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Euro zone factory downturn deepened in October -PMI

Euro zone factory downturn deepened in October -PMI

Euro zone manufacturing activity took a further step back last month in a broad-based downturn, according to a survey which...
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Chevron in talks on 15-year LNG supply contracts into Europe

Chevron in talks on 15-year LNG supply contracts into Europe

Chevron (NYSE:) is negotiating contracts to supply liquefied (LNG) into Europe for up to 15 years as buyers expect the...
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ENGINE: Americas Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook

ENGINE: Americas Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook

North AmericaAvailability of VLSFO and LSMGO grades in Houston has been good so far this week. Several suppliers can deliver...
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Maersk Supply Service Selects Inmarsat Fleet Data End-User Api To Enhance Performance Of Battery-Optimised Vessel

Maersk Supply Service Selects Inmarsat Fleet Data End-User Api To Enhance Performance Of Battery-Optimised Vessel

Maersk Supply Service has selected Fleet Data IoT platform from Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, to help optimise the performance...
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Asia Distillates-Cracks rise for 3rd session on gains in West despite thin trade

Asia Distillates-Cracks rise for 3rd session on gains in West despite thin trade

Asia’s middle distillates markets were supported for a third consecutive session by stronger performance in the West, despite thin trading...
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Iron ore extends gains on growing buying appetite

Iron ore extends gains on growing buying appetite

Iron ore extended gains for a second consecutive session on Thursday due to growing appetite for the fundamentally healthy steelmaking...
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ABB and Carnival Corporation sign strategic partnership for Azipod® propulsion services

ABB and Carnival Corporation sign strategic partnership for Azipod® propulsion services

ABB and Carnival Corporation & plc have signed a long-term partnership agreement to collaborate on continued operational excellence and ship...
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ABS Report Shines Light on Complex Regulatory Landscape in Maritime Industry

ABS Report Shines Light on Complex Regulatory Landscape in Maritime Industry

ABS shines a light on the maritime industry’s complex regulatory environment in a major new report summarizing the latest global...
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ENGINE: Europe & Africa Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook

ENGINE: Europe & Africa Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook

Northwest EuropeHSFO availability has shown signs of improvement in Rotterdam. Some sources say that product loading delays and congestion at...
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Ukraine says Russian warplanes drop explosives on Black Sea shipping lanes

Ukraine says Russian warplanes drop explosives on Black Sea shipping lanes

Ukraine said on Wednesday Russian warplanes had dropped “explosive objects” into the likely paths of civilian vessels in the Black...
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South Korea Successfully Achieves Simultaneous LNG Bunkering Operations on Bulk Carriers

South Korea Successfully Achieves Simultaneous LNG Bunkering Operations on Bulk Carriers

For the first time in Korea, on 28 October, simultaneous operations (SIMOPs) of ship-to-ship LNG bunkering were successfully conducted for...
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WAF VLCC market continues to firm on rising oil demand

WAF VLCC market continues to firm on rising oil demand

Dirty freight rates for Very Large Crude Carrier voyages loading in West Africa have firmed substantially since the start of...
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Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO premium spikes on tight supply outlook

Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO premium spikes on tight supply outlook

Cash premiums for very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) extended gains in Asia on the first trading day of November,...
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Black Sea dry bulk exports up 13% y/y as Russian wheat exports rise

Black Sea dry bulk exports up 13% y/y as Russian wheat exports rise

Between January and October, dry bulk exports out of the Black Sea increased by 13% y/y, driven by Russian wheat...
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MOL and Pyxis sign Collaboration Agreement for development and market expansion of electric vessels in Singapore and Japan

MOL and Pyxis sign Collaboration Agreement for development and market expansion of electric vessels in Singapore and Japan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd. (Pyxis) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate...
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Baltic index falls for 10th straight session on lower vessel demand

Baltic index falls for 10th straight session on lower vessel demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index .BADI, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for a tenth...
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Singapore iron ore eases slightly amid caution on China data

Singapore iron ore eases slightly amid caution on China data

Singapore iron ore edged down on Tuesday, as caution dominated among traders after the latest Chinese manufacturing data missed expectations....
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Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO margin hits four-month high; more tenders underway

Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO margin hits four-month high; more tenders underway

Asia’s fuel oil benchmarks climbed on Tuesday with refining margin scaling a four-month high, while more tenders for November-loading cargoes...
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ITIC warns ship managers of the dangers of management mistakes.

ITIC warns ship managers of the dangers of management mistakes.

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) – a mutual insurer that provides professional indemnity cover for transport intermediaries operating in the...
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Drought at the Panama Canal delays energy shipments, increasing shipping costs.

Drought at the Panama Canal delays energy shipments, increasing shipping costs.

A drought is limiting ship traffic through the Panama Canal. The resulting delays caused shipping rates through the Panama Canal...
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