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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...
Russia may supply 1.8 bcm of gas to Iran in 2025, price to be agreed
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
Russia may supply 1.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas to Iran this year at a price which h...
Three Key Impacts of the IMO’s New Fuel Intensity Target on S&P Activity
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently hosted the 83rd meeting with the Marine Envir...
Taylor Maritime Sold 11 Vessels
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
Taylor Maritime Limited, the specialist dry bulk shipping company, today announces eleven new vessel...
HD Korea Shipbuilding Secures Order for Two Container Ships from Asian Shipowner
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Date: Apr 26, 2025
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai spe...
PowerCell secures breakthrough order for hydrogen fuel cells with methanol reformer technology in the maritime sector
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
PowerCell, the world’s leading supplier of fuel cells for the marine market, has secured its first...
Axpo expands small-scale LNG operations
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
Axpo has successfully completed its first LNG ship-to-ship delivery in the Port of Algeciras, markin...
China pushes for tariff cancellation to end US trade war
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
China called for all “unilateral” U.S. tariffs to be cancelled on Thursday, as signs emerged tha...
Global roundtable sees rising debt risks for low-income countries as uncertainty mounts
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
More work is needed to improve the sovereign debt restructuring process and help countries facing mo...
Chinese coal buyers reject new Indonesia price benchmark
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
Indonesia’s push to roll out a government-set price for coal is not gaining traction in top buyer ...
Tariff War Threatens Growth in Many Sectors in Developed Europe
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
The global trade war started by the US administration will reduce world and European economic growth...
Lloyd’s Register expands Global Fuel Finder with new biofuels capability
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
The enhanced platform supports safer, more sustainable fuel strategies in an increasingly complex ma...
Three more Russian insurers seek India OK to provide cover for oil tankers, sources say
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Date: Apr 25, 2025
Three more Russian insurers, including a subsidiary of top lender Sberbank, have asked India for app...