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The U.S. Navy has relieved the commanding officer of the expeditionary sea base USS Herschel "Woody" Williams of command of the vessel's Gold Crew following an investigation into the ship's grounding earlier this year.
A video released by Yemen’s National Resistance Forces (NRF) on May 10 shows an at-sea interdiction of bomb-making material destined for Yemen's Houthi terrorist group.
Continuing its strategy to pressure Iran, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the latest round of sanctions.
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which measures shipping rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell to a three-week low on Tuesday on lower rates for capesize and panamax vessels.
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Short-Sea Freight Report covering the Black Sea, East Med & North Africa for week 19, May 12th 2025.
Freight rates across key routes remain under pressure, bunkers are spiking (especially in Istanbul), and new sulphur rules are biting into margins.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced a new rebate on tolls for large container ships as the Houthi step-down attacks in the Red Sea.
The Through Transport Club has reminded ports, terminals, and warehouses to ensure that they have appropriate preparations and suitable insurance cover in place ahead of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
Commodities firms Vitol and Grindrod have decided to wind down their bunkering joint venture, the longtime bunker supplier Cockett.
Following the newly-announced pause on the White House's 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods, many American importers are rushing to pay a lesser amount and get their goods into the United States now, avoiding the risk that the levy might go up again in future negotiations with Beijing.
The Kassø e-methanol facility in Aabenraa, Denmark, has been officially inaugurated and is ready to deliver e-methanol to key customers including Maersk.
The move by the United States and China to reduce import tariffs on each other and negotiate has been broadly welcomed by markets, but the de-escalation will do very little to restore the trade in energy commodities.
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) held its 403rd Board Meeting on May 13 to approve its Q1 financial report of 2025. The consolidated revenues in Q1 totaled NT$ 45.51 billion (US$ 1.38 billion).
Newbuilding contracting activity from Greek ship owners has declined sharply so far this year.
From splash247.com
Busy Athens-based non-operating owner Erasmus Corp has taken its box fleet into double-digits with Alphaliner reporting another triple swoop this week.
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Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has been awarded a 27-year concession from the Port of Barcelona for a finished-vehicle logistics terminal.
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The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant began operations in Denmark yesterday, with Maersk set to buy part of the production.
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Vitol and Grindrod have decided to close down their bunkering business, Cockett.
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Acknowledging the challenges in sourcing the right numbers of staff at sea, French liner giant CMA CGM has launched CMASHIPS.com, the company’s first global seafarer recruitment website.
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Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group is expanding its business in Central Asia, signing with KazMunayGas (KMG), the national oil company of Kazakhstan, to build four shallow-draft containerships designed for use on the Caspian Sea, each with a capacity of 780 teu, and contemplating investing with KMG in up to four aframax tankers.
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US-based LNG player New Fortress Energy has executed a three-year charter agreement for the Energos Freeze FSRU with Energía 2000 in the Dominican Republic.
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Christen Sveaas’ Viking Supply Ships has expanded its anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) fleet with a new acquisition.
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Saudi oil and gas driller ADES has signed a multi-year contract extension for one of its jackup rigs.
On Tuesday, climate activist Greta Thunberg and protesters from Danish environmental group Den Gronne Ungdomsbevaegelse (The Green Youth Movement) briefly occupied the offices of Maersk Tankers, located in the Amager East precinct of Copenhagen.
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Iron ore futures touched a more than two-week high on Tuesday, supported by a temporary trade agreement between the U.S. and China, although caution over a final deal and potentially slower near-term demand capped gains.
From www.world-grain.com
Hard and soft red winter wheat forecasts above expectations
