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Boskalis strengthens cable installation arsenal with new CLV order
Dutch dredging contractor and marine services provider Boskalis has ordered a new high-capacity cable laying vessel (CLV…
18 May 2026
Supreme Court ruling on broker liability will drive trucking costs up
The unanimous verdict of the US Supreme Court that brokers can be held liable for negligently recruiting truckers with s…
18 May 2026
LNG Spot Market Flat, As LPGs Keep Rising
LNG The LNG spot market remained relatively flat this week, with balanced tonnage and enquiry across both basins keeping…
18 May 2026
Maritime to take 15% of clean hydrogen demand by 2060, DNV forecasts
Clean hydrogen uptake is expected to be the third strongest in the maritime sector, according to DNV’s latest hydrogen o…
18 May 2026
Iran to unveil Strait of Hormuz traffic plans, will collect tolls
Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and plans to collect fees in the waterway, …
18 May 2026
Intra-Asia Container Index – 15 May
Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) increased to $939 per 40ft container. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IA…
18 May 2026
Georgia’s Never, Never Port
Conceived as a strategic gateway linking Europe to the Black Sea and onward to Central Asia, Anaklia deep sea port was m…
18 May 2026
DP World, Syria’s GABC Discuss Accelerating Port Of Tartous Development Plans
His Excellency Essa Kazim, Chairman of DP World, met His Excellency Qutaiba Ahmed Badawi, Chairman of Syria’s General Au…
18 May 2026
India’s crude oil purchase from Russia drops more than 15%
India’s crude oil purchases from Russia dropped over 15% in April after the country’s buyer shut the refinery for routin…
18 May 2026
Copper Declines for Third Straight Session
Copper futures slipped below $6.2 per pound on Monday, marking a third straight session of losses as growing evidence th…
18 May 2026
MMI Daily Iron Ore Index Report May 18 2026
Today Iron ore futures trended weaker with the most-traded contract I2609 closed at 803 yuan/mt, down 1.11% from the pre…
18 May 2026
Wheat Futures Rise on US–China Trade Deal
Wheat futures rose more than 2% to around $6.50 per bushel in mid-May, supported by expectations of stronger demand foll…
18 May 2026
Soybeans Climb on US–China Farm Deal
Soybean futures climbed more than 1% to near $12 per bushel in mid-May, rebounding from losses seen on May 15 after new …
18 May 2026
The Commodities Feed: Oil rallies with US-Iran deadlock
Energy – US drilling activity picks up The oil market continues to reprice ongoing supply disruptions, with last week’s …
18 May 2026
Oil prices jump 2% as US-Iran tensions simmer after UAE drone strike
Oil prices rose sharply on Monday as tensions between the U.S. and Iran remained high, especially after a drone strike t…
18 May 2026
How China and U.S. eased the Middle East oil shock and kept prices from spiking even higher
China and the United States have provided critical support to the oil market and helped ease the huge supply disruption …
18 May 2026
Can US success in tight oil and shale gas go global?
The oil and gas industry needs to strengthen portfolios for the next decade to avert inevitable production declines. Cou…
18 May 2026
U.S. Treasury lets Russian oil waiver expire amid $100 crude pressures
The Trump administration allowed a key sanctions waiver to lapse on Saturday, halting a mechanism that had previously pe…
18 May 2026
U.S. industrial natural gas consumption expected to hit records in 2026 and 2027
We forecast U.S. industrial natural gas consumption will climb to record highs through 2027 in our latest Short-Term Ene…
18 May 2026
UK Natural Gas Prices Rise Further
UK natural gas futures rose further above 128 pence per therm, reaching a near six-week high, amid fears of prolonged di…
18 May 2026
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