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Marine World
Grimaldi Warns U.S. Port Fees Could Force Ships Out of American Trades
Italian shipping giant Grimaldi Group is warning that reinstating U.S. port fees on foreign-built vehicle carriers could force it to…
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Maritime News
Markets: Ascendant China Boosts Vehicle Carrier Trades
Build-up of the home-grown Chinese PCTC fleet has accelerated. A 2025 entrant was the 9,500 CEU Anji Fortune. (credit: SAIC…
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Marine World
Global Container Spot Rates Jump 9% as Transpacific, Asia-Europe Trades Tighten
Global container freight rates continued their upward climb this week as tightening capacity and strong seasonal demand pushed prices higher…
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Port News
Morgan Stanley predicts prolonged vessel undersupply across energy trades
A sweeping new Morgan Stanley research report argues that Asia’s energy security crisis is triggering an investment supercycle that will…
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Port News
VLCC asset prices defy gravity as five-year-old tonnage trades above newbuild contracts
The Hormuz crisis has broken the tanker market’s age depreciation curve entirely, with five-year-old VLCCs now trading above the price…
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Port News
Ethanol enters ore trades as Vale signs for Shandong VLOC newbuilds
Brazilian mining giant Vale is pushing ahead with ethanol as a marine fuel, agreeing with China’s Shandong Shipping to build…
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Port News
UK hits shadow fleet and LNG trades in fresh Russia sanctions push
The UK has rolled out its largest sanctions package against Russia since the early months of the war in Ukraine,…
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Port News
US forces seize sixth tanker linked to Venezuelan trades
US Southern Command has apprehended the 2003-built Veronica aframax during a pre-dawn operation yesterday, the sixth tanker with Venezuelan links…
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Port News
Simandou opens, reshaping the capesize trades
The long-awaited Simandou iron ore project has finally roared to life — a $20bn gamechanger set to shake up global…
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Maritime News
Colonna’s Shipyard Opens New Trades Training Building In Norfolk
Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., celebrated the opening of its new Trades Training Building last week, marking a major investment in workforce…
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