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Monday, May 12, 2025
Finland Moves Ahead With New Icebreaker for Baltic Sea
News

Finland Moves Ahead With New Icebreaker for Baltic Sea

Finland’s premier icebreaker designer, Aker Arctic, has been awarded a contract to develop a new state-of-the-art mid-size icebreaker. The effort is part of

Monday, May 12, 2025
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US and China Reach Deal to Slash Tariffs, Lifting Dollar
News

US and China Reach Deal to Slash Tariffs, Lifting Dollar

The United States and China have agreed a deal to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs as the world's two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war

May 12, 2025
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Oil tanker on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia
Energy

Traders Rebrand Venezuelan Oil for China as Brazilian, Sources and Tanker Trackers Say

Traders have rebranded more than $1 billion of Venezuelan oil shipments to China as Brazilian crude over the past year, according to two tanker tracking firms,

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 544

Sunday, May 11, 2025
Hawaii Fuel Depot Tanks WWII
Navy

U.S. Navy Must Pay Families Poisoned By Red Hill Fuel Leak

A federal judge in Hawaii ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to pay about $600,000 to six families impacted by a 2021 Red Hill fuel spill that tainted

May 11, 2025
Total Views: 2782

Indian Navy Frigate underway leaving Pearl Harbor
Navy

The Risk Of India and Pakistan Fighting At Sea

Editorial Note: This article was originally published at Bloomberg before this weekend’s fragile ceasefire was announced. by Admiral James

May 11, 2025
Total Views: 2482

Saturday, May 10, 2025
Trump To Allow Commercial Fishing In New England Marine Monument
Commercial Fishing

Trump To Allow Commercial Fishing In New England Marine Monument

May 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday will sign a proclamation restoring commercial fishing access to a marine national monument off New

May 10, 2025
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Shipyard. Photo courtesy ThyssenKrupp.
Shipyard

Thyssenkrupp Eyes Europe Shipyard Deals After Naval Orders Surge

By William Wilkes May 10, 2025 (Bloomberg) —Thyssenkrupp AG’s naval division is scouting for shipbuilding partners across Europe, as new submarine

May 10, 2025
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An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Shipping

US Regulators Recommend Venture Global’s CP2 LNG Project Gets Greenlight

HOUSTON, May 9 (Reuters) – U.S. federal regulators recommended in a final environmental report that Venture Global’s VG.N proposed CP2

May 10, 2025
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Hurricane Milton satellite image from 10:55 CDT Monday, October 7, 2024
NOAA

Hurricane Forecasts Are More Accurate Than Ever – NOAA Funding Cuts Could Change That

Chris Vagasky (The Conversation)–The National Hurricane Center’s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as

May 10, 2025
Total Views: 978

South Africa's Transnet strike continues in Cape Town
Ports

South African Port Union Plans More Talks to End Wage Dispute

By Katlego Mtshali May 9, 2025(Bloomberg) —The main labor union at South Africa’s state port and rail company said it will continue talks next week

May 10, 2025
Total Views: 574

Diver dies in preliminary operations to recover Lynch's yacht.
Accidents

Salvage Of Lynch’s Sunken Yacht Paused After Diver’s Death

PALERMO, Italy, May 10 (Reuters) – Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off the coast of northern

May 10, 2025
Total Views: 2548


Friday, May 9, 2025
COSCO ship in port
Ports

Carriers Slash China–U.S. Routes Amid Trade Collapse

Major container shipping companies are suspending at least six scheduled weekly routes between China and the United States as President Donald Trump's

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 2091

Finnish Border Guard's photo of a Hong Kong registered cargo ship 'Newnew Polar Bear', which was spotted moving close to the Balticconnector gas line, during the joint press conference of the investigation of the possible attack on the Balticconnector gas line on 8th Oct., 2023 between Finland and Estonia at the headquarters of the National Bureau of Investigation in Vantaa, Finland, 24 October 2023. Lehtikuva/HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA via REUTERS
Shipping

Hong Kong Ship Captain Detained Over 2023 Baltic Pipeline Damage

The captain of a Hong Kong-flagged container ship has been remanded in custody in connection with the October 2023 damage to the Balticconnector pipeline, a

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 2787

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Turbine
Offshore

UK’s Crown Estate Gives Green Light to Expand Capacity at Offshore Wind Sites

King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, has given the go-ahead to expand high-density wind farms on current seabed leases, seeking a

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 607

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
News

Trump’s First Trade Pact Offers Faint Glimpse on Art of the Deal

For global leaders puzzling over how to negotiate with Donald Trump, the US president’s inaugural pact with the UK offers a few clues on how much ground

May 9, 2025
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An LNG carrier transits through the Panama Canal. Photo credit: Flystock/Shutterstock
News

In Panama, Trump’s New Ambassador Casts China as Threat to Frayed Alliance

The United States' new ambassador to Panama pledged on Thursday to strengthen ties with the Central American country while pushing China as a common

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 784

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Friday, May 9, 2025
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
Ports

U.S. Container Imports Set for Historic Decline as New Trump Tariffs Impact Supply Chain

Import cargo volumes at major U.S. container ports are poised to see their first year-over-year decline in more than 18 months, according to the latest Global

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 991

Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
Shipping

UK Targets Russia’s Shadow Fleet in Largest-Ever Maritime Sanctions Package

The UK government announced today its largest-ever sanctions package targeting Russia’s shadow fleet, with measures aimed at up to 100 oil tankers

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 827

As Trade Talks Begin, Chinese Exporters Prepare to Get Goods Moving to US Again
Shipping

As Trade Talks Begin, Chinese Exporters Prepare to Get Goods Moving to US Again

China-based shipping agents have resumed buying container space for goods headed for the United States after a series of U.S. tariff-induced cancellations, as

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 3564

Thursday, May 8, 2025
Seafarers Stranded off Yemen Port Eye Exit
Shipping

Seafarers Stranded off Yemen Port Eye Exit

ADEN, May 8 (Reuters) – Some 200 seafarers aboard more than 15 ships stuck for weeks off Yemen’s port of Ras Isa are preparing

May 8, 2025
Total Views: 2448

A worker near a ship under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Shipbuilding

Shipbuilder HD Hyundai Launches Korea’s First Humanoid Robot Project

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai is leading Korea’s first welding humanoid initiative in partnership with two global AI and robotics leaders. HD Korea

May 8, 2025
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