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European Sustainable Transport Investment Plan – STIP: How to boost investment in clean fuels for shipping
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Date: Jul 17, 2025
Access to clean maritime fuels is a top priority for the decarbonization of the shipping sector. The...
Chinese shipyards’ market share drops from 72% to 52% amid USTR concerns
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Date: Jul 17, 2025
In the first half of 2025, China’s share of newbuilding contracting fell to 52% from 72% in the pr...
Pace Still Slow Across Ship Recycling Markets
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Date: Jul 17, 2025
The ship recycling market lacked momentum during the past week. In its latest weekly report, Best Oa...
PSC CIC 2025 on ballast water management and DNV’s PSC Top 18
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Date: Jul 17, 2025
This year’s Port State Control Concentrated Inspection Campaign (PSC CIC), taking place from 1 Sep...
Europe’s ports not doing enough to tackle toxic air pollution – study
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
Europe’s ports are failing to tackle toxic air pollution, a new study looking at major European po...
Autonomous ships will be a reality long before the industry is ready – and that’s a good thing
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
For years, shipping’s relationship with autonomy has been one of cautious optimism, mixed with dee...
Genco Shipping & Trading Closes New $600 Million Revolving Credit Facility, Increasing Borrowing Capacity by 50%
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on th...
LR Maritime Decarbonisation Hub joins the MMMCZCS as Knowledge Partner
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
The aim of the new partnership is to advance safety, drive innovation and enable the scalable adopti...
Port of Antwerp: Container growth softens impact of declining bulk traffic and congestion in first half of 2025
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
In the first six months of 2025, the total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 137.2 million to...
Most of the planned coal capacity retirements are in the Midwest or Mid-Atlantic regions
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
Based on what power plant owners and operators have reported to EIA, the total operating capacity of...
Skuld CEO worried about shadow fleet’s lack of insurance cover
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
Skuld CEO Stale Hansen has called on Western sanction authorities to address shipping industry conce...
International sanctions: implications for shipbrokers
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
As of February 2025, shipowners in the Western hemisphere have reportedly earned over US$6.3 billion...
From plan to action: benchmarking industry’s journey to net-zero
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
MEPC 83 has given increased clarity to Maritime’s decarbonization imperative and the tools at hand...
Ship Owners Turn to Second Hand Ships
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Date: Jul 16, 2025
Shipping investment activity was much more evident in the S&P market over the past week, rather ...
Soaring Saudi exports and trade tensions will test oil price resilience
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Oil markets have remained remarkably resilient so far this year, despite concerns over U.S. Presiden...
Global oil supply growth is set to accelerate in 2025 as demand increase remains modest
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Highlights World oil demand growth is forecast to increase by 700 kb/d in 2025, its lowest rate...
Search called off for crew of Houthi-hit ship, maritime agencies say
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Maritime agencies Diaplous and Ambrey said on Sunday (Jul 13) they had ended their search for the re...
HSFO discounts widen while contango deepens
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Asia’s high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) spot market widened on discounts on Monday, while the market s...
Swire Shipping Launches New Carbon Insetting Programme – ‘Voyage to Zero’
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Swire Shipping, a leading shipping company in the Asia-Pacific, today announced the launch of Voyage...
Berg Propulsion marks decade of Nakkas Shipping collaboration with 10th tanker contract
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Turkish group Nakkas Shipping & Trading Co has confirmed that a decade of tanker-focused work wi...
Red Sea update: Resumption of Houthi campaign
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
With Vanguard’s permission, we have reproduced below their comprehensive risk analysis and mitigat...
New Platform Cracks Down on Rogue Crewing Agents Exploiting Seafarers
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
A new recruitment feature has launched to help dismantle the shadow network of rogue crewing agents ...
Health and air pollution benefits of a global 0.1% fuel sulfur limit on marine fuels
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has progressively tightened global limits on the sulfu...
Shipping’s new net zero framework: Where to next?
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Date: Jul 15, 2025
Real momentum is building behind the global shipping industry’s transition towards a zero-emission...
Energy markets quickly discount Middle East supply risks
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
OPEC+ surprises with larger-than-expected supply hike The oil market has had a volatile month due...
India’s crude diversification push won’t impact Middle Eastern term contracts
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
India is looking to widen its crude import basket with more non-OPEC crudes, but the diversification...
China’s port economy powers ahead with strong momentum
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
Along the Bohai Sea coast, Tianjin Port stands as a dynamic hub where the value of port-driven devel...
Singapore is World’s Top Maritime Centre for 12th Consecutive Year
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
Singapore retained its ranking as the world’s top maritime center, marking the 12th consecutive ye...
US port operators seek to mitigate hefty expected tariffs on China-built port cranes
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
U.S. seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering ship-to-sh...
Japan revives shipbuilding industry to compete with Korea in US market
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
Japan has initiated a revival of its shipbuilding industry through the establishment of a national s...
Death toll rises to four in Red Sea Houthi ship attack: EU naval force
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
Four crew members of a cargo ship attacked and sunk by Yemeni rebels earlier this week are presumed ...
Costlier palm oil could continue to fuel long-haul trade of soybean oil
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Date: Jul 14, 2025
The veg oil market exhibits a high degree of price elasticity, with immediate influence on purchasin...