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Europe Heading For Recession As Cost Of Living Crisis Deepens

Europe Heading For Recession As Cost Of Living Crisis Deepens

The euro zone is almost certainly entering a recession, with surveys on Monday showing a deepening cost of living crisis...
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VOC Port Inks Concession For New 600,000 TEU Container Terminal In India

VOC Port Inks Concession For New 600,000 TEU Container Terminal In India

The V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port Authority has signed a concession agreement with Tuticorin International Container Terminal Private Limited (TICTPL) to...
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LRQA Certifies Industry-Leading GMS Ship Recycling Monitoring Programme

LRQA Certifies Industry-Leading GMS Ship Recycling Monitoring Programme

GMS’s Sustainable Ship & Offshore Recycling Programme (SSORP) has become the first and only Compliance Monitoring program to be successfully...
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Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year

Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year

Freight rates on the main ocean trade routes are sinking during what is typically the industry’s peak season after cargo...
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Baltic Index Extends Gains On Higher Rates For Larger Vessels

Baltic Index Extends Gains On Higher Rates For Larger Vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended gains for a third...
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DNV And DSME Join Hands To Develop Wind-Assisted Propulsion System

DNV And DSME Join Hands To Develop Wind-Assisted Propulsion System

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and DNV have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish energy-saving wind assistance...
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Wärtsilä Propulsion Solution Selected For Sustainable New Hybrid Tug

Wärtsilä Propulsion Solution Selected For Sustainable New Hybrid Tug

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its advanced thruster solution for a new hybrid tug being built to operate in...
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Agreement Reached, SC Closes Case Between Adani Ports And JNPT

Agreement Reached, SC Closes Case Between Adani Ports And JNPT

The Supreme Court on September 5 allowed a case involving a dispute between Adani Ports and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port...
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Commerce Secretary Optimistic Of Changing Weather After India’s August Trade Data Shows Exports Losing Steam

Commerce Secretary Optimistic Of Changing Weather After India’s August Trade Data Shows Exports Losing Steam

A contraction in exports coupled with a high import bill has renewed concerns over India’s widening trade deficit and its...
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Tanker Values On The Rise

Tanker Values On The Rise

Astronger tanker market over the course of the past few weeks, has helped increase prices for tankers as well. In...
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Iran Navy Says Thwarted Pirate Attack On Ship In Red Sea

Iran Navy Says Thwarted Pirate Attack On Ship In Red Sea

An Iranian naval flotilla foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Red Sea, the navy said,...
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Iron Ore Crumbles As China COVID Curbs Dampen Demand

Iron Ore Crumbles As China COVID Curbs Dampen Demand

Dalian iron ore fell on Friday to its weakest level in more than five weeks, while the steelmaking ingredient hit...
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India Is Likely To Become Third Largest Economy By 2029: SBI Report

India Is Likely To Become Third Largest Economy By 2029: SBI Report

India is likely to become the third largest economy by 2029 — up seven places since 2014 when the country...
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Dry Bulk Market: Capesizes Continue To Struggle

Dry Bulk Market: Capesizes Continue To Struggle

Capesize The Capesize market continues to struggle as demand for iron ore remains weak. Vessels in the Atlantic have had...
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India’s Oil Imports From Russia Fall In Last Two Months, Down 25% From June

India’s Oil Imports From Russia Fall In Last Two Months, Down 25% From June

In the last two months, India’s crude oil imports from Russia have declined. However, the overall import of crude oil...
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Container Freight Spot Market Continues To Sit Below Contracted Rates

Container Freight Spot Market Continues To Sit Below Contracted Rates

High inflation levels, inventory surpluses and inflated costs of living have hampered appetite for Asian products, resulting in container rates...
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British Port Workers Plan Two-Week Strike From Sept. 19

British Port Workers Plan Two-Week Strike From Sept. 19

More than 560 dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool, one of Britain’s largest container docks, will go on strike from...
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Gibraltar Says Heavy Oil Leaking Into Sea From Cargo Ship

Gibraltar Says Heavy Oil Leaking Into Sea From Cargo Ship

Gibraltar’s government said a stricken bulk carrier had leaked a small amount of heavy fuel oil into the sea, three...
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Tanker Refloated After Breakdown In Egypt’s Suez Canal

Tanker Refloated After Breakdown In Egypt’s Suez Canal

Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt’s Suez Canal late on Wednesday after to a...
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DNV Appoints New Area Manager For UK & Ireland

DNV Appoints New Area Manager For UK & Ireland

DNV, the world’s leading classification society, is pleased to announce that Tony Linden will step into the role of Area...
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