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China’s Copper Concentrate Imports Hit Record High in 2025, Yet Geopolitical Risks Threaten Supply Chain
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
In 2025, China’s total copper concentrate imports exceeded 30 million tons, yet geopolitical risks...
Panama Canal Publishes Prequalification Documents for Port Initiatives and Energy Pipeline
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
The Panama Canal Authority published today, the prequalification documents for two strategic initiat...
HD Korea Shipbuilding wins order for 2 LCO2 carriers from Japanese shipping company
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the shipbuilding subholding company of HD Hyundai,...
“K” LINE enters into Time Charter with Northern Lights for a newly built Liquefied CO2 Carrier and will be awarded an additional vessel contract in April 2026 for Northern Lights Project
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that Northern Lights JV DA (Northe...
Worried families in India urge return of crew on ship seized by Iran
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
The families of 16 Indian seafarers held in Iran since December say they are anxious about the fate ...
Panama voids Hong Kong-based firm’s canal port contracts
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
Panama’s Supreme Court has annulled contracts allowing a Hong Kong-based company to operate contai...
ITF warns seafarer abandonment has reached record levels
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
Seafarer abandonment has reached its highest level on record, with new figures from the Internationa...
Limited biofuel bunker traction across the Americas
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
There have been pockets of biofuel bunkering progress in the Americas over the past year, but uptake...
East/West HSFO paper spread nears 4-year high as West weakens, Singapore tightens
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
The East/West swap spread for high sulfur fuel oil climbed to its strongest level in nearly four yea...
Baltic Dry Index at Over 1-Month High, Posts Monthly Gain
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Date: Jan 31, 2026
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities,...
Wärtsilä electric propulsion solution selected for third Molslinjen high-speed ferry
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a fully integrated electric propulsion system with waterjets...
IMLI students learn to turn IMO instruments into national law
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
Limited national capacity to draft strong maritime laws often undermines the effective implementatio...
Columbia Group appoints Ulla Eithz Nielsen to newly created Deputy COO role
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
Columbia Group has appointed Ulla Eithz Nielsen as Deputy Chief Operating Officer, further strengthe...
Tanker with Russian oil products loses steering off Spanish coast
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
A Mozambique-flagged tanker with Russian oil is drifting off Almería’s coast. Environmentalists a...
US dollar stakes get raised – what to do now in the rates space?
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
The US dollar popped weaker on most crosses late Tuesday. This stemmed from off-the-cuff comments fr...
Iron Ore Prices Rebound Slightly, Market Transactions Sluggish
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
DCE iron ore fluctuated upward today, with the most-traded contract I2605 settling at 798.5 yuan/mt,...
India’s 2026 LNG imports may rise to 29 mil mt: Petronet LNG CEO
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
India’s 2026 LNG imports could rise to 28 million-29 million metric tons/year amid strong demand, ...
Shipping Targeted in Emerging Brazilian Smuggling Trend
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
Brazil’s rise as a critical export hub continues to be exploited by transatlantic drug smuggling n...
US to prosecute captain of seized oil tanker
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
The United States says it intends to prosecute the captain and first officer of a Russian-flagged ta...
NuProShip II – Pioneering the future of sustainable Marine Propulsion with Nuclear reactors
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Date: Jan 30, 2026
VARD, a subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group presents results of the research and innovation project ...
Dryad Global issues Metis Insights analysis on Northern Sea Route risk outlook
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
The analysis is authored by Dryad Global Analyst, Brianna Campbell and examines how changing Arctic ...
BMT and Sea-Changers partner to launch the BMT Next Wave Fund
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
BMT, a leading maritime design and technical consulting services organisation rooted in over four de...
Virgin Voyages adopts NAPA real-time environmental reporting tool
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
As the maritime sector prepares for tighter environmental regulations, Virgin Voyages has introduced...
Port of Savannah achieves second busiest year ever
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
The Georgia Ports Authority achieved its second busiest year ever in 2025, handling nearly 5.7 milli...
Nikkiso’s next-generation marine fuel cryogenic pump skids to support dual-fuel vessel conversions
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Nikkiso CE&IG) announced today that it has si...
NYK Invests in XFuel to Revolutionize Marine Fuel Efficiency Innovative Recycling of Fuel Waste to Propel Marine Fuel Evolution
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
On November 28,2025, NYK invested in XFuel Limited (XFuel), a company that has developed innovative ...
OceanScore Appointed Administrator of the Environmental Ship Index (ESI)
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
Following an announcement by the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), OceanScore ...
Oshima Shipbuilding’s multi-fuel-ready Ultramax bulk carrier concept receives Lloyd’s Register approval
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
As the bulk carrier sector pursues lower and zero-carbon operations, such approvals help build confi...
Signal Ocean announces strategic acquisition of AXSMarine to accelerate innovation in shipping
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
Signal Ocean announces the strategic acquisition of AXSMarine, a recognized leader in the maritime f...
Fair treatment of seafarers: Bridging the gap between State agreed guidance and reality
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Date: Jan 29, 2026
When illegal narcotics are discovered aboard merchant vessels, the consequences for innocent seafare...
BIO-UV Group And Microwise Partnership To Meet Growing Demand For Port-Side Ballast Water Treatment
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Date: Jan 28, 2026
BIO-UV Group has announced a strategic partnership with water-monitoring specialist MicroWISE to dev...
Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia solution chosen to advance decarbonisation of new Skarv Shipping cargo vessel
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Date: Jan 28, 2026
Technology group Wärtsilä will provide its advanced Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia solution to power a new ...