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Dubai Futures: August EFS Widens Above $4/b Mark; Spot Activity Remains Tepid

Front-month Brent/Dubai Exchange of Futures for Swaps widened mid-morning June 28, amid tepid spot activity as market participants shift their...
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Baltic Index Hits 11-Year High On Gains Across Segments

Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit a more than 11-year peak...
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Iron Ore Advances As China Port Stocks Hit Over 8-Month Low

Iron ore futures in Asia rose on Monday, supported by a steady decline in portside stockpiles of the steelmaking ingredient...
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Extreme Freight Rates Begin To Change Shippers’ Calculations

The containerized shipping industry has been essential to global commerce for its low shipping costs. However, high freight rates are...
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VLCC Market On Steady Course For Yet Another Week

VLCC In the Middle East, the market for 280,000mt to US Gulf (routing via the Cape/Cape) continues to be assessed...
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DP World And Somaliland Open New Terminal At Berbera Port

DP World and the Government of Somaliland, have inaugurated the new container terminal at Berbera Port, following completion of the...
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Hapag-Lloyd, ONE Wrap Up Integration With TradeLens

Germany-based company Hapag-Lloyd and Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) have completed the integration with TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled digital shipping platform. As...
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Heddle Shipyards Becomes Newest Green Marine Member

Heddle Shipyards, a Canada-based operator of shipyards and drydocks, is the newest participant in Green Marine – the largest voluntary...
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Wärtsilä And Global Energy Ventures To Cooperate On Propulsion Solutions For Hydrogen Vessel

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures (GEV) of Australia to cooperate...
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Synergy Group: Action Not Platitudes Needed On Day Of The Seafarer

After a year of seafarer mistreatment by governments and ineffective lobbying on their behalf by the shipping industry, stronger action...
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Portsmouth Southsea Coastal Scheme In Full Swing

In their latest project update, the officials introduced plans to extend working hours on the beach during December in order...
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China’s First Offshore Large-Sized Deepwater Gas Field Starts Production

CNOOC Limited has started production from China’s first offshore large-sized independent deepwater gas field, Lingshui 17-2 gas field. The Lingshui...
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Ship Finance For Greek Shipping Declined By 6.24% In 2020, As Loan Value Fell Under $50 Billion

Afurther reduction of the overall loans towards Greek shipping companies is the main conclusion from the latest annual review of...
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Pole Star Acquires Start-up Vasanda To Strengthen Sustainability Offering

The acquisition, which follows growth investment in Pole Star in April 2021, will provide a new single-point, end-to-end screening solution for...
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Equity And Bank Finance Making A Comeback In Shipping

On the equity front, shipping is back in favour with investors big time. “The environment is such that investors are...
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ENGINE: Europe & Africa Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook

Prompt HSFO stems are tight in Russia, the Canary Islands and South Africa, while ample VLSFO supplies in the Mediterranean...
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South Korean Companies Develop Molten Salt Reactor For Shipping, Power Generation

South Korea’s state-run nuclear energy research institute and the country’s major shipbuilder have agreed to join forces to develop a...
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Agreement In Principle Reached Over Suez Canal Ship – Stann Marine

A representative for the owners and insurers of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March on...
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India’s May Crude Oil Imports Dip As Pandemic Curbs Demand

India’s May crude oil imports slipped to their lowest in three months as fuel demand sagged amid a second wave...
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South Africa To Revamp Ailing Port System, Says Ramaphosa

South Africa’s National Ports Authority (NPA) will operate as a stand-alone business under the aegis of state-owned freight logistics group...
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