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ClassNK Establishes New Standards to Enhance the Safety and Loading Capacity of Container Ships -Enabling safer and higher-capacity container shipping by utilizing weather forecasts and anti-rolling tanks

ClassNK Establishes New Standards to Enhance the Safety and Loading Capacity of Container Ships -Enabling safer and higher-capacity container shipping by utilizing weather forecasts and anti-rolling tanks

ClassNK has released new guidelines for those involved in container shipping, aiming to enhance the efficiency of container stowage while...
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Global Shipping Rates Plummet to 10-Year Low, Shipping Industry on High Alert

Global Shipping Rates Plummet to 10-Year Low, Shipping Industry on High Alert

Global shipping rates have shown their steepest decline in a decade, deepening concerns within the domestic shipping industry. According to...
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APC completes tanker recoating deal for Spanish shipping line Marflet Marine

APC completes tanker recoating deal for Spanish shipping line Marflet Marine

AVON, OHIO headquartered manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has completed a tanker recoating contract for Spanish headquartered shipping line Marflet...
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IBIA supports the adoption of the IMO Net-Zero Framework at MEPC/ES.2

IBIA supports the adoption of the IMO Net-Zero Framework at MEPC/ES.2

Next month the International Maritime Organization will consider one of the most important decisions in its history: the adoption of...
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Asian fuel suppliers eye US West Coast market amid California refinery closures

Asian fuel suppliers eye US West Coast market amid California refinery closures

With two California refineries set to close in the coming months, major Asian oil product suppliers, including South Korean refiners...
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Guinea-China bauxite trade takes a big bite of 2025 Capesize tonnage

Guinea-China bauxite trade takes a big bite of 2025 Capesize tonnage

Massive year on year growth in Guinean bauxite trade has also absorbed Capesize substantial tonnage in 2025, contributing to recent...
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Stormy seas for global shipping: UNCTAD warns of uncertainty, volatility and rising costs

Stormy seas for global shipping: UNCTAD warns of uncertainty, volatility and rising costs

Global shipping, moving over 80% of the world’s merchandise trade, is entering a period of fragile growth, rising costs and...
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Container Shipping: Demand bolstered by trade lanes not bound for the US

Container Shipping: Demand bolstered by trade lanes not bound for the US

“On the strength of demand in trade lanes not bound for the US, we have increased our ship demand growth...
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Ship Recycling Market Remains A Mixed Bag

Ship Recycling Market Remains A Mixed Bag

The ship recycling markets remained a mixed bag during the previous week. In its latest weekly report, a leading cash...
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MOL, Research Partners Achieve Efficient, High-precision Seabed Observation of Cold Discharge Water from Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

MOL, Research Partners Achieve Efficient, High-precision Seabed Observation of Cold Discharge Water from Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that it has conducted an environmental assessment of cooling water discharged from Ocean Thermal...
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USD 48 billion at risk of being written off as gas tanker orders soar by 300% in five years, new research shows

USD 48 billion at risk of being written off as gas tanker orders soar by 300% in five years, new research shows

USD 48 billion invested in LNG carriers could be written off by 2035 as they will be in oversupply in...
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Valenciaport exports Spanish tiles to 359 ports around the world

Valenciaport exports Spanish tiles to 359 ports around the world

The Spanish tile industry finds in the Port of Valencia one of the main gateways for the distribution of its...
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Leading DEI experts from across the business world to debate inclusivity, people and culture best practices at maritime diversity conference

Leading DEI experts from across the business world to debate inclusivity, people and culture best practices at maritime diversity conference

The maritime industry is set to gain a sharper picture of how inclusive its workplaces really are in 2025, as...
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Sailors’ Society and ITF Seafarers’ Trust are now reshaping maritime training in Africa

Sailors’ Society and ITF Seafarers’ Trust are now reshaping maritime training in Africa

As Sailors’ Society celebrates another highly successful African conference for the next generation of maritime professionals, the global charity is...
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Maritime Industry Urged to Recognise and Address the Silent Weight of Grief at Sea

Maritime Industry Urged to Recognise and Address the Silent Weight of Grief at Sea

Stress is often considered an unavoidable part of seafaring life. Long hours, isolation, and operational pressures are expected but a...
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Port Performance Varies Across the Globe Amid Continuing Shocks

Port Performance Varies Across the Globe Amid Continuing Shocks

Port performance across the world declined between 2020 and 2024 due to the Red Sea Crisis, challenges at the Panama...
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China receives sixth cargo from sanctioned Russian LNG project

China receives sixth cargo from sanctioned Russian LNG project

A sixth tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project discharged at China’s Beihai terminal on...
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The Big Three of Asia’s Thermal Coal Look Healthy, Others Pale

The Big Three of Asia’s Thermal Coal Look Healthy, Others Pale

Asia dominates the global thermal coal market but the future is looking increasingly split between robust domestic markets in the...
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Danish Shipping: The shipping industry’s CO₂ payments should be used to build up green fuel production in the EU

Danish Shipping: The shipping industry’s CO₂ payments should be used to build up green fuel production in the EU

Danish shipping companies pay billions into the EU’s CO₂ Emissions Trading System (ETS). Danish Shipping therefore urges that these funds...
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Baltic Index Edges Up On Higher Rates For Capesize Vessels

Baltic Index Edges Up On Higher Rates For Capesize Vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, rose on Tuesday,...
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