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Baltic index at over 1-year low as rates decline across segments
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Date: Jan 22, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk c...
Marcura Expands Digital Solution Suite with Acquisition of VesselMan
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Marcura, global leader in digital maritime solutions, has announced the strategic acquisition of Ves...
COSCO Pilots Safe Transportation with Longxing Chemical over GSBN
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a neutral, not-for-profit consortium enabling paperless, ac...
Navig8 Commences Commercial Management of 20 ADNOC L&S Tanker Vessels
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Navig8 is pleased to announce that it has commenced the commercial management of the ADNOC L&S t...
MOL, Marubeni Establish a New Company Venture in the Nature-based Carbon Removal Credit Business to -Open the Way to a Sustainable Future Through the Power of People and Forests
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation announced today that the two companies have enter...
South Korea’s Shipbuilding Giants Achieve Milestone Profits Amid Industry Boom
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
South Korea’s top three shipbuilders are expected to report collective annual profits for 2024, ma...
China’s shipbuilding remains robust but growing capacity weighs on steel plate market
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
China’s shipbuilding remained robust in 2024, and is likely to maintain strong growth momentum in ...
Asia Fuel: Premiums rise on uncertainty around Feb supply
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Spot premiums for fuel oil rose on Monday, supported by supply uncertainty in February as some indus...
Maritime efficiency critical as industry faces new IMO environmental measures
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
Efficiency measures must be applied to the existing fleet to meet IMO Mid-Term GHG reduction measure...
China torments and titillates seaborne coal market
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
China imported a record amount of coal in 2024, driving world imports of the fuel to an all-time hig...
Baltic index falls to 19-month low on weaker vessel rates
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Date: Jan 21, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk c...
Asia-US container rates fall as carriers seek to boost demand during LNY lull
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US edged lower this week as carriers h...
Global diesel prices spike as US hits Russia with new sanctions
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Global diesel prices and refining margins spiked following the latest round of U.S. sanctions on Rus...
Angolan loadings to rise in March
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Angolan crude loadings are expected to rise in March while differentials continued to find support o...
OPEC’s share in India’s annual oil imports rises after 8-year drop
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
OPEC’s share in India’s crude oil imports edged up in 2024, rising for the first time in nine ye...
Cyprus’ role in global shipping discussed at Athens conference
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
The 17th International Shipping Conference took place in Athens this week, with the central theme be...
Asian refiners wary over strong Chinese, Indian bids for Middle East crude post Russia sanctions
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Japanese and South Korean refiners are cautiously monitoring Chinese and Indian traders’ Middle Ea...
A simple but powerful secret – how to choose marine engines the smart way
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
When selecting an engine for your newbuild vessel, the options can quickly become overwhelming. Each...
Maritime sources expect Houthis to halt Red Sea attacks after Gaza deal
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Maritime security officials said, on Thursday, they were expecting Yemen’s Houthi fighters to anno...
Singapore bio-bunkers sales break new milestone; bunker-only calls at 8-year high
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Singapore’s annual bio-bunker sales continued to rise in 2024, following a steep growth trajectory...
Global tanker freight to strengthen in 2025 on sanctions, offset by new ships
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Date: Jan 20, 2025
Global tankers’ freight is expected to be mostly higher in 2025 due to US sanctions and geopolitic...
Savannah gets India cargo to market up to eight days faster
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
The Port of Savannah is up to eight days faster for India cargo moving to inland markets such as Atl...
HD Hyundai Samho Reports Record Operating Profit of 723.6 Bil. Won in 2024
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
HD Hyundai Samho, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding division, has reported a remarkable op...
MOL, NODE Form Capital Tie-up to Expand Foreign HR Initiatives- Stepping up Japanese Companies’ Hiring of Foreign Employees
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced the formatio...
World Shipping Council: Shipping Carriers Move to Prevent Deadly Charcoal Fires
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
The shipping industry is taking proactive steps to implement improved safety measures for transporti...
USTR finds China’s shipbuilding dominance hurts US, is actionable
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said it has found China’s targeted dominance of the globa...
Improved safety recommendations for entering enclosed spaces onboard ships The truth is in the numbers
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
Few aspects of occupational safety onboard ships have received more attention than the importance of...
Businesses worldwide hurry to ship goods to the US
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
The crisis in the Red Sea has led to an extra 35.7 million tonnes of CO2 emitted in the past year* a...
DNV launches class notations to provide framework for safe development of autonomous shipping technologies
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
DNV has launched a new family of class notations, Autonomous and Remotely Operated Ships (AROS), pro...
HSFO 380-cst premium closes at over one-month high
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
Cash premium for 380-cst high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) closed at its highest in more than a month on ...
Baltic index logs second straight weekly fall on weak rates across segments
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Date: Jan 18, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk c...
Daphne Technology and Williams Secure DOE Grant to Advance Methane Emission Reduction Technology
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Date: Jan 17, 2025
Daphne Technology, in partnership with Williams, is pleased to announce the award of a grant worth n...