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Fugro to adopt NAPA Logbook fleet-wide following trial
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
Fugro, the world’s leading geo-data specialist and international operator of specialized vessels, ...
Strong Technological Co-Operation Offers Shipping Companies Economic And Climate Benefits
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
A number of players in the shipping industry are collaborating on a completely new way of collecting...
China-U.S. Container Volume Drops 45% Amid Tariff Tensions
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
The U.S.-China trade war is inflicting severe damage on the real economy. The volume of China-origin...
Post USTR Policy: The Newbuilding Ordering Enigma
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
Newbuilding activity is expected to face a period of transition following the USTR policy decision. ...
Capital Group Invests in KONGSBERG’s K-Sim Engine and -Cargo Simulators for New Training Center in Chios, Greece
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Capital Group, Greece, to deliver advanced K-Sim Engi...
Modernizing Mooring: A leap of faith or a strategic advantage?
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Date: Apr 30, 2025
As ports contend with rising trade volumes, stricter environmental regulations, and increasing expec...
Artificial Intelligence Not Intelligent Enough To Diagnose Engine Problems – Yet!
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
Condition Monitoring Technologies (CMT) has cautioned against placing sole reliance on artificial in...
Commercial Impracticability and Frustration of Shipping Agreements in Uncertain Times
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
Highlights Long-term and short-term vessel agreements and contracts alike are sometimes impacte...
India boosts buying of Russia’s ESPO oil in April as Chinese demand eases
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
India increased purchases of ESPO Blend oil from Russia in April to the highest level since August 2...
Prospect of Binding Global Rules on Biofouling Management
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
IMO approves new recommendations for underwater management of biofouling on ship hulls and tak...
Vitol launches new FuelEU compliant co-processed VLSFO offering for marine customers
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
Vitol Bunkers is to offer customers FuelEU compliant co-processed bunkering fuel. The fuel is being ...
Asia Fuel Oil Markets stable in thin trading momentum
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
Fuel oil markets were largely stable in Asia on Monday against a backdrop of thin trading momentum, ...
New S&P Global Report: Liner Shipping Supports $1.1 Trillion in U.S. GDP and 6.4 Million American Jobs
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
New analysis from S&P Global, released Monday by the World Shipping Council, highlights the crit...
Greek shippers return to Russian oil market as prices slip below G7 cap, sources say
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
Greek shipowners are returning to Russia’s Urals oil market as the price slides below the Western ...
New bunker regulations in the Mediterranean Sea disrupt traditional VLSFO usage
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
From May, the Mediterranean Sea is becoming the fifth Emission Control Area (ECA) globally, followin...
Baltic index rises to three-week high as larger vessel rates firm
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Date: Apr 29, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose to scale an over-three-week high on Monday d...
India’s Prime Minister calls on steel industry to seek alternatives to imported coking coal
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the domestic steel industry to find alternatives for the k...
Asian spot LNG prices hold at 1-year low as demand remains tepid
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
Prices of Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) inched up this week amid production outages in Asia...
Black Sea may hold back world wheat supplies into 2026
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
The global wheat market narrative has recently shifted, though it’s easy to have missed it. Exp...
Kpler completes acquisition of Spire Maritime, strengthening maritime intelligence capabilities
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
Kpler, a provider of intelligence tools for trade, is pleased to announce the successful closing of ...
EU to present roadmap in May to phase out all imports of Russian fossil fuels
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
The European Commission will in the next two weeks present a roadmap on how it intends to phase out ...
Xeneta Weekly Ocean Container Shipping Market: Global Trade Patterns Changes Are Impacting Ocean Freight Rates
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
Data highlight 1: China and Vietnam comparison Average spot rates into US West Coast on 16 March ...
Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be a...
EU, IMO alignment of bunker emission rules in focus amid worries over double charges
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
While the EU has long taken pride in leading the regulatory drive to reduce maritime greenhouse gas ...
Indian Iron Ore Exports Face Downward Pressure
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
Through our dry bulk flow tool, we have identified changing trends in iron ore flows from Indian por...
Tanker Fleet Repositioning on the Cards After USTR Proposal
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Date: Apr 28, 2025
The USTR proposal with introduces charges against Chinese owned, built or operated vessels, is expec...
Global container shipping volume to fall 1% on Trump trade policies, Drewry says
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
Maritime consultancy Drewry said on Thursday that it expects global container port volume to fall 1%...
Asia Fuel Oil: Spot premiums retreat; high inventories cap gains
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
Spot premiums for fuel oil dipped in Asia on Friday, with high supply inventories and tepid demand l...
Tanker – Weekly Market Monitor: Iran’s Resilient Oil Exports and Emerging Pressures in 2025
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
Despite persistent international sanctions, Iran managed to sustain significant crude oil exports be...
Tanker Market Softened Last Month
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
The tanker market softened during the course of the past month, OPEC said in its latest monthly repo...
New guidance on fire response onboard vehicle carriers
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
The guideline’s sole aim is to assist vessel operators and crews to be better prepared to meet the...
China waives tariffs on some U.S. goods, but denies Trump’s claim that talks are underway
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
China exempted some U.S. imports from its steep tariffs in a sign on Friday that the trade war betwe...