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Friday, May 23, 2025
Japanese Gas Tanker Giant MOL Sees Difficulty Buying Chinese Vessels
Shipyard

Japanese Gas Tanker Giant MOL Sees Difficulty Buying Chinese Vessels

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, owner of the world’s largest fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers, said it is hard to buy Chinese vessels for the time being as the

May 23, 2025
Total Views: 2349

Thursday, May 22, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard personnel assigned to Sector New York conduct container inspections alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Red Hook Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, April 24, 2025.
Shipping

US Importers Race to Beat Trump Tariffs Facing Complex Customs Forms

US businesses are under mounting pressure to import goods while President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs are on pause, and they’re simultaneously navigating

May 22, 2025
Total Views: 721

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Suspected shadow fleetl tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo
Shipping

Russia Vows to Defend Its Ships in Baltic Sea

Russia will defend its vessels in the Baltic Sea by all legal means, the Kremlin said, days after briefly deploying a fighter jet as Estonian officials tried

May 21, 2025
Total Views: 3860

The busy container port and natural scenery in Shanghai, China
Shipping

China-US Trade Soars as Exporters Race to Hit Trade Truce Window

A temporary trade truce between the world’s two largest economies has sparked a knee-jerk bounce across China’s ports and factory floors.  In the week

May 21, 2025
Total Views: 846

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Photo shows the installation of the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind
Offshore

Trump-Hochul Deal Revives New York Offshore Wind Project—and Possibly Pipelines

The Trump administration is allowing construction to resume on a $5 billion wind farm off Long Island after reaching a deal with New York Governor Kathy Hochul

May 20, 2025
Total Views: 2316

Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

India Launches $10 Billion Tanker Fleet Plan to Boost Energy Security and Shipbuilding

India plans to spend 850 billion rupees ($10 billion) to purchase 112 crude carriers through 2040, people familiar with the matter said, as the world’s

May 20, 2025
Total Views: 1856

Russia’s Crude Exports Slip While Ships Seek to Avoid Detection 
Energy

Russia’s Crude Exports Slip While Ships Seek to Avoid Detection 

Russia's oil exports are becoming increasingly difficult to track as the tankers moving the barrels disappear from digital tracking systems. Moscow’s exports

May 20, 2025
Total Views: 1039

Monday, May 19, 2025
A slogan is displayed on a building, using laser light, as Taiwan shuts down its last Nuclear reactor, in Taipei
Energy

Taiwan Seeks LNG Cargoes After Shutting Last Nuclear Reactor

Taiwan is seeking liquefied natural gas shipments following the shutdown of its last nuclear reactor, a move that will increase the island’s reliance on the

May 19, 2025
Total Views: 669

Sunday, May 18, 2025
A slogan is displayed on a building, using laser light, as Taiwan shuts down its last Nuclear reactor, in Taipei
Energy

Nuclear Plant Shutdown Leaves Taiwan Facing Energy Crunch

By Sing Yee Ong and Cindy Wang May 16, 2025 (Bloomberg) –In 1996, a rust-streaked freighter carrying barrels of nuclear waste attempted to dock at

May 18, 2025
Total Views: 3558

Saturday, May 17, 2025
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Navy

Frigate Touted By Trump Is Among Navy’s ‘Least Performing’ Programs

By Tony Capaccio May 13, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A $22 billion frigate project that President Donald Trump once touted as “the most beautiful, they look

May 17, 2025
Total Views: 3453

Friday, May 16, 2025
Egyptian LNG (ELNG) terminal
Energy

Egypt in Talks to Buy LNG Through 2030 to Offset Weak Production

Egypt is looking to buy liquefied natural gas through the end of the decade, a move to meet surging summer power demand and supplant flagging domestic

May 16, 2025
Total Views: 728

A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
Shipping

Tariff Truce Spurs Pacific Trade Rush, Boosting Global Shippers

Importers rushing to ship Chinese goods to the US using a short reprieve from paralyzing tariffs could provide a much-needed boost to global

May 16, 2025
Total Views: 549

Thursday, May 15, 2025
A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo
News

Iran Nuclear Deal Would Give a Little Boost to Global Oil Supply

The prospect of a deal over Iran’s nuclear program saw oil fall sharply on Thursday. The reality is that Tehran has relatively little extra crude that it can

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 440

A containership arrives at the Port of Rotterdam
News

US-China Trade Clash Risks Making Europe Dumping Ground for Cheap Goods

China’s widening trade surplus with the European Union is fueling fresh concerns that the 27-nation bloc risks becoming a dumping ground for cheap goods in

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 828

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Port of Durban south africa.File photo: Shutterstock/michaeljung
News

South Africa’s Transnet, Union in Talks to Avoid Strike

(Bloomberg) — The biggest labor union at South Africa’s state-owned port and rail company are starting final talks with a third-party arbitrator to

May 14, 2025
Total Views: 702

Photo of a hapag-lloyd containership in port with cranes overhead
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd CEO Sees ‘Huge Surge’ in Volume Last Few Days

The world’s No. 5 container carrier is seeing a jump in business this week after the US and China lowered tariffs, the company’s CEO said, as the trade war

May 14, 2025
Total Views: 926

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
China-US Truce Prompts Price Jump in Pacific Shipping Frenzy
Shipping

China-US Truce Prompts Price Jump in Pacific Shipping Frenzy

A China-US deal to slash trade tariffs is set to push freight rates higher, as companies rush to use a 90-day grace period to ferry goods across the Pacific

May 13, 2025
Total Views: 1440

Monday, May 12, 2025
CMA CGM Iron - side view
Shipping

French Shipping Giant Hails US-China Deal After Freight Slumps

Rodolphe Saade, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM SA, the world’s third-largest container carrier, hailed a truce in the trade war between Washington and

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 1176

US, China to Slash Tariffs During 90-Day Reprieve for Talks
News

US, China to Slash Tariffs During 90-Day Reprieve for Talks

The US and China will temporarily lower tariffs on each other’s products in a dramatic ratcheting down of trade tensions that buys the world’s two largest

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 697

Saturday, May 10, 2025
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Shipyard. Photo courtesy ThyssenKrupp.
Shipyard

Thyssenkrupp Eyes Europe Shipyard Deals After Naval Orders Surge

By William Wilkes May 10, 2025 (Bloomberg) —Thyssenkrupp AG’s naval division is scouting for shipbuilding partners across Europe, as new submarine

May 10, 2025
Total Views: 1567