Panama voids Hong Kong-based firm’s canal port contracts

Panama voids Hong Kong-based firm’s canal port contracts
Panama’s Supreme Court has annulled contracts allowing a Hong Kong-based company to operate container ports on the Panama Canal. The ruling comes a year after US President Donald Trump claimed China was “operating the Panama Canal” – the main shipping link between the...
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ITF warns seafarer abandonment has reached record levels

ITF warns seafarer abandonment has reached record levels
Seafarer abandonment has reached its highest level on record, with new figures from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) revealing a sharp rise in both the number of ships involved and the number of seafarers affected. According to ITF data, 6,223...
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Limited biofuel bunker traction across the Americas

There have been pockets of biofuel bunkering progress in the Americas over the past year, but uptake remains sparse and highly fragmented. Biofuel bunker activity across the Americas accounted for around 5% of global biofuel bunker deliveries in 2025, according to...
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Baltic Dry Index at Over 1-Month High, Posts Monthly Gain

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, soared about 7.3% to the highest since mid-December at 2,148 points on Friday. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and...
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