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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Trump’s Escalating Tariffs Threaten to Reverse US Import Boom
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Trump’s Escalating Tariffs Threaten to Reverse US Import Boom

U.S. container imports rose 11% year over year in March, continuing this year's outsized monthly gains, but U.S. President

April 10, 2025
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
A CMA CGM containerships transits the Panama Canal
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Hegseth Vows to ‘Take Back’ Panama Canal from China’s Influence During Visit

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American

April 8, 2025
Total Views: 1681

Monday, April 7, 2025
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
Total Views: 1516

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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
Total Views: 1111

Friday, April 4, 2025
shipping container
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
Total Views: 1488

Monday, March 31, 2025
Sections of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are moved into position at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Trump’s American Shipbuilding Dream is the Energy Industry’s Nightmare: Opinion

The Trump administration's proposed plan to revive American shipbuilding by penalizing Chinese ships arriving at U.S. ports could end up making U.S. oil and

March 31, 2025
Total Views: 3805

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Ukrainian coast guard patrols the "grain corridor" in the Black Sea. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Shipping

Russia and US to Discuss Black Sea Shipping on Monday

Russian and U.S. experts will discuss ways to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea at talks on a possible Ukrainian peace

March 20, 2025
Total Views: 577

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump launches military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis
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US Strikes Houthi Strongholds in Yemen Where Leaders Are Hiding

The U.S. hit targets across Yemen in airstrikes overnight, including Saada province, which Yemeni sources say is a long-time hideout for

March 19, 2025
Total Views: 1746

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Houthis released video showing them boarding and planting explosives on the deck of the MT SOUNION in the Southern Red Sea. Image from video.
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Yemen’s Houthis Won’t ‘Dial Down’ Under US Pressure or Iranian Appeals

Yemen's Houthis will not "dial down" their action against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in response to U.S. military pressure or appeals from the group's

March 18, 2025
Total Views: 1637

Monday, March 17, 2025
New US Airstrikes on Yemen Increase Pressure on Iran-Aligned Houthis
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New US Airstrikes on Yemen Increase Pressure on Iran-Aligned Houthis

The United States carried out new airstrikes on Yemen on Monday, the Houthis' Al Masirah TV said, increasing pressure on the Iran-aligned group and expanding

March 17, 2025
Total Views: 848

An E/A-18G Growler, attached to the "Zappers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, launches off of the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Red Sea, March 23, 2024.
News

U.S. Vows ‘Unrelenting’ Strikes on Houthis Over Ship Attacks

US military strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi militants will be “unrelenting” until the group stops shooting at civilian and military vessels in the Red

March 17, 2025
Total Views: 885

Friday, March 14, 2025
General cargo ship on the horizon at sunset
Shipping

Steel Buyers Enter Tariff Era as Ships Rerouted, Trucks Halted

An ocean freighter from India pulled into the bustling Port of Tampa Bay Tuesday loaded with hundreds of tons of aluminum destined for multiple US stops.

March 14, 2025
Total Views: 10182

FILE PHOTO: A ship sails near the Balboa Port after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 0001.HK agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to curb China's influence in the region, Panama City
Shipping

Beijing Slams CK Hutchison’s $22.8 Billion Port Sale to BlackRock as ‘Betrayal’ to China

China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) reposted a commentary criticizing CK Hutchison's port deal with U.S. firm BlackRock as a betrayal of

March 14, 2025
Total Views: 4383

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

Ukraine Bets on US LNG as Gas Import Needs Rise

Ukraine may import large volumes of U.S. gas this year via terminals in Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Poland, its state gas operator said, as Kyiv struggles

March 12, 2025
Total Views: 530

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Oil tanker Eagle S suspected of the disruption of the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink 2.Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS
Shipping

Russian Oil Flows Surge in Sign US Sanctions Starting to Crumble

US sanctions on Russia’s oil tanker fleet are showing signs of faltering, after a clutch of blacklisted vessels loaded cargoes for the first time in more

March 11, 2025
Total Views: 3770

Friday, March 7, 2025
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

Trump Trade Wars, Sanctions Grip Already-Tight Heavy Oil Market

US President Donald Trump’s trade wars and sanctions are tightening the market for heavy crude, boosting prices for the sludgy oil and raising costs for the

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 59

Thursday, March 6, 2025
Port Of Hong Kong aerial photo
Shipping

Shipping Firms Pull Back from Hong Kong to Skirt US-China Risks

Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry. Others are making contingency plans to do

March 6, 2025
Total Views: 115

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
nuclear icebreaker convoy
Shipping

US, Russia Mull Cooperation on Arctic Shipping and Exploration

US and Russian officials have identified the Arctic as a possible area for economic cooperation, according to people familiar with the situation, part of the

February 26, 2025
Total Views: 1713

Monday, February 24, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington
Shipping

Trump Targets China With Biggest Salvo So Far in Second Term

The Trump administration took aim at China with a series of moves involving investment, trade and other issues that raises the risk ties may soon worsen

February 24, 2025
Total Views: 1704

Friday, February 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
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Trump Seeks to Reshape Asia’s Energy Supplies With U.S. Gas

When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo could help realise a decades-old

February 21, 2025
Total Views: 1274