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Two More Grain Ships Sail From Ukraine As Third Port Opens

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Date: Aug 09, 2022

Two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Monday, Turk...

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Persistent Container Ship Congestion In North Sea Affects EU-Asia Trade

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Date: Aug 09, 2022

The congestion of container ships off German ports at the North Sea worsened, affecting the Europea...

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Reconciliation Bill Gives Massive Boost To U.S. Offshore Wind

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

On Sunday, Senate Democrats passed a large-scale budget reconciliation package on a party-line vote...

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Australian Police Seize $195 Million In Cocaine Aboard Maersk Boxship

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

Australian authorities have seized 700 kilos of cocaine from a container aboard a Maersk boxship in...

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Shipping Firm Maersk, A Barometer For Global Trade, Warns Of Weak Demand And Warehouses Filling Up

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

AP Moller-Maersk this week predicted a slowdown in global shipping container demand this year amid ...

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UK’s Busiest Container Port Set For 8-Day Strike

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

Workers at the UK’s largest container port will hold an eight-day strike at the end of August, un...

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Less U.S. Gas To Asia, Freeport Explosion Reduce LNG Vessel Transit Through Panama

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

The Panama Canal has seen a 30% fall in the traffic of vessels carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

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Ukraine Wants Shipping Safe Passage Deal To Extend Beyond Grain

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

Three grain ships left Ukrainian ports on Friday under a safe passage deal while the first inbound ...

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Korea’s Big Three Shipbuilders In Red Despite Growing Order Backlog

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders remain in the red despite hefty new ship orders so far thi...

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Four More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine As Hopes Grow For Export Stability

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

Four more ships carrying grain and sunflower oil have left Ukraine ports via a safe maritime corrid...

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Coal Far From Dead: Global Trade Thrives, War Reroutes Shipping

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

The market has spoken: Coal is dying” declared a September 2019 headline in CNN Business, after C...

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Shipping Faces Investment Obstacles In Low-Carbon Marine Fuels

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Date: Aug 08, 2022

Shipping has been slower than other other transportation sectors in identifying a decarbonization a...

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Maersk Acquires Danish Company To Add Global Project Logistics

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Maersk is continuing to use its strong financial results and cash generated from operations to purs...

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Keppel O&M Tries Out VR Goggles In The Shipyard

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M) is pushing the quest for digitalization to new heights ...

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IMF Tells Europe To Let Consumers Bear The Brunt Of Higher Bills To Encourage Energy Saving

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

The International Monetary Fund warned European governments against intervening in the region’s w...

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Iran Says Ready To Return Oil Output To Pre-Sanctions Level

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Iran said that it is ready to return its crude oil production to pre-sanctions levels at the earlie...

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Asia Grains-Russian Suppliers Offer Wheat In Asia, But Buyers Reluctant

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Suppliers offered Russian wheat at lower prices this week in Asia, but most millers were unwilling ...

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Port Of New York And New Jersey Adds Fees For Ocean Carriers As Shipping Containers Pile Up

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

The Port of New York and New Jersey announced new tariffs this week related to empty containers and...

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A. P. Moller – Maersk To Acquire Danish Company Martin Bencher Group To Strengthen Handling Of Project Logistics

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Today, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a ...

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K Line: Proposal To Acquisition Of Shares In Atlas Corp. By A Consortium Including An Equity Method Affiliate

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (““K”Line”) informs that a consortium composed of David L. Soko...

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Japan’s NYK-Owned Tanker To Load Sakhalin 2 LNG As New Operator Takes Over

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Date: Aug 06, 2022

A number of LNG tankers are arriving at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia’s Far East at a time when a n...

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MOL Joins Research JV Using Aerospace Engineering To Reduce Emissions

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, which has already been actively pursuing wind-assisted propulsion and fluid dy...

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Tugboat Unions To Disrupt Australian Ports In Long Contract Dispute

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

Three of Australia’s maritime unions are threatening to disrupt operations at ten of Australia’...

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StormGeo, Part Of Alfa Laval, Expands With Bunker Procurement Optimization Through The Acquisition Of BunkerMetri

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that de...

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FSL Trust Reports Improved Net Profit Of US$ 2.1 Million For The 2nd Quarter 2022 And Declares A Distribution Of 1.60 US Cents

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (“FSLTM”), the trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust announc...

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Ukraine Expects First Vessel To Arrive To Collect Grain – Official

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

A Turkish bulk carrier is expected to arrive in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk on Frid...

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Ocean Freight Capacity And Volumes Continue US West To East Coast Shift, With Port Congestion Following Suit

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

Xeneta’s latest market analysis details a continuing shift in container shipping capacity on rout...

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“Global Supply Chains Have Built Resilience Over The Past 2 Years, Further Disruptions To Cause A Limited Impact On Containerised Trade”: Container Xchange Analysis

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

As the shipping world enters peak season shipping, freight forwarders and shippers are concerned ab...

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Why Reclamation Of Hull Cleaning Waste Material Is Essential To Ensure A Clean And Sustainable Future For The Maritime Industry

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

Social responsibility, social governance, sustainability… the need for corporations to be good an...

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ESG Focused Digital Maritime Platform RightShip To Acquire

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Date: Aug 05, 2022

RightShip, one of the world’s leading ESG focused digital maritime platforms, today announced the...

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U.S. LNG Exports Fall Further After Explosion, Europe Takes Bigger Slice

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Date: Aug 04, 2022

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell for second consecutive month in July, weighed down...

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Kuwait Nears Maximum Oil Production, With Politics, Technical Challenges Stunting Growth

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Date: Aug 04, 2022

Kuwait is close to exhausting its production capacity, capping its ability to bring on more crude o...