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Maritime News
Cargo Ships Are Becoming Stuck in the Baltic with Worst Ice in 15 Years
All along the Baltic, reports are emerging of ships becoming stuck and needing extra assistance from icebreakers as the region…
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Marine World
Freight to Dodge Worst of US Port Fees Thanks to Workarounds
Freight rates are likely to see limited impact when the US starts charging Chinese vessels for calling at its ports…
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Marine World
Orsted ‘Surprise’ Credit Downgrade Caps Worst Week on Record
Orsted A/S’s debt was downgraded by S&P Global Ratings to the lowest tier of investment grade, surprising some analysts days…
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Maritime News
Vessel and Crew Abandonment Surge in 2025 on Course for Worst Year
The abandonment of vessels and their crews is running significantly ahead of the rate in 2024 and is on track…
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Maritime News
BIMCO: Freight Container Rates Drop 28%, Worst First Quarter in Twenty Years
Average container freight rates for Chinese exports have dropped 28% since the start of the year, according to BIMCO. This…
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Maritime News
Baltic Index Logs Worst Year since 2014
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, inched up on…
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Port News
Red Sea littoral states brace for the worst tanker spill this century
The Sounion suezmax, the ship that risks becoming the worst tanker spill this century, remains on fire and may be…
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Port News
The Philippines ‘racing against time’ to avert nation’s worst oil spill
The race is on just outside the Philippine capital to avert the worst oil spill in the country’s history. A…
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Port News
Dubai tug operator stands accused of being the worst serial crew abandonment offender ever
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has hit out at what it claims is the worst case of serial seafarer…
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Maritime News
A New Global Coral Bleaching Event is Under Way, and May Be the Worst Yet
Reports of serious coral bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Florida, and the South Pacific have…
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