With vessel crews and shoreside teams managing hundreds of operational emails every day, identifying the communications that genuinely require attention is becoming increasingly challenging. Important operational updates can easily become lost amongst routine...

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China’s shipbuilding industry posted strong growth in the first half of 2026, maintaining a leading share of the global ship market, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) showed on Thursday. From January to June, the country’s...

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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will temporarily suspend Daily Auctions for Period 3 booking slots for Regular and Super vessel segments from July 25, reducing booking availability through the Panamax locks as the waterway manages lake levels under potentially drier...

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The Houthis’ latest threat to strike tankers calling at Saudi Arabian ports has opened a second major chokepoint on an already strained global energy supply chain, maritime and naval analysts said July 22 during a Middle East Institute webinar. The Red Sea corridor...

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The Baltic dry index increased 0.4% to 2,725 on Thursday, extending a 1.7% rise in the previous session. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes, including iron ore and coal, advanced 2% to 4,198, its highest level since July 16. On the...

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