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Hapag-Lloyd and Kuehne+Nagel take their first joint step towards sustainable ocean shipping
Hapag-Lloyd and Kuehne+Nagel are further strengthening their long-standing partnership and, for the first time, collaborating on emission-reduced ocean transport solutions....
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Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: POMEME barge price drop limits Rotterdam B30-VLSFO price gain
Rotterdam and Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $35/mt in the last week. The port’s conventional VLSFO price...
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Somali piracy adds new strain to global shipping and trade routes
It’s been a nightmare two months for global shipping, with the Strait of Hormuz largely shut to commercial traffic and...
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Simandou ships record quantity of iron ore, swelling Chinese stocks
Guinean iron ore shipments breach 1.2mt for the first time as Simandou ramps up, with Brazil and Australia also seeing...
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Rebalancing the liquids markets amid SOH disruption
In this Market Pulse, we analyse how the market is rebalancing after the removal of around 20 Mbd of flows...
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How the U.S. military and Maersk got a ship to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
The chief executive of Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, said last week that one of its commercial...
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Xeneta Schedule Reliability Scorecard: Global schedule reliability rebounded to 36% in March
March marked the first positive trend in schedule reliability since the start of the year, but these developments should not...
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Indian bio-methanol project targets bunkering demand
Indian conglomerate Thermax plans to develop a bio-methanol production plant at Deendayal Port (Kandla) in Gujarat, India, targeting future bunkering...
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Global jet fuel exports fell to seasonal lows in April
Global seaborne jet fuel exports continued to fall month-on-month and reached seasonal lows in April. Energy flows from the Middle...
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Abrasive Reality: How Elevated Catfines Can Damage Marine Engines
A common concern of maritime chief engineers, regarding vessel engine damages, is the presence of highly abrasive “catfines” within marine...
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Clay liquefaction: a sticky risk to bulk cargo safety
In early December 2025, local media and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) reported on a general cargo ship M/V...
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Two months in: What container data tells us about the Hormuz crisis
When the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to commercial traffic, 53 container vessels belonging to the world’s top shipping lines...
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Russian-flagged tanker linked to sanctioned LNG loading as shadow fleet expands
A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker that recently shifted to a Russian flag appears to be loading fuel from a...
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Tanker owners post record earnings as Hormuz disruption forces detours
Product tanker owners are posting record earnings as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forces long-haul voyages from the...
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ABS and HD KSOE to Set New Industry Benchmarks for Digital Shipbuilding and Vessel Intelligence
ABS and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on digital technologies...
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Vessel and Marine Data for Middle East Waters Free of Charge on the SeaNavigator Marine Weather Service
In response to the recent tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the resulting rise in maritime logistics risks, Weathernews...
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Shipping industry warned of the safety risks of cutting seatime requirements for junior officers
A new briefing paper by the Maritime Professional Council of the UK warns that reducing mandatory seagoing service for Officer...
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MISC Expands LNG Carrier Fleet with the Naming of Seri Dian and Seri Dayang for SeaRiver Maritime
MISC Group (MISC) announced the naming of its two new generation Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers, Seri Dian and Seri...
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Gulf shipping disruptions highlight need for alternative export routes, flexibility: ADNOC top exec
The United Arab Emirates’ Habshan-Fujairah pipeline transports oil to a port 70 nautical miles outside the Strait of Hormuz, allowing...
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Japan’s MOL targets Southeast Asia for FSRU market growth
Japan’s shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines sees Southeast Asia as an important focus market for floating storage and regasification units,...
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