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Iron ore dips on Sino-US tariff concerns, shipping snags limit fall
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Iron ore futures fell on Wednesday, as investors fretted over trade tensions between the U.S. and to...
Approval in Principle (AiP) Acquired from Classification Society for Low-Pressure Type Coastal Liquefied CO2 Carrier
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nippon Gas...
LR joins LOWNOISER project to help protect marine ecosystems from underwater noise pollution
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the LOWNOISER project, a new initiative aimed at tackling underwa...
NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. Partners with Idwal to Enhance Fleet Quality Through Independent Condition Monitoring
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Idwal is pleased to welcome NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (NSU) as the latest partner to Idwal ID, ou...
Alfa Laval to acquire NRG Marine to offer innovative ultrasonic anti-fouling solutions to its customers
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire NRG Marine, a leading provider of ultrasonic anti-fo...
HSFO cracks get boost, though market eyes mixed drivers
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Refining cracks for high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) firmed in Asia on Wednesday, though trade sources e...
Hapag-Lloyd says it can cope with U.S.-China tariffs
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Container shipping liner Hapag-Lloyd will be able to cope with the advent of U.S. tariffs on Chinese...
Baltic Index Rises As Panamax, Supramax Segments Log Gains
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which measures shipping rates for vessels transp...
There is no boredom at sea: about changes in maritime business in 2025
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Maritime freight plays a key role in global trade. According to the IMO (International Maritime Orga...
LNG shipping rates plunge on increasing vessel availability
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Date: Feb 06, 2025
Shipping costs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes have tumbled to five-year lows as newly built...
Asia Distillates: Markets slip further; traders eye east-west spreads
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
Asia’s middle distillates markets fell as prompt paper activity continued to record a sell-off ahe...
U.S. coal exports reached a six-year record in June 2024
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
Gross U.S. coal exports in June 2024 totaled 10 million short tons, the most in a month since Octobe...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has introduced its first class notation for fin stabilisers.
Categories: News Flash
Date: Feb 05, 2025
For decades, fin stabilisers have been considered a ‘nice to have’ feature rather than an essent...
China kills energy trade with the US, but initial impact is limited
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
The trade in crude oil, liquefied and coal between the United States and China is effectively dead a...
Corvus ESS will power the world’s first fully electric Offshore Vessel
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
Corvus Energy, the leading supplier of zero emission solutions for the offshore and marine industry,...
Hapag-Lloyd’s Ship Green: Leading the way into more sustainable shipping
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd’s Ship Green product offers businesses an innovative way to reduce their emissions foo...
High sulphur fuel premiums extend declines
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
Spot premiums for Asia’s high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) market extended declines on Tuesday as softe...
Europe soaked up nearly all US LNG exports last month, data show
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe jumped in January as cold weather drove up dem...
Trump’s China import tariffs on top of massive ocean freight rate increases due to conflict in Red Sea are perfect storm for US shippers, analysts warn
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
A delay in tariffs on Mexico imports does little to ease the pain for US shippers still facing a 10%...
Baltic index extends gain as panamax, supramax rates firm
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Date: Feb 05, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which measures shipping rates for vessels transp...
CORE POWER and Glosten Team to Bring Floating Nuclear Power Plant to US Ports
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
CORE POWER (US) Inc has enlisted naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten to help thei...
Singapore to become key hub for Europe-Asia cargo under Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd alliance
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
The Republic will serve as a key hub in a new ocean network formed under an alliance between two maj...
Inland firm builds innovative green cargo ship sail
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
A manufacturing firm in landlocked Leicestershire is making waves in the shipping industry with a ne...
China navigates US tariff challenges, seeks cheap Canadian, Mexican crudes
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
China’s petroleum industry expects Beijing to be cautious about imposing countermeasures on energy...
Keeping crews connected is vital for their wellbeing, says The Hood
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
Providing access to social media and digital platforms to help seafarers stay connected with the out...
Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2024
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes its 2024 annual list of ships dismantled worldwide. The data...
Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United N...
HSFO retreats in volatile market activity
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
Asia’s high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) market pared back on Monday after rallying higher amid recent ...
VPS: How to engineer and manage green shipping fuels?
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
Effective management strategies and insights for evolving fuel use. Back in 2020, the IMO 2020 re...
IMO, cargo owners more crucial for green bunkers than financiers: Poseidon chair
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Date: Feb 04, 2025
Cargo owners and the International Maritime Organization could determine the pace of decarbonization...
Germany builds up LNG import terminals
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Date: Feb 03, 2025
Germany is expanding its natural gas import options to replace Russian supply, a drive intensified b...
World’s Largest Sail Cargo Ship Neoliner Origin hits the water in Turkey
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Date: Feb 03, 2025
the Neoliner Origin – the world’s largest cargo ship to be powered primarily by sails – left i...