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Philippines makes first ‘significant natural gas discovery’ in over a decade: Marcos
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Date: Jan 20, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos said Jan. 19 that the Southeast Asian country has made a ...
Safe haven buying sends gold, silver to record highs after Trump EU tariffs warning
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Date: Jan 20, 2026
Gold and silver hit record highs on Monday, driven by a flight to safety after U.S. President Donald...
Columbia Group announces strategic expansion with new integrated maritime services hub in India
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Date: Jan 20, 2026
Columbia Group, a leading integrated maritime, logistics and offshore services company, has announce...
NH Securities says Korean shipbuilding orders still rising
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
NH Investment & Securities said on the 15th that Korean shipbuilders are expected to record an i...
Russian seaborne crude exports down with less Indian demand amid tightening EU sanctions
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Russian seaborne crude exports have fallen sharply so far in January with less Indian demand amid ti...
HD Hyundai’s Avikus Secures Industry-Record Contract To Supply Autonomous Navigation To 40 HMM Vessels
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Avikus, HD Hyundai’s specialized autonomous navigation subsidiary, has signed a landmark agreement...
OPEC regains share in India as Russian oil imports slump in December
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
India’s Russian oil imports fell to their lowest level in two years in December, as Western sancti...
Singapore’s biobunker sales hit record high of 1.36 mil mt in 2025
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Biobunker sales in Singapore, Asia’s largest biobunkering hub, rose 54.4% year over year to a reco...
Maersk ramps up Suez Canal return that could dampen freight rates
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Maersk said last week that one of its services will resume using the Red Sea and Suez Canal this mon...
Credibility, Capacity, and Constraint: Reflections on Ship Recycling in 2025 and What 2026 May Bring
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
The ship recycling market closed 2025 constrained, not distressed. Volumes remained low, prices ease...
Xeneta Schedule Reliability Scorecard: Global schedule reliability in 2025 only appeared stable on the surface
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Global schedule reliability in 2025 only appeared stable on the surface, masking a tug-of-war betwee...
Tankers: VLCC Market Stages Strong Comeback
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Clean LR2 MEG LR2 freight rates climbed for the second week on week seeing the assessed TC1 ra...
Urals freight rates to India rise in January on bad weather conditions and higher risks
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Date: Jan 19, 2026
Freight rates for tankers to ship Urals crude from Russia’s western ports to India have risen this...
Mintra Strengthens SQLearn Acquisition with Appointment of Vassilios Demetriades as Global Ambassador
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Mintra, a global leader in digital learning and workforce management solutions for the maritime and ...
SEA.AI and BRNKL Partner to Deliver AI Vision Recording and Incident Intelligence for Maritime Operations
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
SEA.AI, the leader in AI-powered maritime situational awareness, has announced a new partnership wit...
Cargill Advances Maritime Decarbonisation with Delivery of First Green Methanol Dual-Fuel Vessel
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Cargill today announced the maiden voyage of Brave Pioneer, the first of five green methanol dual-fu...
Russia’s seaborne oil products exports rise 17% in December amid higher fuel output, data shows
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Russia’s seaborne oil products exports in December were up by 17% from November at 9.069 million m...
U.S. seizes Venezuela-linked tanker ahead of Trump-Machado meeting
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
The United States has seized another Venezuela-linked tanker, U.S. officials told Reuters, ahead of ...
CF Industries, Trafigura and TFG Marine sign MOU to advance low-carbon ammonia for maritime decarbonization
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF), a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen produ...
Greece warns shipping fleet of risks after Black Sea drone attacks
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Greece has warned its shipping fleet to review their security measures when sailing to Russian Black...
Diana Shipping plans proxy fight at Genco, ready to nominate 6 directors, sources say
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Global shipping company Diana Shipping plans to launch a proxy fight to replace rival Genco Shipping...
VLCC rates rebound in H1 Jan on fleet consolidation, strong demand
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Date: Jan 17, 2026
Asian VLCC spot rates have staged a rebound over the first half of January from a decline in the sec...
Singapore Opens Applications for Additional LNG Bunkering Licences
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has opened applications for additional licences t...
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement ensures reliable performance and efficiency for 12 new LNG carriers
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a 10-year Lifecycle Agreement with MOL Global Ship Management...
Signal Aframax Pool: Superior spot results with human-centric service
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
As we step into the new year, the Signal Aframax Pool continues to evolve, guided not only by perfor...
Maersk’s MECL service returns to trans-Suez route
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
Yesterday, following the successful trans-Suez transits of the Maersk Sebarok and the Maersk Denver,...
Korean shipbuilders secure early-year tanker bonanza
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
Hanwha Ocean won an order for three very large crude carriers (VLCCs), signing its first contract of...
Asia Fuel Oil Differentials improve on higher marine fuel uptake
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
Spot differentials for fuel oil continued to edge up on Thursday, with some trade sources noting bet...
Singapore’s LSFO arbitrage arrivals from West look to rebound in Jan from Dec
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
Singapore’s low sulfur fuel oil arbitrage arrivals from the West are expected to rebound in Januar...
Global maritime piracy and armed robbery increased in 2025
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported an increase in global maritime incidents and pi...
Biodiesel Reduces Ship’s Black Carbon Emissions by up to 81 Percent
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
New Danish data, collected during real-world sailing, documents significant climate benefits from bi...
Baltic Index Falls For Ninth Straight Session On Capesize Losses
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Date: Jan 16, 2026
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk...