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Refit to rebuild: A blueprint to help boost US commercial shipbuilding competitiveness
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 03, 2025
The picture is hard to ignore: In 2024, US commercial shipbuilding represented just 0.1% of global s...
Shipping climate plan delay could sink clean fuel projects
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 03, 2025
As the Trump administration dismantles climate action at home, it has demonstrated that it’s also ...
The IMO’s Net Zero Framework has been delayed, but for Vessels under FuelEU & ETS, the Challenge is Now
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 03, 2025
The decision made during the MEPC meeting in October 2025 to delay the IMO’s Net Zero Framework, b...
Shipowners’ Rejoice? Port Fees Postponed
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Date: Nov 03, 2025
The latest round of US-China tensions seems to be over, with what appears to be another “good deal...
Drewry: World Container Index Up 4% Last Week
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Date: Nov 01, 2025
Drewry’s World Container Index increased 4% to $1,822 per 40ft container this week. Our detaile...
US-China trade truce will not revive weakening ocean container shipping market with freight rates still expected to fall in 2026
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
The US and China reached a 12-month trade war truce this week, including lowering fentanyl tariffs b...
Sanctioned LNG tanker makes STS transfer offshore Malaysia, analysts say
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
A sanctioned liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker made a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer off the coast of ...
Yang Ming Completes Orders for Six Methanol Dual-Fuel-Ready Containerships
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (“Yang Ming”) signed contracts for six 8,000 TEU-class me...
Samudera Shipping Line reports higher y-o-y container shipping volumes of 503,000 TEU for 3QFY2025
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Date: Nov 01, 2025
Samudera Shipping Line has released its 3QFY2025 ended Sept 30 business update, which saw container ...
Dry Bulk Shipping: Australian Iron Ore Exports Command More Than 50% of the Global Market Share
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
Australia has maintained its leading position in the seaborne iron ore trade, as over half of the gl...
A multifaceted approach to managing decarbonization risks
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
In a time of regulatory uncertainty and evolving fuel options, shipowners like Great Eastern Shippin...
Chinese port fees pose taxing questions
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
China’s imposition of new “Special Port Service Fees” on US-linked vessels is more than trade ...
Shipping sector skeptical Trump’s latest trade truce with China will reverse import decline
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
American shippers were already unhappy about their business outlook after President Donald Trump imp...
Asia Fuel Oil Spot discounts narrow though prompt market holds in contango
Categories: News Flash
Date: Nov 01, 2025
Asia’s spot differentials for fuel oil logged narrower discounts on Friday, though the prompt mark...
Ned Marine Services becomes exclusive distributor for Drewil Entership
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
Ridderkerk-based maritime supplier Ned Marine Services has signed an exclusive distribution agreemen...
Brazil is expanding its liquefied natural gas import infrastructure
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
Companies operating in Brazil have expanded the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasificati...
A.P. Moller – Maersk strengthens its ties with India
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Date: Oct 31, 2025
Maersk and APM Terminals deepen their commitment at the India Maritime Week 2025 by announcing the i...
Introducing PntGuard™ – the ultimate safeguard against GNSS spoofing and jamming at sea
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
Tschudi Shipping Company, NAL Research, and SGM Technology AS today commercially launched PntGuard...
Nordic Council Backs Polar Fuels Action by Governments to Cut Arctic Black Carbon Emissions at UN Shipping Body
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
The Clean Arctic Alliance yesterday welcomed adoption by the Nordic Council of a resolution on polar...
Asia Fuel Oil Markets stuck in discounts as high inventories weigh
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Date: Oct 31, 2025
Spot differentials in Asia fuel oil markets held in range-bound discounts on Thursday, as high inven...
INTERCARGO celebrates record membership ahead of 45th Anniversary AGM in Athens
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Date: Oct 31, 2025
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) is marking its 45th anniversary i...
Study shows South Africa-Europe shipping route could run on green ammonia by 2029
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
Ammonia-fueled bulk carriers could feasibly be deployed on the South Africa-Europe iron ore trade ro...
Iron ore volumes poised to lead global dry bulk growth
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
After a brief period in which bauxite seaborne trade growth outpaced iron ore, international shipbro...
Baltic Index Extends Gains On Rising Capesize Prices
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 31, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk...
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Focus for ABS and KRISO
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 30, 2025
(HOUSTON) ABS and the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) signed a mem...
OceanPal in Partnership with NEAR Foundation Announces $120M PIPE Investment to Launch SovereignAI to Buildout Near-Powered AI Infrastructure
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Date: Oct 30, 2025
OceanPal Inc. announced the closing of a $120M private investment in public equity transaction for t...
World’s First Land-based Operation of Marine Hydrogen Engine Achieved by Consortium
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Date: Oct 30, 2025
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Yanmar Power Solutions Co., Ltd. and Japan Engine Corporation annou...
Iranian oil discounts to China widen on sanctions, quota shortage
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 30, 2025
The discounts on Iranian oil offered to China have hit their widest in more than a year, as tighteni...
Clarification on Exemptions from USTR
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Date: Oct 30, 2025
USTR Action on Chinese vessels & operators – Clarification on the implementation of the propos...
HFSO Spot differentials extend slide while market structure softens
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 30, 2025
Spot differentials for both high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) exten...
Seafarers happiness declines as the Mission to Seafarers warns of deepening strain across the workforce
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 30, 2025
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers reveal a significant downtu...
Finland’s Wartsila believes in shipping decarbonisation despite IMO setback
Categories: News Flash
Date: Oct 30, 2025
Wartsila still believes the decarbonisation of marine traffic will continue despite a delay to estab...