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Friday, February 3, 2023
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Baltic Dry Index Logs Fifth Straight Weekly Drop

Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for the fifth

February 3, 2023
Total Views: 646

Thursday, February 2, 2023
Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
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World’s First Liquified Hydrogen Carrier Suffered Gas Control Equipment Malfunction on Maiden Voyage, Investigation Reveals

An Australian investigation is shedding new light into a gas control equipment malfunction incident on board the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 8341

LNG terminal in Barcelona, Spain
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LNG Ship Loadings in Spain Helping to Ease European Energy Crisis

By Joan Faus BARCELONA, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The number of ships loading liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Spain and taking it across Europe doubled

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 1828

tanker at sea
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Price Cap on Russian Refined Fuels Set to Disrupt Trade

By Swati Verma and Noah Browning Feb 2 (Reuters) – The European Union’s ban on imports of Russian refined oil products, including diesel

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 1618

UKHO Extends Timeline for Phase-Out of Admiralty Paper Charts
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UKHO Extends Timeline for Phase-Out of Admiralty Paper Charts

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has extended the timetable for ceasing its paper chart production in response to user feedback. For more than two centuries,

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 1416

Euronav: The Analyst View
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Euronav: The Analyst View

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – While the take-over battle surrounding tanker behemoth Euronav (NYSE: “EURN”) has dominated reports on the company, the

February 2, 2023
Total Views: 1161

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
CMA CGM mega-ship Marco Polo
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Cross-Alliance Cooperation on the Rise as Market Weakens

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are pulling capacity from Chinese export routes and redeploying the ships to more robust tradelanes with

February 1, 2023
Total Views: 1361

AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
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‘The Party is Over’ for Container Shipping, Says Hapag-Lloyd CEO

HAMBURG, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Container freight rates will keep declining in the current realignment of shipping demand and supply, said the chief

February 1, 2023
Total Views: 49460

As Ice Recedes, Italian Ship Makes Record Journey into the Antarctic
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As Ice Recedes, Italian Ship Makes Record Journey into the Antarctic

ROME, Jan 31 (Reuters) – An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has

February 1, 2023
Total Views: 3094

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Australia Seeks to Boost Hydrogen Exports to EU as Part of Green Push
Environment

Australia Seeks to Boost Hydrogen Exports to EU as Part of Green Push

By John Ainger and Maria Tadeo (Bloomberg) — Australia wants to boost exports of green hydrogen to the European Union as the bloc seeks to cut

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 1418

lng tanker
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Russia Boosted LNG Exports to Europe by 20% in 2022 -Refinitiv Data

MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Russia supplied Europe with some 17 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) last year, up about 20% from 2021

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 896

Maritime Historian Explains Why Russia Can’t (Or Shouldn’t) Target This American Ship Carrying Tanks to Ukraine
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Maritime Historian Explains Why Russia Can’t (Or Shouldn’t) Target This American Ship Carrying Tanks to Ukraine

gCaptain’s favorite maritime historian and volunteer fire captain behind the popular Youtube channel “What’s Going on With Shipping“

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 7203

Pilots Praised for Preventing Megaship from Grounding in Southampton Waters
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Pilots Praised for Preventing Megaship from Grounding in Southampton Waters

The UK Maritime Pilots Association is praising the actions of three ship pilots in preventing one of the world’s largest containerships from running

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 20353

Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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Western Tankers Ramp Up Russian Oil Shipments Under Price Cap

MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Western oil tankers ramped up their shipments of Russian crude in January as prices for Moscow’s flagship

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 1117

Yantian Express photo provided by Hapag-Lloyd.
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Hapag-Lloyd Reports ‘Extraordinarily Strong’ Result in 2022, But Warns on Rates Coming Down

Hapag-Lloyd is reporting “extraordinarily strong” financial results in 2022 amid an increase in average freight rates, but warns that rates had

January 31, 2023
Total Views: 604

Monday, January 30, 2023
First Australian Coal Cargoes Headed to China Since Unofficial Ban Lifted
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First Australian Coal Cargoes Headed to China Since Unofficial Ban Lifted

SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) – China is set to receive at least two cargoes of Australian coal in early February, according to traders and

January 30, 2023
Total Views: 3378

Russian Crude Exports Flow to Asia
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Russian Crude Exports Flow to Asia

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Asian markets are showing no let up in their demand for Russian oil, absorbing a big rise in seaborne exports of

January 30, 2023
Total Views: 2367

An aerial view shows an SCF tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022
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Russia’s Oil Cargoes Surge Ahead of EU Import Ban

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne oil flows look as if they are moving higher. Two possible explanations: the nation is pushing more

January 30, 2023
Total Views: 3007

CMA CGM Announces €200 Million in Decarbonization Funding
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CMA CGM Announces €200 Million in Decarbonization Funding

French shipping group CMA CGM has launched a call for projects from companies working to help the maritime industry accelerate its decarbonization. A total of

January 30, 2023
Total Views: 1900

Stock photo of a tanker being escorted by a tug in New York harbor
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New York Gasoline Shortage Brews Amid Fallout From EU’s Russia Ban

By Chunzi Xu (Bloomberg) — New York and much of the East Coast are at risk of a gasoline shortage this summer as the European Union’s ban of

January 30, 2023
Total Views: 3099
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