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Friday, December 26, 2025
A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, California
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Container Shipping Rates Extend Gains as Year-End Demand Surges

Global container shipping rates climbed 1% this week to $2,213 per 40-foot container, marking the fourth consecutive weekly increase as carriers capitalized on

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FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker is seen on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela's western state of Zulia
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‘Scrapped’ Tanker Rises From the Dead: Inside Venezuela’s Expanding Zombie Fleet

A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest

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FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship full of containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California
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Global Trade Braces for the Hangover After Trump’s Tariff Year

The global trading system, which is finishing up one of its most transformational years of the past century, heads into another facing more challenges to

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A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard
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White House Orders U.S. Military to Enforce Venezuela Oil ‘Quarantine’ 

The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard
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Venezuela Passes 20-Year Prison Law Targeting ‘Piracy’ and ‘Blockades’ After Tanker Seizures

Venezuela's ruling-party controlled National Assembly unanimously approved a law on Tuesday that allows prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone who

December 24, 2025
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Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi in Istanbul. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Ukraine Warns Food Exports at Risk After Russia Drone Strikes on Ports

Ukraine's food exports have already been harmed by intensified Russian attacks on ports this month, which could lead to a significant drop in trade despite

December 24, 2025
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LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin sea trials
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Russia Delivers First Home-Built Ice-Class Tanker for Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2

Sovcomflot PJSC, Russia’s largest shipping company, received the first domestically built ice-class tanker to expand the fleet of ships hauling super-chilled

December 24, 2025
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The Hong Tai 58, a Togolese freighter, allegedly damaged a submarine cable between Taiwan and Pengzhou
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China Claims Taiwanese Smuggling Ring Behind Subsea Cable Sabotage Case

Chinese authorities on Wednesday said two Taiwanese citizens led a smuggling operation involving a Chinese-crewed vessel that damaged subsea cables earlier

December 24, 2025
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A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers
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U.S. Coast Guard Short on Forces to Execute Venezuela Tanker Seizure, Sources Say

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been

December 24, 2025
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The LNG-powered CMA CGM Jacques Saade transits the Suez Canal, December 3, 2025
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Big Boxships Return to Suez After Two-Year Hiatus

After nearly two years of disruption, ships from two of the world’s biggest container lines are once again sailing through the Suez Canal—a small but

December 23, 2025
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China Oil tanker at PDVSA's Jose Antonio Anzoategui industrial complex
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PDVSA Turns Tankers Into Floating Storage as U.S. Ship Seizures Choke Exports

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has started filling up tankers with crude and fuel oil it has in storage as inventories mount amid moves by the U.S.

December 23, 2025
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Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
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Russian Oil Stuck at Sea Booms as Tanker Logjams in Asia Expand

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia’s crude exports hit the highest in over 2 ½ years, but delays in offloading cargoes saw another jump in oil

December 23, 2025
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A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers
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Sanctioned Tankers Load Venezuelan Oil Despite US Pressure

More than a dozen tankers have loaded oil off Venezuela’s coast since the Trump administration intensified efforts to curb Caracas’ crude revenue by

December 23, 2025
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Two CMA CGM Vessels Navigate the Suez Canal in Sign of Easing Tension

Two vessels from CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipping line, have traveled through the Suez Canal, the authority that runs the waterway said

December 23, 2025
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Monday, December 22, 2025
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U.S. Blockade Triggers Tanker U-Turns Near Venezuela

Tanker loading in Venezuela dwindled on Monday, with most ships moving oil cargoes only between domesticports following U.S. action against two more ships and

December 22, 2025
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ZIM logo on a building
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ZIM Board Declines Management Buyout as Strategic Review Advances

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has turned down a revised takeover proposal from a management-led group, saying the offer failed to reflect the company’s

December 22, 2025
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A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard
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U.S. Pursuit of Third Oil Tanker Deepens Venezuela Blockade

The US Coast Guard’s pursuit of a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has intensified a blockade that the Trump administration hopes will cut off a

December 22, 2025
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Starlink logo on a computer
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China Issues First Penalty for Starlink Use in Territorial Waters

In a watershed moment for maritime telecommunications regulation, Chinese authorities have penalized a foreign vessel for illegally operating SpaceX's Starlink

December 22, 2025
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A general view shows the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal in Novorossiisk
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Drones Hit Piers and Ships at Russia’s Taman Black Sea Port

Russia said a drone attack damaged infrastructure and vessels in the Black Sea port of Taman, yet another strike on the country’s commodities

December 22, 2025
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A satellite image shows the Skipper tanker, in north of Guadeloupe
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China Says US Seizure of Ships ‘Serious Violation’ of International Law

China's foreign ministry on Monday said the United States' seizure of another country's ships was a serious violation of international law, after the U.S.

December 22, 2025
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