The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) today announced the publication of new guidelines to support companies in developing new Safety Management Systems (SMS) and strengthening existing SMS for ships using methanol as fuel. As the maritime industry accelerates its...

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Broader commercial deployment of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) technology will depend on regulatory and infrastructure progress. Several shipowners and operators are testing onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) technologies across multiple vessel...

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Shanghai has officially become the world’s second-most prominent shipping hub, according to the 2026 rankings in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCDI) Report, published in collaboration between Baltic Exchange and Xinhua News...

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With the United States and Iran breaking the ceasefire again this week, the freight market has reacted sharply, resuming its upward trend within days as risk premia around the Strait of Hormuz returned. The Baltic Dirty Tanker Index and the benchmark Middle East...

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Geopolitical disruption, energy security concerns and the emergence of competing trade blocs are fundamentally altering the way shipping markets operate, according to speakers at a Baltic Exchange panel discussion at Posidonia. While panellists highlighted growing...

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