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Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Tuesday, March 30, 2021
End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade
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End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) – Now removed from the Suez Canal’s main channel, the Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions

March 30, 2021
Total Views: 5988

Friday, March 26, 2021
Sheep_Ship Livestock Carrier
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Sheep Bake Aboard Ships Waiting For Suez Canal To Reopen

By Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) – Of all the millions of tons of cargo that’s piled up in the Suez Canal, none is more delicate than the animals

March 26, 2021
Total Views: 34522

Piloting a Megaship: How Big Is Too Big?
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Piloting a Megaship: How Big Is Too Big?

This article was originally published on April 27, 2020. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part

March 26, 2021
Total Views: 8306

maersk ship
Shipping News

Do Super-Sized Ships Create Super-Sized Problems?

This article was originally published in 2019. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2:

March 26, 2021
Total Views: 4644

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Yangtze-river-boat
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China To Crackdown On Illegal Yangtze River Sand Dredging

by David Stanway (Reuters) – China has launched a crackdown on illegal sand mining (dredging for sand used in construction) operations on the Yangtze

March 16, 2021
Total Views: 2625

Thursday, March 11, 2021
Solar Eclipse Over Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean States Escalate The Fight For Ocean Rights

By Alister Doyle (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure

March 11, 2021
Total Views: 3036

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
maersk ship
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Maersk Misses Wall Street Forecast Despite High Rates

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Feb 10 (Reuters) – A surge in demand for goods like furniture and exercise equipment from locked-down consumers

February 10, 2021
Total Views: 1270

Monday, February 8, 2021
Vendee Globe Winner Bestaven
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French Sailor Bestaven Wins Vendee Globe Circumnavigation Race

by Shrivathsa Sridhar (Reuters) – Frenchman Yannick Bestaven was declared the winner of the Vendee Globe round-the-world sailing race early last week

February 8, 2021
Total Views: 2284

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
First us oil exports on Theo T tanker
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Asia Pushes U.S. Supertanker Port’s Oil Export Shipments to Record High

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) American oil exports from Louisiana’s offshore supertanker port jumped to a record in January as Asian buyers are stocking up

February 3, 2021
Total Views: 3147

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
us-commercee-head-Gina-Raimondo
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Raimondo’s U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Hearing Scheduled For Next Week

by David Shepardson (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will consider President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Rhode Island Governor

January 20, 2021
Total Views: 927

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
oil tanker at anchor
Shipping

U.S. Blacklists More Companies Over Iranian Petrochemical Exports

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on companies based in China and the United Arab

December 16, 2020
Total Views: 1974

Thursday, December 10, 2020
Inmarsat’s Most Powerful Satellite to Date Enters Service
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Inmarsat’s Most Powerful Satellite to Date Enters Service

Inmarsat’s newest and most powerful geostationary satellite to date has entered into commercial service, the company announced today. Inmarsat said that

December 10, 2020
Total Views: 3621

Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Mariners Rescued from Disabled Barge Off Rhode Island
Accidents

Mariners Rescued from Disabled Barge Off Rhode Island

Three mariners were rescued from a disabled barge off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island on Wednesday after their tug sank. The U.S. Coast Guard reports

November 25, 2020
Total Views: 9420

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
maersk ship
Shipping

Maersk Raises Guidance Ahead of Earnings Release

By Alastair Reed (Bloomberg) –A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S raised its guidance for a second time since October as the world’s biggest container shipping

November 17, 2020
Total Views: 1847

2020’s Worst Hurricane Slams Into Central America
Environment

2020’s Worst Hurricane Slams Into Central America

By Wilmer Lopez PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Hurricane Iota sent zinc roofing flying into the streets, toppled electricity poles and

November 17, 2020
Total Views: 2361

offshore wind farm
Environment

Boris Johnson Seeks Boost for Northern England With Green Jobs Plan

By Tim Ross (Bloomberg) –Boris Johnson will seek to make good on his promise to boost the economies of neglected regions of the U.K. with investment in

November 17, 2020
Total Views: 723

Monday, November 16, 2020
controls on a ship's bridge
Shipping

Australia to Return to Pre-Covid Maximum Shipboard Service Limits for Seafarers

Australia is set to end interim regulations that have allowed seafarers to work beyond the maximum time limits set out in international maritime labor

November 16, 2020
Total Views: 788

Offshore Patrol Cutter Drawing
Defense

GAO Study Finds Significant Risks in Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Program

The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Coast Guard accepted significant risk with the Offshore Patrol Cutter program after Hurricane Michael hit

November 16, 2020
Total Views: 9381

IMO greenhouse gas emissions
Environment

Shipping Industry Proposes $5 Billion Program to Help Decarbonize Shipping

The global shipping industry is urgently calling on governments to move forward on a proposal for a $5 billion industry-financed research and development

November 16, 2020
Total Views: 865

Hurricane Iota Reaches Catastrophic Category 5 Strength as it Barrels Toward Nicaragua
Environment

Hurricane Iota Reaches Catastrophic Category 5 Strength as it Barrels Toward Nicaragua

Hurricane Iota reached category 5 strength on Monday, the latest category 5 on record for the Atlantic basin, according to the NOAA NWS National Hurricane

November 16, 2020
Total Views: 366