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China Completes Largest Bulker-to-Container Vessel Conversion Project

Published Jun 15, 2026 6:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

The China Classification Society reports that a complex six-month conversion project was successfully completed, marking the largest conversion of a bulker into a containership. They are asserting that it was the first major conversion project involving an 80,000 dwt Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier into a cellular containership. The project began with the 2012-built bulker Chang Xin 66. The ship was a standard Kuangchi Delta bulker based on a design from Finland’s Deltamarin. The design concept for the class maximized cargo...

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ClassNK

Charting the Future

Published Jun 15, 2026 6:05 PM by Tony Munoz

"What comes next?" That's the big question ClassNK President & CEO Hayato Suga keeps asking, and it's something that every class society is facing as the pace of technological change accelerates and the role of classification evolves. His answer is straightforward: "We must go beyond being an accredited certification body and evolve into an organization that shapes the future." That's a tall order, but Suga is confident. Drawing on his 40 years of ClassNK experience, he says the shipping industry...

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Svitzer Avon (Marko / VesselFinder)

MAIB Calls for Closer Attention to Snapback Safety at Svitzer

Published Jun 15, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

The chief investigator at the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (UK MAIB) has written a warning to tug operator Svitzer to express concern that towline parting has become "normalized" in the company's operations, despite the risk to crewmembers when snapbacks occur. The warning comes after damage to a Svitzer harbor tug and one crewmember in a rope-parting incident at Bristol. In July 2024, a tow rope on the tug Svitzer Avon (based out of Bristol's Royal Portbury Dock) parted after...

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Mumbai

Crew Seeks Relief as India Struggles to Auction Derelict Ship

Published Jun 15, 2026 5:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

After nearly three years, India continues to struggle to dispose of a derelict cargo ship while the seafarers' union and others are calling attention to the poor conditions for the caretaker crew. The ship remains anchored approximately one mile off Mumbai, and last week the Directorate General of Shipping asked the Bombay High Court to expedite another attempt to auction off the vessel. The ship named Sencer 1 (2,800 dwt), according to media reports, arrived in Mumbai in July 2023,...

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HSE: Motor Failure Caused Drill Rig to Drop a Blowout Preventer

The drawworks on the drill rig Deepsea Atlantic dropped a blowout preventer and 400 feet of riser onto the seabed in an uncontrolled lifting failure in April, all because of a single motor failure, according to the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). On April 18, Deepsea Atlantic's crew was running a blowout preventer riser on Drawworks A, one of two identical drawworks on the vessel. At about 2100 hours, one motor on the drawworks tripped, followed shortly after by...

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bulker to containership conversion

China Completes Largest Bulker-to-Container Vessel Conversion Project

The China Classification Society reports that a complex six-month conversion project was successfully completed, marking the largest conversion of a bulker into a containership. They are asserting that it was the first major conversion project involving an 80,000 dwt Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier into a cellular containership. The project began with the 2012-built bulker Chang Xin 66. The ship was a standard Kuangchi Delta bulker based on a design from Finland’s Deltamarin. The design concept for the class maximized cargo...

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Environment

ammonia dual-fuel gas carrier

First Ammonia Dual-Fuel Vessel Delivered to Exmar

The first newly built dual-fuel ammonia-fueled vessel, Antwerpen, has been officially delivered and went into service today, June 10, for the French division of Exmar. The pioneering ship is the first of a coming wave of deliveries and is seen as a critical step to accelerate the adoption of ammonia as a marine fuel across the wider shipping industry. Exmar, along with HD Hyundai, heralded the delivery of the vessel, the first of three due this year for Exmar, with...

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ClassNK

Charting the Future

"What comes next?" That's the big question ClassNK President & CEO Hayato Suga keeps asking, and it's something that every class society is facing as the pace of technological change accelerates and the role of classification evolves. His answer is straightforward: "We must go beyond being an accredited certification body and evolve into an organization that shapes the future." That's a tall order, but Suga is confident. Drawing on his 40 years of ClassNK experience, he says the shipping industry...

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