InterManager Daily News 16.08.2024.

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1. American port strike looms as shipping’s next major chokepoint. The real threat of a dockworker strike at ports across the US east and Gulf coasts come October 1 could knock supply chains out of synch through to 2025, according to new research from Copenhagen.
Contract negotiations have broken down between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and port operators. The current agreement, which covers about 45,000 dockworkers at facilities including six of the 10 busiest US ports, expires September 30.
https://splash247.com/american-port-strike-looms-as-shippings-next-major-chokepoint/
2. MSC and Hapag-Lloyd seen prepping early for next year’s altered liner constellations. There are 171 days to go until a sizeable liner alliance reshuffle, and two of the principle instigators in this container tango are well advanced in preparing for this new alignment. 
February 1 next year sees Hapag-Lloyd exit THE Alliance and join forces with Maersk to create the Gemini Cooperation following the disbanding of the 2M alliance between the Danish carrier and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC). MSC has decided to go it alone on the main east-west trades from next year, having built up a fleet of more than 6m teu.
https://splash247.com/msc-and-hapag-lloyd-seen-prepping-early-for-next-years-altered-liner-constellations/
3. Walmart expands its container offering. American retailing giant Walmart is getting more into container shipping, offering its Marketplace sellers the chance to use the company’s cross-border ocean shipping solution to transport China-made goods to its US fulfillment center network.
Walmart’s Cross Border service is a port-to-door, full container load freight service from China to the US, according to the Walmart Marketplace website. The Chinese ports involved are Yantian, Shanghai and Ningbo.
https://splash247.com/walmart-expands-its-container-offering/
4. Call to make IMO DCS public. The volume of submissions to the International Maritime Organization ahead of the 82nd gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), scheduled to start on September 30, could break records.One paper submitted generating discussion comes from the American NGO, the Environmental Defense Fund, which calls for the IMO’s Data Collection System (IMO DCS) and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) ratings to be opened up to the public.
https://splash247.com/call-to-make-imo-dcs-public/
5. India’s Pipavav Shipyard reopens. Pipavav Shipyard, the largest shipyard in India by capacity, is set to resume operations having come out of bankruptcy. 
Now led by Swan Energy, the yard has tapped former Damen Shipyards executive, Carsten Schumacher, to serve as its new chief operating officer.
https://splash247.com/indias-pipavav-shipyard-reopens/
6. VLCC sales reemerge after two-month hiatus. The first VLCC sales since the middle of June are appearing in broking reports.
The 14-year-old, Japanese-built Apollo Harmony has been sold by Idemitsu Tanker for $58m to unspecified Greek interests. The scrubber-fitted vessel has dry-docked recently and just passed its special survey.
https://splash247.com/vlcc-sales-reemerge-after-two-month-hiatus/
7. Vineyard Wind Allowed to Resume Limited Offshore Turbine Installation.  Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova on Tuesday said U.S. safety officials have allowed them to resume limited construction on an offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast where a turbine blade shattered last month.Vineyard Wind, owned by Avangrid and Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, was ordered to stop power production and construction after a blade broke apart on July 13 and sent pieces of fiberglass into the water that washed up on nearby beaches.
https://gcaptain.com/vineyard-wind-allowed-to-resume-limited-offshore-turbine-installation/
8. Russia’s Bigger Shadow Fleet Helps Beat Oil Sanctions. Russia’s efforts to bolster its so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers in the first half of this year helped to offset the impact of Western sanctions, according to the KSE Institute.Some 74 new vessels started carrying Russian crude in the period, having not done so last year, the institute said in a report. That’s more than the 49 tankers that have been sanctioned. The additional ships help to explain why discounts for Russian oil haven’t been widening, it said.
https://gcaptain.com/russias-bigger-shadow-fleet-helps-beat-oil-sanctions/
9. Tragic Accident on ICON Offshore Vessel Results in Two Fatalities. Malaysia-based offshore support vessel (OSV) provider ICON Offshore Berhad has confirmed details of an August 2 accident involving one of its vessels that tragically killed two people and seriously injured another.In a statement released by ICON Offshore Berhad, the Board of Directors confirmed that the incident occurred on August 2, 2024, at approximately 10:30 p.m. at the Sapar Alpha platform near Bintulu, Malaysia, involving the vessel Icon Amara.
https://gcaptain.com/tragic-accident-on-icon-offshore-vessel-results-in-two-fatalities/
10. Cheniere Energy Partners see Q2 earnings dip amid market volatility. Cheniere Energy Partners, a major player in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, has announced its financial results for Q2 2024. The company operates two of the largest LNG facilities in the United States: the Sabine Pass LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and the Corpus Christi LNG facility in South Texas.
https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/cheniere-energy-partners-sees-q2-earnings-dip-amid-market-volatility-81913

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