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Iron ore extends gains on improving steel margins, restocking hopes
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Iron ore futures extended gains on Thursday, aided by improved steel margins and the expectation of ...
Global Fuel Supply moves from chartering to ownership with first vessel purchase
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Global Fuel Supply (GFS) has acquired its first owned tanker, marking a milestone as the company tra...
ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for Multiple Alternative Fuels Ready (Ammonia/Methanol/LNG) and OCCS Ready Bulk Carrier by Oshima Shipbuilding
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
ClassNK has issued approval in principle (AiP) for a concept design of the Multiple Alternative Fuel...
LR and Mawani partnership to enhance skills and operational performance across Saudi Ports
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Completion of 39 bespoke courses for 140 Mawani professionals marks the most extensive single-client...
HD Korea Shipbuilding shares new technologies at MIT maritime forum
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Major shipbuilding and engineering firm HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) shar...
Treasury Increases Pressure on Iran’s Sanctions-Evading Shadow Fleet
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is placing...
Asia Fuel Oil Benchmarks little changed though inventories retreat
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
Trading momentum in Asia’s spot fuel oil market was largely thin on Thursday, with key benchmark d...
Oil tanker traffic to Venezuela declines following seizure, sanctions
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
The number of oil tankers heading to Venezuela has decreased following a recent escalation by the US...
US action in Venezuela sends strong broader signal to tankers: Frontline
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
US pressure on Venezuela, including the recent seizure of a tanker in Venezuelan waters, signals a b...
Baltic index extends losses on declining rates across all vessel segments
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Date: Dec 19, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry ...
Amasus doubles down on bound4blue eSAILs® with second installation on general cargo vessel
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
bound4blue and Amasus Shipping have completed the installation of a 22-metre eSAIL® on the general ...
Amon Bulk plans three new Kamsarmax vessels with NOK 298 million investment grants
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
Amon Maritime is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded investment grants of NOK 298 ...
Global coal demand has reached a plateau and may well decline slightly by 2030
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
Global coal demand is forecast to edge down through the end of this decade as competition intensifie...
MarinePALS warns of persistent gaps in cold weather safety as crews face rising operational pressures
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
MarinePALS has issued a warning that many cold weather procedures in the shipping industry still fai...
Imports to busiest US seaport tumble 11.5% in November as tariffs bite, port executive says
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
The nation’s busiest seaport handled 11.5% less import volume in November than in the year-ago mon...
India’s Russian oil imports show resilience despite sanctions, sources say
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
India’s Russian oil imports are poised to top 1 million barrels per day in December, trade and ref...
Hapag-Lloyd wins ZEMBA’s second tender for pioneering e-fuel deployment
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
Yesterday, the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) announced that Hapag-Lloyd is a winner...
Spot differentials steady, HSFO cracks firm on volatile crude
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
Spot differentials for the Asia fuel oil market were little changed on Wednesday, though high-sulphu...
Oil bunker trades face soft demand growth, peak VLSFO
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
Global conventional bunker markets are set to endure lackluster growth in the coming year, with pote...
Port of Los Angeles On Track For Third Best Cargo Year On Record
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Date: Dec 18, 2025
The Port of Los Angeles processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a decreas...
Alfa Laval launches FCM LNG fuel supply system leveraging advanced cryogenic technology
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
Alfa Laval announces the launch of a new fuel supply solution FCM LNG for LNG-powered vessels. The s...
Somtrans christens LNG bunker barge as alternative fuel demand grows
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
Bunker barge United LNG I has been officially christened in the port of Antwerp. It marks an importa...
Marine battery maker AYK Energy pioneers electrification of chemical tankers signing second contract with Spanish ship owner Mureloil
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
AYK Energy, the world’s fastest growing marine battery manufacturer, is further expanding electric...
MPC Container Ships ASA Orders Six Container Ship Newbuildings With Long-Term Charters And Advances Portfolio And Financing Initiatives
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
MPC Container Ships ASA is pleased to announce a company update including a series of strategic init...
Lloyd’s Register Hellenic Technical Committee welcomes new leadership from Capital Ship Management Corp CTO
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
LR strengthens its long-standing commitment to the Greek maritime community. Lloyd’s Register (...
CMB . TECH Invests In Chinese Ammonia Supply
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
CMB.TECH NV is pleased to announce the company is investing in the Chinese ammonia supply chain. CMB...
HSFO pares its rebound on softer prompt offers
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
Asia’s high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) market retreated on Tuesday after a short-lived rebound lately...
Oil tanker rates to stay strong into 2026 as sanctions remove ships for hire
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
The cost of shipping oil is likely to remain high in the first half of 2026 as the global fleet ages...
Marine LNG, biofuel demand to grow on tighter EU GHG rules
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
This is part of the COMMODITIES 2026 series, where our reporters bring you key themes that will driv...
Baltic Index Edges Up On Stronger Rates Across Larger Vessels
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Date: Dec 17, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry ...
Anglo-Eastern prepares for first ammonia-fuelled ship takeover with successful pilot training course
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Date: Dec 16, 2025
Anglo-Eastern Maritime Training Centre (AEMTC) has successfully completed its inaugural Pilot Train...
Kazakhstan hopes to speed up replacement of damaged mooring at CPC’s Black Sea terminal
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Date: Dec 16, 2025
The delivery of two new mooring points, to replace damaged and old equipment, to the Caspian Pipelin...