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Monday, March 20, 2023
The container ship Ever Given reaches the port of Rotterdam
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Evergreen Employees Get Another Windfall

By Low De Wei and Cindy Wang (Bloomberg) — Soon after giving its employees a bumper 50-month bonus, Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp. is handing out

March 20, 2023
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Australia Bans Dutch Ship Amid Crackdown on ‘Poor Performers’
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Australia Bans Dutch Ship Amid Crackdown on ‘Poor Performers’

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has handed down a 90-day ban to a Netherlands-flagged ship as part of a crackdown on “poor

March 20, 2023
Total Views: 13573

Rising Rates Are Reshaping Once-Lucrative Commodity Trades
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Rising Rates Are Reshaping Once-Lucrative Commodity Trades

By Archie Hunter (Bloomberg) — Higher interest rates are forcing commodity traders to rethink some deals and push up prices, in the latest example of

March 20, 2023
Total Views: 1221

Sunday, March 19, 2023
Oil, Gas And Shipping Are Key Charts To Watch In Global Commodity Markets This Week
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Oil, Gas And Shipping Are Key Charts To Watch In Global Commodity Markets This Week

By Sophie Caronello Mar 19, 2023(Bloomberg) –Here are some notable charts to monitor in commodities markets over the coming days. Oil & Gas Oil

March 19, 2023
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Saturday, March 18, 2023
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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Tanker Giants Sprout From Nowhere To Keep Russian Oil Moving

By Elizabeth Low Mar 18, 2023 (Bloomberg) –At a downtown office block in Mumbai, packing tape peels off a black door whose handle appears to have

March 18, 2023
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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 during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
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Black Sea Grain Initiative Extended

By Megan Durisin and Áine Quinn Mar 18, 2023(Bloomberg) –The agreement allowing Ukraine to export crops out of key Black Sea ports was renewed for

March 18, 2023
Total Views: 1311

LNG Activities Resume At Dunkirk Terminal In France
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LNG Activities Resume At Dunkirk Terminal In France

PARIS,(Reuters) – Disruption at Fluxys’s FLUX.BR liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Dunkirk, northern France, ended on Friday morning, a

March 18, 2023
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Friday, March 17, 2023
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
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As U.S. Imports Slow, Ports Eye Shipping Turnaround Later This Year

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, March 16 (Reuters) – The leader of the busiest U.S. seaport on Friday said February’s cargo volume hit the

March 17, 2023
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Cargo containers pile up at a marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Port of Los Angeles Sees Huge 43% Cargo Drop

The Port of Los Angeles handled 487,846 TEUs in February, a staggering 43% decline from February 2022’s monthly record and its worst February since 2009.

March 17, 2023
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International Inspectors Put ‘Worst Flags’ in the Crosshairs
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International Inspectors Put ‘Worst Flags’ in the Crosshairs

ITF targets the four worst flags in bid to scrap unsafe shipping from Mediterranean Sea. Inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 3527

Matson to Convert Third Containership to LNG Fuel
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Matson to Convert Third Containership to LNG Fuel

U.S.-based shipping line Matson (NYSE: MATX) will convert the main engine on its container ship, the Kaimana Hila, to a dual-fuel ME-GI engine capable of

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 2399

Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Is Container Shipping’s Rate Erosion Over?

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The ‘jury is out’ on whether container spot rates have bottomed-out, but on the key transpacific and Asia to Europe

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 4974

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 Grain Deal Renewal Still Unresolved a Day Before Expiration

By Megan Durisin, Áine Quinn and Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — The extension of the deal that’s bolstered Ukraine’s crop exports is still clouded

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 648

Thursday, March 16, 2023
Stock photo of an lng carrier at sunset
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Repsol Scraps Bid to Ship Canadian Gas to Europe Over Rising Costs

By Brian Platt (Bloomberg) — Spanish energy firm Repsol SA has abandoned the idea of expanding a liquefied natural gas terminal on Canada’s east

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 2447

AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
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THE Alliance Ships End Backhaul Cape Diversions

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed that THE Alliance vessels deployed on the Asia-North Europe tradelane are no longer making a

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 2664

Chevron Asks Venezuela to Dredge Lake to Help Boost Oil Exports
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Chevron Asks Venezuela to Dredge Lake to Help Boost Oil Exports

By Fabiola Zerpa and Nicolle Yapur (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. is urging Venezuela to clean up Lake Maracaibo in the hope of almost doubling the amount

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 2531

bulk ship
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Baltic Dry Index Snaps 19-Day Winning Streak

March 16 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped its 19-session

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 818

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
All-Female SpaceX Crew Makes Space Recovery History
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All-Female SpaceX Crew Makes Space Recovery History

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making a little bit of history this week with what is believed to be the first all-female crew involved the space recovery

March 15, 2023
Total Views: 14304

bunkering operations
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UAE Bunkering Hub Falling Behind on Alternative Fuels

By Jeslyn Lerh DUBAI, March 15 – UAE’s Fujairah must step up investments for storage and supply of new alternative fuels as these markets

March 15, 2023
Total Views: 1604

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
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Sentinel Sees Gulf Coast Deepwater Port Approval Coming Next Year

The 1 million-barrel-per-day GulfLink project is one of three proposed deepwater oil export terminals along the Gulf Coast with pending applications with the

March 15, 2023
Total Views: 1687
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