tuesday by Irish naval forces who fired warning shots before boarding and escorting the ship to Cork port where it is currently detained. Irish justice minister Helen McEntee said in a statement that the drugs on board would have "no doubt been destined for Irish and European markets" ... .
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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 581 of the invasion

The Guardian 27 Sep 2023
Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reported that Ukraine’s special forces were “currently clarifying information regarding the possible death” of Sokolov ... Kyiv has tried to establish a temporary “humanitarian corridor” hugging the coastline, and two bulk carriers left the port of Chornomorsk last week using it ... ....
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Oneclick Logistics India IPO: Check GMP, subscription status on day 1, and other details

Live Mint 27 Sep 2023
... multiple service providers at different levels in the chain of logistics services. The company's service can be broadly classified as non-vessel operating common carrier, ocean and air freight forwarding (freight forwarding, bulk cargo handling, and custom clearance.
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Bulk carrier suffers engine room fire in Sumatra, Indonesia

SAFETY4SEA 26 Sep 2023
On the morning of September 24, a fire broke out in the engine room of the bulk carrier Samudra Sakti III in Sumatra, Indonesia ... The bulk carrier had recently ...
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