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Dry Market Monitor: Spotlight on Capesize Tonne Days to the Far East and C3 Market Rates

Dry Market Monitor: Spotlight on Capesize Tonne Days to the Far East and C3 Market Rates

This week’s Chart Monitor highlights a continued upward trend in tonne-day growth for the Capesize segment during Q2 2025, particularly...
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BIMCO’s Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview & Outlook: Slowing Chinese economy threatens demand

BIMCO’s Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview & Outlook: Slowing Chinese economy threatens demand

We estimate the dry bulk supply/demand balance to weaken in both 2025 and 2026, compared to 2024. Demand growth is...
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London P&I Club warns industry over incorrect loading of jumbo bags

London P&I Club warns industry over incorrect loading of jumbo bags

The London P&I Club has renewed calls on ship owners, operators and charterers to address potential risks when loading Flexible...
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Iron ore retreats as hopes of China stimulus recede

Iron ore retreats as hopes of China stimulus recede

Prices of iron ore futures retreated on Wednesday as hopes of more stimulus from top consumer China faded, erasing earlier...
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Kazakhstan and Turkey discussed an increase in oil exports via BTC

Kazakhstan and Turkey discussed an increase in oil exports via BTC

Talks between Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday included a possible increase in Kazakh oil...
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US crude, distillate inventories rise, gasoline draw down, EIA says

US crude, distillate inventories rise, gasoline draw down, EIA says

U.S. crude oil and distillate inventories rose last week, while gasoline stockpiles fell, the Energy Information Administration said. Crude inventories...
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Russian ESPO oil premiums hold firm in China despite US tariff threat

Russian ESPO oil premiums hold firm in China despite US tariff threat

Premiums for ESPO Blend crude oil loading from Russia’s Kozmino port in late August to early September for delivery into...
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Hamburg Fleet on course for climate neutrality with innovative fuels

Hamburg Fleet on course for climate neutrality with innovative fuels

With its consistent environmental strategy, Hamburg Fleet has established itself as a driver of innovation, piloting and implementing solutions for...
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Econavis Secures First Reference For New Fuel-Saving Propeller Boss Cap

Econavis Secures First Reference For New Fuel-Saving Propeller Boss Cap

EcoNavis Solutions has secured its first commercial contract for the novel Eco Boss Cap, a proprietary energy-saving propeller hub cap...
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Speed Of Digitalization Outpacing Crew Capacity to Understand the Data

Speed Of Digitalization Outpacing Crew Capacity to Understand the Data

The shipping industry’s adoption of smart technology risks being undermined by the crew’s ability to understand the information they provide,...
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Five ports received 57% of Russian crude transported by UK-sanctioned vessels

Five ports received 57% of Russian crude transported by UK-sanctioned vessels

The UK’s sanctions on Russian ‘shadow’ tankers have generally been effective at reducing the overall volume of Russian crude that...
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Trojan Cargo: The Strategic Threat of Weaponised Shipping Containers

Trojan Cargo: The Strategic Threat of Weaponised Shipping Containers

Executive Summary Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web used containerized drones to strike deep into Russian territory, revealing a new method of...
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Tschudi teams up with NAL Research and SGM Technology in pioneering project to deliver anti-spoofing and jamming navigation aid

Tschudi teams up with NAL Research and SGM Technology in pioneering project to deliver anti-spoofing and jamming navigation aid

Multi-party collaboration addresses serious threat to safety of navigation and visibility of high-value assets in degraded and compromised Global Positioning...
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Houthis say they hold 10 crew from Greek-operated ship they sank off Yemen

Houthis say they hold 10 crew from Greek-operated ship they sank off Yemen

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had rescued 10 seafarers from the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which they...
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Interferry Demands EU Harmonization with IMO Global GHG Regulations to Prevent Double Taxation and Protect Critical Ferry Services

Interferry Demands EU Harmonization with IMO Global GHG Regulations to Prevent Double Taxation and Protect Critical Ferry Services

Interferry, the association representing the ferry industry worldwide, calls on the European Commission to immediately harmonize its unilateral EU ETS...
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Iron ore stays above $100/t amid Sino-US trade talks; coal slump continues

Iron ore stays above $100/t amid Sino-US trade talks; coal slump continues

Iron ore futures prices held well over the key psychological level of $100 a metric ton on Tuesday, while investors...
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Saudi Arabia’s diesel exports climb to record, with Aramco active trader

Saudi Arabia’s diesel exports climb to record, with Aramco active trader

Saudi Arabia’s diesel exports for July set a record high, with Saudi Aramco offering its first cargo of the fuel...
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Carbon Ridge deploys shipping’s first centrifugal carbon capture system in partnership with Scorpio Tankers

The milestone marks the first deployment of a centrifuge-based carbon capture technology in shipping. Delivering the most efficient carbon capture...
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CMA CGM says interested by CK Hutchison’s port terminals

CMA CGM says interested by CK Hutchison’s port terminals

French shipping giant CMA CGM said on Tuesday it is interested in taking over some of CK Hutchison’s ports after...
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Scrubbers: Cleaning the air, polluting the sea

Scrubbers: Cleaning the air, polluting the sea

Scrubbers move pollution from air to sea. Should shipowners rethink before installing them? The concern about air pollution by ships...
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