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China is set to import more Russian LNG in 2025, ambassador says
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Date: Apr 17, 2025
China is set to increase its imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year, its ambassado...
Trump tariffs to trigger seismic trade shifts
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
The spectre of significant US import tariffs, reintroduced and expanded under a second Trump adminis...
The IMO Confirms The Methane Pathway’s Role In Shipping’s Decarbonisation
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
SEA-LNG congratulates the IMO and its delegates on reaching the agreement on a regulatory framework ...
INTERCARGO Responds to IMO’s Decision on GHG Reduction Measures
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
At last week’s landmark MEPC 83 meeting, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member Stat...
Belize-Registered Dredger Sinks Off Tuas; No Personnel Onboard
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was alerted at about 1:30pm on 14 April 2025 that...
Damen signs with Arena Offshore A.S. for Turkish construction of Stan Tugs 1606
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Istanbul-based Arena Offshore A.S. for the local co...
DataMondial launches new AI-driven service for processing ocean freight rates
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
DataMondial, a leading player in the world of data and document processing, proudly announces the la...
Italian tycoon emerges as lead investor for CK Hutchison ports
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run business is emerging as the lead investor of a g...
Japan’s crude imports in structural decline and increasingly dependent on Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
Japan’s crude imports have been on a decline from 2022 to 2024. This was due to a confluence of fa...
Caribe Tankers To Trial Inmarsat Nexuswave For Connected Certainty And Enhanced Crew Welfare
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has announced Caribe Tankers USA, Inc (CTU) will trial Inmarsat...
ILO Delivers On Key Worker Rights And Fair Treatment For Seafarers
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Date: Apr 16, 2025
The fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) of the MLC concluded last week with some...
Supply chain fraud – the dangers of granting extended credit
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Fraudulent strategies can prove extremely profitable to the international criminal fraternity and th...
South Korean Companies Eye U.S. Crane Market Post-Trump Sanctions on China
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 9 (local time) to sanction Chinese cr...
Iran: Nearly 235m tons of cargo handled at ports in a year
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Iran’s ports handled a total of 234.8 million tons of goods in the Iranian year ending March 2025,...
Gateway Terminals India signs MoU launching Skill Development Programme
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Gateway Terminals India (GTI) – also known as APM Terminals Mumbai – has signed a Memorandum of ...
Seawork launches a new membership for commercial marine professionals
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Seawork, Europe’s leading commercial marine exhibition, is excited to launch its exclusive Seawork...
Why Genco’s CEO Is Considering Pulling Out of U.S. Ports
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
John Wobensmith, CEO of Genco Shipping and Trading Limited, knows the company’s business can’t k...
Lloyd’s Register, Seatransport and Deployable Energy developing nuclear power for ships
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Queensland’s ship design group Seatransport and Houston-based Deployable Energy are collaborating ...
Container Freight Volatility Rises Amid Trade Disruptions
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
The container freight market is undergoing significant changes that could have major implications fo...
Danelec and Aage Hempel Strengthen Global Partnership with New Agreement Covering Nine Locations
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Danelec, a global leader in maritime data solutions, has reinforced its long-standing partnership wi...
Svitzer signs global EcoTow agreement with Wallenius Wilhelmsen to drive decarbonization
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Date: Apr 15, 2025
Svitzer has signed a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group. The agreement mark...
US-China tariff hikes affect Polish container terminal sale
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
When the Gdynia Container Terminal (GCT) on Poland’s Baltic coast was taken over by Hong Kong-base...
Customs ‘glitch’ impacting Trump tariffs fixed after lasting for more than 10 hours
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Comm...
Tankers: VLCC Market Keeps Trending Downwards
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
Clean LR2 MEG LR2’s gradually softened this week. The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index dropped from WS25...
International Maritime Organization climate talks fall short, groups still optimistic about clean shipping future
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) concluded its latest round of climate negotiations wit...
Estonian authorities detain Russian ‘shadow fleet’-linked oil tanker near Tallinn
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
Estonia detained a Russian-linked oil tanker near Tallinn for maritime law violations. The Kiwala, w...
BAR Technologies’ WindWings: A Practical Solution Amidst MEPC 83’s Compromised Net-Zero Framework and Mediterranean ECA Implementation
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Commi...
XENETA: Average spot rates from Far East to US East Coast and US West Coast remain flat since uptick on 1 April
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
Data highlights: • Average spot rates from Far East to US East Coast and US West Coast remain fla...
IMO approves net-zero regulations for global shipping
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has achieved another important step towards establishi...
Phase-out of fossil fuels in shipping begins in earnest: IMO measures unlikely to reach GHG reduction targets, but close the LNG business case and send clear long run signal for hydrogen-derived fuels
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee 83rd meeting has concluded with a weak agreement...
Oil Demand Headwinds Could Take a Toll on Tankers
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Date: Apr 14, 2025
The tanker market could be faced with increased pressure, amid a trade war and tariff-hit global eco...
HD Hyundai and Hanwha Eye Acquisition of Subic Shipyard in Strategic Southeast Asia Expansion
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Date: Apr 12, 2025
It was revealed that HD Hyundai and Hanwha Group are considering a proposal to acquire the Subic Shi...