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Low-sulphur gasoil deliveries for January rise at expiry, ICE data shows
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Deliveries of low-sulphur gasoil (LGOc1) for January rose to 2,902 lots or 290,200 tons at expiry, d...
Hanseatic Global Terminals and Grupo Empresas Navieras (GEN) reach an agreement in ownership of Florida International Terminal
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT) and Grupo Empresas Navieras (GEN), via its affiliate Agunsa Univers...
Optimum Voyage Marks 10 Years of Voyage Optimization
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Optimum Voyage this month marks its 10 year anniversary, celebrating a decade of supporting shipowne...
Erwin Derlagen Joins InterMaritime Shipmanagement as Senior Technical Director
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
InterMaritime Shipmanagement has announced the appointment of Erwin Derlagen as Senior Technical Dir...
Vantris Energy Divests Stake In L&T-Sapura Shipping As Part Of Portfolio Optimisation Strategy
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Vantris Energy Berhad announced the divestment of its 40 percent equity interest in L&T-Sapura S...
Delfin expects to greenlight first floating LNG vessel in February
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
U.S.-based Delfin Midstream said on Monday it expects to reach a final investment decision for its f...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contract for m/v DSI Altair With Bunge
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in...
Banks embrace eBL Interoperability with Live Cross-Platform Trade Finance Transaction in Thailand and China
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Date: Jan 13, 2026
Continuing their unique collaboration, GSBN, IQAX and ICE Digital Trade now enable cross-platform el...
US competition to dent Chinese demand for Brazil’s soy in 2026, trade group says
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Sales of U.S. soybeans to China will partly dent demand for the Brazilian product this year from the...
Carbon Neutral EcoCreation Plan Turns Cruise Ship Plastic Waste Into Marine Fuel
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Carbon Neutral LLC today announced strategic collaboration discussions with EcoCreation LTD, a South...
Maersk Europe Market Update – January 2026
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Ocean and Key Ports Update On 19th December 2025, a Maersk vessel sailing on the MECL service suc...
Carriers to pass higher EU ETS costs on to customers
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Major global container liners have informed customers of higher tariff surcharges due to changes in ...
Vitol to load first diluent cargo under Venezuela supply deal this weekend, sources say
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Commodities trader Vitol is expected to load the first cargo of naphtha from the U.S. to Venezuela t...
Drewry: Intra-Asia Container Index Down 5%
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Updated weekly, Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) decreased 5% in the second week of Janu...
US seizes fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela, officials say
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials say, as the Trump administratio...
Companies scramble to secure ships, assemble operations to transfer Venezuelan oil, sources say
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ous...
US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan ...
Tanker Market: VLCC Rates on the Rise
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Date: Jan 12, 2026
Clean LR2 MEG LR2’s improved optimistically this week. The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index rose 12 ...
China issues crude oil import quotas to ex-Sinochem refineries, sources say
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
China has issued crude oil import quotas for 2026 to three refineries based in Shandong province, wh...
Frontline – Strategic Fleet Renewal and Expansion
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
Frontline plc. announces a strategic fleet renewal initiative, involving both the acquisition of new...
Shipbreaking Monthly: European Parliament adopts the Omnibus I deregulation package
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
Happy 2026! The Shipbreaking Platform team would like to wish you all a year full of happiness, comp...
MOL, ITOCHU Sign MOU for Strategic Partnership to Promote Use of Environmental Attribute Certificates- Toward Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strateg...
Maritime cocaine smuggling – a European perspective
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
Gard recently provided an overview of cocaine trafficking as it effects commercial vessels, operatio...
Europe’s surging LNG imports in 2025 reshape gas supply dynamics: traders
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
Europe’s LNG imports in 2025, surpassing volumes seen in prior years, have reshaped the continent...
VINSSEN Secures Type Approval from KR and ABS for 150kW Marine Fuel Cell Module
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
VINSSEN, a maritime decarbonization technology company specializing in hydrogen fuel cells and integ...
132 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia reported to ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre in 2025
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) issued its 2025 annual report on piracy and armed robber...
US in process of seizing Olina tanker in the Caribbean, US official says
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
The U.S. is in the process of seizing the Olina tanker in the Caribbean near Trinidad in the fifth s...
Baltic index logs weekly loss on capesize, supramax weakness
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Date: Jan 10, 2026
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk...
Beyond borders: how new trade and investment corridors are reshaping global business
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Date: Jan 09, 2026
There is currently an unprecedented level of disruption in the global economy. This disruption stems...
Vitol and Trafigura in talks with US on Venezuelan oil sales, sources say
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Date: Jan 09, 2026
Vitol and Trafigura, two of the world’s largest commodity traders, are in talks with the administr...
Diesel structure barely moves; refiners emerge to offer Feb spot
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Date: Jan 09, 2026
Asia’s diesel spot activity ticked up as refiners emerged to start their February sales, though di...
Venezuela and what to expect for energy in 2026
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Date: Jan 09, 2026
The new year has only just begun, and already we have seen an event with massive significance for th...