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Monday, April 7, 2025
Aerial view of the Panama Canal.REUTERS/Enea Lebrun
Shipping

CK Hutchison’s Panama Port Concession Under Fire as $22.8B Deal Hangs in the Balance

Panama's Comptroller General office will file a lawsuit against the officials who authorized the renewal of a 25-yearport concession to a company led by CK

April 7, 2025
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Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets
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Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets

President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans hammered global financial markets and U.S. stocks braced for more turmoil on Monday, after he warned

April 7, 2025
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Trump Administration’s Progress Against Resilient Houthi Militants Remains Murky
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Trump Administration’s Progress Against Resilient Houthi Militants Remains Murky

President Donald Trump has boasted that he’s “decimated” the Houthis, the Iran-backed militants who have attacked commercial ships transiting the Red Sea

April 7, 2025
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Jane McAllister works a LNG-fueled ZIM containership
Shipping

ZIM Orders Ten LNG-Powered Containerships in $2.3 Billion Charter Deal

Israeli container shipping company ZIM has signed agreements for ten 11,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships in a deal worth approximately $2.3 billion. The

April 7, 2025
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shipping container
Shipping

Trump Admin: Nations Lining Up to Start Trade Talks With U.S. After Tariffs

More than 50 nations have reached out to the White House to begin trade talks since U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping new tariffs, top

April 7, 2025
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An aerial view of vessels in the Singapore Strait
Shipping

Ship Carbon Charge Edges Closer With Optimism US Won’t Derail It

Governments from across the world are gathering in London this week to thrash out a landmark global carbon charge for the shipping

April 7, 2025
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Sunday, April 6, 2025
CMA CGM ship at sea
Shipping

CMA CGM And French AI Startup Target Customer Service

By Gus Trompiz and Florence Loeve PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) – Shipping giant CMA CGM and tech startup Mistral AI expect rapid productivity gains from a

April 6, 2025
Total Views: 1185

Saturday, April 5, 2025
Tugboats help tow the Greek-registered MT Sounion, which was attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants last year in the Red Sea
Shipping

Greek Ships Go Thousands Of Miles Further To Deliver Russian Oil

By Julian Lee Apr 4, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Three Greek oil tankers are going on detours of thousands of miles to deliver crude from Russia’s Baltic

April 5, 2025
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Friday, April 4, 2025
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
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Commodities Collapse: China Tariffs Send Oil, Soybeans and Copper Tumbling

Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday to the lowest level since 2021, while copper, soybeans and other commodities also fell as China retaliated against U.S.

April 4, 2025
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A tanker transits through the Panamax locks of the Panama Canal. Photo courtesy Panama Canal Authority
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Panama Canal Launches Bid Process for Strategic Energy Pipeline to Boost Capacity

The Panama Canal Board of Directors has launched a bidding process for a new energy products pipeline in response to drought-induced operational challenges and

April 4, 2025
Total Views: 3590

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Shipping

China Hits Back Hard in Global Trade War With Tariffs on US Goods

China announced additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears

April 4, 2025
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Oil tanker on the horizon at sunset
Shipping

Tankers International: VLCC Market Faces a Mirage of Growth as Ageing Fleet Drags Down Supply

VLCC specialist Tankers International is projecting effective vessel supply growth of only 1% in the next three years due to the declining usable capacity of a

April 4, 2025
Total Views: 1088

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IMO’s Historic Carbon Pricing Framework for Global Shipping Enters Final Negotiation Phase

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is on the cusp of implementing the world’s first global emissions pricing system for any sector, as

April 4, 2025
Total Views: 691

Thursday, April 3, 2025
Statue of Liberty overlooking Port of New York and New Jersey
Ports

‘Worse Than Covid’: Trump’s Port Fee Plan Could Upend U.S. Shipping Schedules

Shipping industry executives are considering options to address Trump administration policy changes, under consideration or enacted, that could significantly

April 3, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Spark Global Shipping Industry Concerns

President Trump’s newly announced tariff increases are expected to significantly impact global shipping patterns and container rates, with industry

April 3, 2025
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Cargo containers pile up at a marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Global Trade Braces for Impact After Trump’s Tariff Bombshell

President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports sparked threats of retaliation on Thursday, as companies and governments rushed to count the costs

April 3, 2025
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Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, are entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side.
Shipping

Could Panama Throw a New Wrench Into BlackRock’s Ports Deal?

BlackRock could hit another roadblock in its attempt to secure control of two flagship ports near the Panama Canal once the Central American country

April 3, 2025
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Tiny Australian Outposts, Including Some With No People, Targeted by Trump Tariffs
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Tiny Australian Outposts, Including Some With No People, Targeted by Trump Tariffs

Australia’s remote, uninhabited islands in the Antarctic and a tiny territory with barely any exports found themselves caught up alongside global

April 3, 2025
Total Views: 1286

crude oil import terminal vlcc tanker china
Shipping

Oil Traders Shun China-Made Ships for US Flows on Trump Levies

Oil traders looking to book ships that call at US ports are trying to avoid Chinese-built vessels, after President Donald Trump proposed hefty fees on them

April 3, 2025
Total Views: 996

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Shipping

Trump Drops Tariff Bomb On All U.S. Imports and Higher Reciprocal Rates

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the

April 2, 2025
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