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Monday, March 31, 2025
FILE PHOTO: A ship sails near the Balboa Port after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 0001.HK agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to curb China's influence in the region, Panama City
Ports

Showdown Over CK Hutchison’s $22.8B Port Sale Threatens China’s Pro-Business Push

President Xi Jinping is seeking to paint China as a steady partner to investors roiled by a global trade war. A spat over a shipping lane coveted by Donald

March 31, 2025
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Sunday, March 30, 2025
ocean mining supply ship
Offshore

Canadian Company Seeking Trump’s Approval To Mine Seabed Condemned By Regulators

By Todd Woody Mar 29 (Bloomberg) -International regulators on Friday condemned a seabed mining company’s move to circumvent their authority by seeking

March 30, 2025
Total Views: 6420

Saturday, March 29, 2025
LNG-powered Russian vessel Vladimir Vinogradov unloads crude at the Deendayal Port in Vadinar
Ports

Indian Port Bars Tanker Hauling Russian Crude

By Rakesh Sharma and Weilun Soon Mar 28, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A tanker carrying Russian crude for state-run Indian Oil Corp. has been denied entry to a

March 29, 2025
Total Views: 1426

Friday, March 28, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. visits Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Defense

Vance Arrives in Greenland as US Guns for Control of Island

Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland a day after his boss reiterated his desire to take over the remote and resource-rich Arctic island as US

March 28, 2025
Total Views: 3686

A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs.
Shipping

Shipowners Are Adjusting Contracts for US Tax on China Vessels

Shipowners and charterers are altering leasing contracts to cope with the multi-million dollar port fees expected to be imposed on Chinese-built vessels by the

March 28, 2025
Total Views: 2038

Thursday, March 27, 2025
Iran Oil-Filled Tankers Build Up Off Malaysia as Sanctions Mount
Energy

Iran Oil-Filled Tankers Build Up Off Malaysia as Sanctions Mount

Close to a dozen US-sanctioned tankers are idling off Malaysia with Iranian crude, with some having been stationed in the oil-transfer hub for more than a

March 27, 2025
Total Views: 1129

Car-Shipping Companies Plunge After Trump’s Latest Tariffs
Shipping

Car-Shipping Companies Plunge After Trump’s Latest Tariffs

Shares of companies that haul cars across oceans plunged after President Trump widened his trade war with tariffs on vehicles not made in the

March 27, 2025
Total Views: 1697

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Global Shipping Insurance May Shift If Russia Sanctions End, Bimco Says
Shipping

Global Shipping Insurance May Shift If Russia Sanctions End, Bimco Says

The global shipping industry should be open to working with a new group of insurers that emerged to support Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, provided they

March 26, 2025
Total Views: 1386

Xi Tests US Allies in Indo-Pacific as Trump Focuses Elsewhere
Defense

Xi Tests US Allies in Indo-Pacific as Trump Focuses Elsewhere

By Bloomberg News Mar 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) –President Xi Jinping is making China’s presence more felt across the Indo-Pacific region by testing US

March 26, 2025
Total Views: 1300

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
News

US Says Russia and Ukraine Agree to Ceasefire in the Black Sea

The US said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea and to work out mechanisms for implementing their ban on strikes against energy

March 25, 2025
Total Views: 802

Russian Crude Flows Hit Five-Month High While Peace Talks Drag
Energy

Russian Crude Flows Hit Five-Month High While Peace Talks Drag

Russia’s oil exports rose to a five-month high while US-initiated talks aimed at achieving a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict drag

March 25, 2025
Total Views: 802

COSCO ship in port
Shipping

Shippers, Steelmakers Spar Over Trump Levies for Chinese Vessels

US lawmakers, labor unions and steel manufacturers were at odds with shipping companies and farm exporters Monday over a Trump administration proposal to put

March 25, 2025
Total Views: 1253

Monday, March 24, 2025
venezuela's pdvsa
Energy

Trump Says Nations Buying Venezuela Oil, Gas Face 25% Charge

President Donald Trump said he would seek a 25% tariff on any nation purchasing oil and gas from Venezuela, citing migration and criminal gang members in the

March 24, 2025
Total Views: 1943

Indian Navy destroyer underway in Arabian sea
Defense

India to Hold Naval Drills With African Nations to Counter China

India will hold naval drills with several African nations, the first maritime exercise of this kind, as it tries to counter China’s assertive presence in the

March 24, 2025
Total Views: 1215

Sunday, March 23, 2025
A worker on a container crane at the Port of Los Angeles
Shipping

Billion-Dollar US Levies On Chinese Ships Risk ‘Trade Apocalypse’

By Laura Curtis, Weilun Soon and James Attwood Mar 23, 2025 (Bloomberg) –For a symbol of the chaos engulfing world trade since the Trump

March 23, 2025
Total Views: 5420

submarine cable map
Shipping

China Discloses Powerful Deep-Sea Cable Cutter, SCMP Reports

By Bei Hu Mar 22, 2025 (Bloomberg) —China revealed for the first time that it has developed a compact deep-sea cable cutting device that is powerful

March 23, 2025
Total Views: 28521

File photo of the Carnival Glory at sea
Cruise Ships

Carnival Says All Signs Point To Robust Cruise Demand Continuing

By Redd Brown Mar 21, 2025(Bloomberg) —Carnival Corp. sees no signs cruise demand is waning despite worrying signs across the travel industry that

March 23, 2025
Total Views: 1506

Saturday, March 22, 2025
Large,Luxury,Motor,Yacht,Anchored,Near,Rocky,Island
Cruise Ships

Trump Tariffs Prompt Yachtmaker To Eschew Profit Forecast

By Francois de Beaupuy Mar 20, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Beneteau SA, a French maker of sailing yachts and powerboats that generates about 20% of its sales

March 22, 2025
Total Views: 2035

Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Energy

Germany Looks To Sublet LNG Ships After Contractual Disputes

By Petra Sorge Mar 21, 2025 (Bloomberg) —Germany said it’s looking for partners to sub-charter some floating liquefied natural gas terminals after

March 22, 2025
Total Views: 2404

Aerial view of a container terminal
Ports

Thailand Drafts Law To Speed Up $29 Billion Transport Link

By Anuchit Nguyen Mar 22, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Thailand unveiled draft legislation to create a special economic zone in the south of the country that

March 22, 2025
Total Views: 755