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Vitol, Sunoco take first gasoline cargo from Nigeria’s Dangote to the US, sources say
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
Top global oil trader Vitol and North American fuel distributor Sunoco SUN took delivery of the firs...
Bureau Veritas launches OptiCARBONTM to optimize fleet energy, fuel and compliance costs
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
OptiCARBONTM is a predictive decision platform for cruise and passenger vessel owners, operators and...
Bulgaria arrests Russian shipowner in relation to deadly 2020 Beirut blast
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
Police in Bulgaria have arrested the Russian owner of a ship that brought the explosive material tha...
Hi-5 spread widens as VLSFO extends rebound
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
Asia’s hi-5 fuel oil spread widened for a second consecutive session, as the very low sulphur fuel...
ABS Chairman and CEO Urges IMO to Pause and Rethink the Net Zero Framework
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
“Shipping and the IMO are on different trajectories. There is no clear pathway for green fuel avai...
Newbuilding Orders On the Rise
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
Newbuilding ordering activity rose last week, with more owners contracting vessels. In its latest we...
Recovery in China’s LPG imports: Can the rebound fuel robust growth in 2H25?
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
China’s LPG market has been on a rollercoaster ride this year, caught between tariff wars, volatil...
2030 Shipping Goal At Risk Despite Historic Progress Made By IMO: New Report
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Date: Sep 17, 2025
The shipping sector is still off track to meet its climate target of having at least 5-10% of the fu...
IBIA’s position on recent ADN 2025 Regulations affecting the ARA Region
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
IBIA’s Chair, Constantinos Capetanakis’s statement on behalf of IBIA – The International Bunke...
Shipping’s outdated paper chase
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
In an age defined by ultra-fast digital transformation, the global trade landscape remains anchored ...
Companies prepared for CBAM requirements will gain a strategic advantage
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
The CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) is an EU regulatory tool whose relevance to global tra...
ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for large liquefied CO2 carrier developed by DSOC and NODRI
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a large liquefied CO2 carrier (50,000m3) joint...
Support Grows For India’s New Maritime CCTV Rules
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
Zelim is calling on international regulators and flag states to follow India’s lead on enhancing m...
Lloyd’s Register awards AiP to KNCC’s Elevated Pressure LCO₂ cargo system
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC...
KSA warns POSCO acquisition of HMM will destroy Korea shipping ecosystem
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
The Korea Shipowners’ Association (KSA) on the 11th voiced strong opposition to POSCO Group (POSCO...
DNV awards AiP to HD HHI for innovative LNGC and VLEC designs with forward accommodation and WAPS
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
At Gastech 2025, DNV awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) ...
Baltic Index Climbs To Over One-Month High On Gains Across All Vessels
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose to its highest in more than a month on Frida...
Singapore’s fuel oil stocks ease as imports decline
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Date: Sep 13, 2025
Onshore fuel oil stockpiles in Singapore, a key storage hub, eased this week as imports declined fol...
HD Hyundai Partners with KT for Starlink Integration in Shipyards
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
HD Hyundai is partnering with KT to introduce Starlink satellite service at shipbuilding sites. Thro...
World’s First Wind-Assisted Newbuild Tanker Arrives in Europe, Proving the Power of WindWings Technology in Action
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
Union Maritime, a leading provider of smart shipping solutions, has marked a major milestone for the...
Dual-Fuel vessels set to shape the next decade of shipping, says Columbia Group
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
Columbia Group predicts that dual-fuel ships will define the next decade of shipping, as the absence...
Third cargo from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 discharges and departs China
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
A third tanker from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 plant, which is under Western sanctions, discharged its ...
Shell and Hapag-Lloyd sign multi-year liquefied biomethane deal
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd and Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of ...
US says business with Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 faces ‘significant sanctions risk’
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
The US government has issued fresh warnings that doing business with Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 will fa...
Iron Ore Shipments to China are gaining stronger momentum
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
Iron ore shipments to China surprisingly strengthened in August, seemingly driven by the drop in iro...
DNV: Fleet readiness surges ahead of fuel supply – green transition at a tipping point
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
By 2030, the alternative-fuelled fleet will be able to burn up to 50 million tonnes of oil equivalen...
Product tanker newbuilding contracting drops 86% to nine-year low
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
“Between January and August, product tanker newbuilding contracting dropped 86% y/y to 2.6 million...
Tanker Market Fragmented With Performance Varying
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Date: Sep 12, 2025
The tanker market is fragmented with each class showing varying performance, as a direct result of c...
Hi-5 spread narrows amid bearish VLSFO
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Date: Sep 11, 2025
Asia’s hi-5 fuel oil spread narrowed further on Wednesday as the very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO)...
ZERO44 warns against the “pooling hype”: New whitepaper shows why alternatives are often the cheaper option
Categories: News Flash
Date: Sep 11, 2025
Pooling is often presented as the simplest answer to the requirements of the FuelEU Maritime regulat...
DNV and HD KSOE to collaborate on next-gen operator training solution
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Date: Sep 11, 2025
DNV and HD KSOE have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy a next-generation digital twin-ba...
JERA sees vacuum purchasing of spot LNG as ‘worst-case scenario’: Global CEO
Categories: News Flash
Date: Sep 11, 2025
Japan’s largest power generation company, JERA, sees a shortage of LNG supply relative to demand a...