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Monday, January 8, 2024
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Shipping

Houthi Bribe Allegations Rock Shipping Market

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Shares of the Israeli shipping company Zim plunged over 17 percent in premarket trading today following reports that their Chinese

January 8, 2024
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Sunday, January 7, 2024
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Shipping

War, Weather Put Ocean Shippers On Notice For Rough Seas In 2024

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop – but it is

January 7, 2024
Total Views: 4833

Friday, January 5, 2024
The CMA CGM Marco Polo container ship passes under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, to enter New York Harbor. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Shipping

CMA CGM Says No Changes to Red Sea Plans

PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) – French shipping firm CMA CGM said on Friday it had not changed plans announced last month to gradually

January 5, 2024
Total Views: 7709

Monday, January 1, 2024
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Ports

Ethiopia Signs Pact To Use Somaliland’s Red Sea Port

by Dawit Endeshaw (Reuters) Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its

January 1, 2024
Total Views: 2578

Friday, December 29, 2023
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Shipping

Shipping Lines Diverge on Red Sea Return

By Elke Ahlswede BERLIN, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Hapag-Lloyd will continue to divert its vessels around the Suez Canal for security reasons, a spokesperson

December 29, 2023
Total Views: 8092

Thursday, December 28, 2023
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Shipping

Red Sea Shipping Workarounds Add Costs, Delays for Suppliers, Retailers

LOS ANGELES, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Toymaker Basic Fun’s team that oversees ocean shipments of Tonka trucks and Care Bears for Walmart and other

December 28, 2023
Total Views: 2621

Friday, December 22, 2023
cma cgm container ship
Shipping

Shipping Lines Impose Surcharges as Red Sea Attack Hit Global Trade

By Terje Solsvik and Gus Trompiz OSLO/PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Some of the world’s largest shipping firms, including Maersk and CMA CGM, will

December 22, 2023
Total Views: 1776

Thursday, December 21, 2023
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) sails alongside the Japanese Murasame-class destroyer Akebono (DD 108) in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 25, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo
Shipping

More Ships to Avoid Red Sea

FRANKFURT/ATHENS, Dec 21 (Reuters) – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd said on Thursday it was the latest company planning to avoid

December 21, 2023
Total Views: 3645

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), right, prepares for an underway replenishment with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13), left, while conducting routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 16, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo
Piracy

Houthis Threaten to Attack US Warships if Washington Targets Yemen

DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Houthis warned on Wednesday they would strike U.S. warships if the Iranian-backed militia was

December 20, 2023
Total Views: 10278

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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Shipping

Carriers Roll Out Peak Season Surcharges as Capacity Crunch Looms

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are imposing emergency peak season surcharges (PSSs) as global supply chains face weeks of disruption

December 19, 2023
Total Views: 1600

File Photo shows a bulk ship with containership in background
Shipping

Red Sea Shipping Chaos, By the Numbers

(Bloomberg) — A chunk of global shipping is now avoiding the Red Sea after a run of attacks on vessels in the key waterway that is vital for the

December 19, 2023
Total Views: 2930

Monday, December 18, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin looks on during a joint press conference with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Defense

U.S. Launches ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ in Response to Houthi Threats

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has formally announced the initiation of multi-national security initiative, known as Operation Prosperity Guardian, as

December 18, 2023
Total Views: 19057

File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

US Working on International Response to Houthi Attacks on Shipping

By John Davison and Phil Stewart DUBAI/TEL AVIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants on ships in the Red Sea are

December 18, 2023
Total Views: 2236

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Shipping

London Marine Insurers Widen High-Risk Zone in Red Sea as Attacks Surge

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – London’s marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as high risk after a surge in attacks on

December 18, 2023
Total Views: 1770

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

BP To Pause Red Sea Oil Tanker Transits

By Rachel Graham (Bloomberg) BP said it will pause all its oil tanker shipments through the Red Sea following an escalation of attacks on merchant shipping by

December 18, 2023
Total Views: 2049

Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Shipping

MSC Ships Turn Away From Red Sea As Trade Disruptions Mount

By Brendan Murray Dec 16, 2023(Bloomberg) –MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA, the world’s largest container line, joined competitors in

December 16, 2023
Total Views: 6133

Friday, December 15, 2023
shipboard private security keeping watch on a tanker
Shipping

Shipping Industry Urges Caution on Use of Armed Guards in Red Sea

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Shipping companies should use caution when deploying private armed guards onboard vessels sailing through the

December 15, 2023
Total Views: 33050

Thursday, December 14, 2023
Maersk Tanker Underway
Shipping

Maersk Tankers Raises Option to Avoid Red Sea

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — Maersk Tankers is to insist its fleet of fuel carriers have the option to avoid the Red Sea following an escalation

December 14, 2023
Total Views: 2703

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, October 19, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo
Defense

US Working with Allies on Solution to Stop Houthi Red Sea Attacks

(Bloomberg) — The US is working with allies to create a multinational effort to protect ships passing through the Red Sea in an effort to stem a surge in

December 14, 2023
Total Views: 1946

Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS
Piracy

Attack on Norwegian Chemical Tanker Underscores Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping

By Nadine Awadalla, Terje Solsvik and Phil Stewart DUBAI/OSLO Dec 12 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis said on Tuesday they hit a Norwegian commercial

December 12, 2023
Total Views: 3393
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