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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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Svitzer Sending Two More Tugs to the Suez Canal

A.P. Moller – Maersk’s towage operator Svitzer will send two additional tugs to the Suez Canal after extending its contract with the Suez Canal

January 25, 2022
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Watch: ‘SNL’ Stars Talk Buying a Staten Island Ferry on Weekend Update
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Watch: ‘SNL’ Stars Talk Buying a Staten Island Ferry on Weekend Update

Saturday Night Live stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost address reports that they have purchased an old Staten Island Ferry in this “Weekend Update”

January 25, 2022
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LNG terminal in Barcelona, Spain
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United States Seeks to Protect Europe’s Energy Supplies If Russia Invades Ukraine

By Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Dmitry Antonov WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Western leaders stepped up preparations for any Russian military

January 25, 2022
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Working Group to Tackle Supply Chain Issues Facing U.S. Dairy Exports
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Working Group to Tackle Supply Chain Issues Facing U.S. Dairy Exports

The Port of Los Angeles, French shipping group CMA CGM, and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) have announced the formation of a working group

January 25, 2022
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Madrid Bridge Docks in Charleston After Container Collapse
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Madrid Bridge Docks in Charleston After Container Collapse

The MV Madrid Bridge docked at the Port of Charleston overnight where it is expected to undergo cargo discharge operations after suffering a container collapse

January 25, 2022
Total Views: 3843

Monday, January 24, 2022
msc ship in port
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MSC In Talks to Buy Italian Airline ITA with Lufthansa as Partner

By Francesca Landini and Giulia Segreti ROME, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Swiss-based shipping group MSC and German carrier Lufthansa want to buy the

January 24, 2022
Total Views: 2106

OOCL’s ‘Supercharged’ Earnings Tempered By Falling Volumes
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OOCL’s ‘Supercharged’ Earnings Tempered By Falling Volumes

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Huge increases in freight rates last year are likely to lead to container carriers reporting record fourth-quarter

January 24, 2022
Total Views: 1532

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Book Review: ‘Arriving Today’ by Christopher Mims

By Ira Breskin Arriving Today is an insightful, first-to-market analysis of persistent, pandemic-induced international supply chain snafus that have become

January 24, 2022
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New Ship And Supply Trackers Flash Caution Amid Omicron Worries
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New Ship And Supply Trackers Flash Caution Amid Omicron Worries

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Global supply chains are nearing a turning point that’s set to help determine whether logistics headwinds abate soon or keep

January 24, 2022
Total Views: 1519

Friday, January 21, 2022
lng carrier
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China Looks to Resell LNG as World Grapples With Gas Shortage

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — China, the world’s biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, kicked off an unprecedented effort to resell its

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 3336

New Zealand Navy Ship Arrives in Tonga Carrying Fresh Water
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New Zealand Navy Ship Arrives in Tonga Carrying Fresh Water

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Life-saving water supplies from a New

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 4136

No Joke: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars Buy Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry
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No Joke: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars Buy Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry

All jokes aside… “Saturday Night Live” stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost have apparently been revealed as the buyers of a decommissioned Staten

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 28778

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies Launch Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Marseille
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CMA CGM and TotalEnergies Launch Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Marseille

France-based CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched the first ship-to-containership bunkering service in France’s Port of Marseille. The new service

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 1497

Asia-US West Coast Spot Rates Spike Ahead of Chinese New Year
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Asia-US West Coast Spot Rates Spike Ahead of Chinese New Year

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates from Asia to the US west coast spiked this week, ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday on 1

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 1134

Oil Tanker Bridge
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ABS Withdraws Certification for Two Oil Tankers Over Iran Sanctions

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Two tankers have had their environmental and safety classification withdrawn by a U.S. company that provides

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 2391

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Smiles Up In the Great Lakes as Soo Locks Upgrade Gets Full Funding
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Smiles Up In the Great Lakes as Soo Locks Upgrade Gets Full Funding

There were smiles all around in the Great Lakes this week- especially around the Soo Locks in northern Michigan. These locks link Lake Superior, where

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 3847

Tsunami Induced Oil Spill in Peru Declared Environmental Emergency
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Tsunami Induced Oil Spill in Peru Declared Environmental Emergency

By Marco Aquino LIMA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency on Thursday as clean-up teams struggled to

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 2857

NYK and Knutsen Group Launch Liquefied CO2 Shipping Company
Environment

NYK and Knutsen Group Launch Liquefied CO2 Shipping Company

Japan’s NYK and Norwegian shipping company Knutsen Group have announced plans to launch joint venture liquified CO2 shipping and storage company. The

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 1572

cosco containership
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China’s COSCO Pays Huge Bonuses 30 Times Worker’s Salary Amid Container Shipping Boom

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Asian shipping companies are offering mega bonuses to employees amid a boom in freight rates, with China’s state-owned

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 17898

Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
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World’s First Hydrogen Tanker to Ship Maiden Cargo from Australia to Japan

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A Japanese-Australian venture producing hydrogen from brown coal is set to ship its maiden cargo on the

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 3478
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