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Celebrities Condemn Brittany Ferries’ Live Export Decision

Mar 23, 2025

Actors Dame Joanna Lumley and Pauline McLynn have joined forces with over 110 other high-profile individuals, experts and animal welfare NGOs to condemn a decision by Brittany Ferries to resume transporting livestock from Ireland to France, including unweaned calves…

Taiwan Seeks to Invest in Alaskan LNG

Mar 20, 2025

Taiwanese state energy firm CPC Corp signed on Thursday an agreement with Alaska Gasline Development Corp to buy liquefied natural gas and invest in the project, a move Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said would ensure the island's energy security…

Weak Demand Drives China Coal Imports Down 15%

Mar 20, 2025

“We estimate that coal shipments to China will show a 15% fall y/y during the first quarter of 2025, reaching a three-year-low. Seaborne cargoes have slowed due to weaker domestic demand and higher competition from domestic supplies and overland imports…

Proposed Port Fees Could Choke U.S. Coal, Ag Exports

Mar 19, 2025

President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad…

Marcegaglia Acquires Liebherr Harbor Crane

Mar 19, 2025

Marcegaglia’s latest acquisition, the LHM 600, marks the 2,000th mobile harbor crane produced and delivered by Liebherr. The LHM 600 will be instrumental in handling steel products, and is the sixth Liebherr mobile harbor crane for the Italian company…

DP World and Maersk Agree to Expand Maritime Services in Brazil

Mar 19, 2025

Dubai-based ports and logistics firm DP World and shipping giant Maersk have signed a long-term agreement to boost container-handling capacity and increase weekly vessel calls to support Brazil’s growing trade demands.DP World operates one of…

Fujairah: Bunker Fuel Sales Drop to their Lowest Since '21

Mar 17, 2025

Marine fuel sales in the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah, the world's third-largest bunkering hub, fell in February to their lowest since data started being published in 2021. Volumes, excluding lubricants, totalled 554,117 cubic metres (about 549…

Chinese Companies Shy Away From Russian Oil

Mar 14, 2025

Chinese state oil companies are shying away from Russian oil this month, with two importers halting purchases while two others scaled back volumes as they assess compliance following recent U.S. sanctions on Moscow, multiple trade sources said…

CMA CGM Iron: First Dual-Fuel Vessel Sailing to Abu Dhabi

Mar 14, 2025

The CMA CGM Iron became the first dual-fuel methanol container vessel sailing to Abu Dhabi.The CMA CGM ship built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries of Korea is a dual-fuel vessel able to run both on conventional and alternative fuels such as bio-methanol and e-methanol…

Livestock Carrier Delay Sparks Concern Over Continuing Trade

Mar 13, 2025

Ethical Farming Ireland and several other NGOs have sent an open letter to the European Commission and Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, after the breakdown at sea of the livestock carrier Express M.The Express M departed Romania for Haifa on February 22 with 2…

Saudi Oil To China Expected to Drop in April

Mar 13, 2025

Saudi Arabia's crude oil shipments to its biggest customer, China, are expected to drop to their lowest level in more than a year in April, trade sources said on Thursday, partly due to maintenance programmes at Chinese refineries owned by Sinopec…

Trade Tech Aims for UAE Security Filing Compliance

Mar 11, 2025

Trade Tech, Inc., a global logistics platform, is actively working toward compliance with the UAE’s new Maritime Pre-Load Cargo Information (MPCI) Program which will become effective June 25, 2025.This new security filing regulation, managed by the UAE’s National Advance Information Center (NAIC)…

Singapore Sets New Standard for Methanol Bunkering

Mar 10, 2025

Singapore, the world’s largest bunker hub for ships, has launched a new standard for methanol bunkering, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Monday.The move is aimed at helping to facilitate methanol bunkering at scale…

Blue or Red, Both Aisles of U.S. Politics Agree on Need to Bolster Shipbuilding

Mar 07, 2025

The United States is preparing to impose docking fees at its ports on any ship belonging to a fleet that includes Chinese-built or Chinese-flagged vessels, according to a draft executive order, a move aimed to both revitalize U.S. shipbuilding…

Performance Shipping Inc. enters sale and leaseback agreement for tank vessels

Mar 06, 2025

Tanker owner Performance Shipping entered into a sale and leaseback agreement with an unaffiliated third party for a previously announced newbuild LR2 Aframax tanker vessel. This concludes the financing for all three newbuilding LNG-ready, scrubber…

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