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Tanker Market Volatility Could Ramp Up After UAE’s OPEC Exit
The tanker market’s volatility could increase in the long-term, after UAE’s decision to exit OPEC. In its latest weekly …
11 May 2026
Striking the balance between profits and prosperity
For decades, the shipping industry operated as an invisible, ultra-efficient heartbeat of a globalising world, existing …
11 May 2026
How a handful of chokepoints came to dominate the world economy
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz in February once again demonstrated how volatile global trade flows are—and not just…
11 May 2026
Simandou ships record quantity of iron ore, swelling Chinese stocks
Guinean iron ore shipments breach 1.2mt for the first time as Simandou ramps up, with Brazil and Australia also seeing e…
11 May 2026
Baltic Dry Index Rebounds
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose about 1…
11 May 2026
Ningbo Containerized Freight Index Report, 8 May 2026
In the week ending May-8, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE) Below find…
11 May 2026
Somali piracy adds new strain to global shipping and trade routes
It’s been a nightmare two months for global shipping, with the Strait of Hormuz largely shut to commercial traffic and t…
11 May 2026
Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: POMEME barge price drop limits Rotterdam B30-VLSFO price gain
Rotterdam and Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $35/mt in the last week. The port’s conventio…
11 May 2026
Xclusiv Shipbrokers Weekly 11th May 2026
The first four months of 2026 have delivered an unambiguous message from the dry bulk freight market: Source: Xclusiv Sh…
11 May 2026
Hapag-Lloyd and Kuehne+Nagel take their first joint step towards sustainable ocean shipping
Hapag-Lloyd and Kuehne+Nagel are further strengthening their long-standing partnership and, for the first time, collabor…
11 May 2026
NeptuneZero has secured a €500,000 investment to accelerate the development of her maritime sensor data-driven reporting solution and enhance real-time fleet performance
NeptuneZero, a Greek deep-tech company developing AI-powered solutions for vessel performance optimization and automated…
11 May 2026
Klaveness Combination Carriers Improves Efficiency and Reduces Emissions with WE Tech Solutions’ Shaft Generators on Retrofitted Vessels and Newbuilds
The Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has taken a strong step toward improving vessel …
11 May 2026
How to document PFOS-free fire-extinguishing foam on board
At the first safety equipment survey* after 1 January 2026, all fire-extinguishing foams on board must be PFOS-free, and…
11 May 2026
CMA CGM: Africa Forward Summit: Rodolphe SAADE signs with the Government of the Republic ok Kenya a strategic partnership agreement
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, announces the signature of a high-level fr…
11 May 2026
New whitepaper highlights rising barnacle biofouling risk for ship operators as regulations tighten
Swedish antifouling technology company, I-Tech AB, has published a new industry whitepaper offering shipowners, operator…
11 May 2026
South Korea, U.S. Launch Shipbuilding Partnership Initiative
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (hereinafter referred to as MOTIE) announced that Minister Kim Jeong-gwan vis…
11 May 2026
MIDDLE EAST CRUDE MOC: March-April loadings see 17.5 mil barrels change hands
Market participants in the Platts Middle East crude Market on Close assessment process have so far completed physical pe…
11 May 2026
Thermal Coal Eases from 1-Month High
Thermal coal futures eased to $130 per tonne from the one-month peak of $135.6 on May 4th, tracking slight pullback in A…
11 May 2026
Global soybean participants await US-China meeting with mixed expectations
As the planned US-China summit approaches, participants in the global soybean market have mixed views on its prospects, …
11 May 2026
Trump’s Economic Fury Targets Iranian Oil Network as U.S. Expands Pressure Campaign
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a sweeping new round of sanctions targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard …
11 May 2026
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