Korea’s three major shipbuilders are expanding partnerships with U.S. companies as they pursue opportunities under U.S. President Donald Trump’s Make American Shipbuilding Great Again initiative (MASGA). HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy...

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US President Donald Trump threatened to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for damage to ships and cargo in and around the Gulf. “Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or...

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Commercial shipping risk in the Strait of Hormuz remains elevated compared with the brief recovery period that followed the mid-June de-escalation. Visible AIS traffic remains significantly below normal levels, war-risk premiums are high, and many operators are...

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Yemen’s Houthi fighters claim to have attacked shipping in the Red Sea – a move that threatens to further escalate the already volatile situation in the Middle East. By forcing ships to turn back from the narrow Bab El Mandeb strait, they have threatened to choke off...

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This report is part of the S&P Global Energy’s Metals Trade Review series, where we dig through datasets and digest some of the key trends in iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, alumina, cobalt, lithium, nickel and steel and scrap. We also explore what the next...

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