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Panama Canal maintains full operations despite El Niño forecast
The Panama Canal will not impose vessel passage restrictions for the rest of 2026, even if the anticipated El Niño weath…
17 May 2026
Busan Port targets LNG and methanol bunkering by 2032
Busan Port Authority is planning to develop LNG and methanol bunkering infrastructure at the port by 2032. The project i…
17 May 2026
Two anniversaries, one uncomfortable mirror
May 2026 comes with two anniversaries, and neither looks particularly flattering in the rear-view mirror. One year ago, …
17 May 2026
Global Disruptions Are Testing How the World Moves Goods and People
The war in the Middle East has severely disrupted maritime and air traffic, damaging infrastructure and interrupting tra…
17 May 2026
News in Brief podcast | Week 20 2026 | Peak season speculation and DSV’s Tango
This week on News in Brief, Charlotte Goldstone and her guests break down the latest developments shaping the freight an…
17 May 2026
Iraq Exported 10 Million Barrels Of Oil Through Strait Of Hormuz In April
By Muayad Hameed BAGHDAD, May 16 (Reuters) – Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz in April, …
17 May 2026
Stomach Bugs, Not Hantavirus, Are A Bigger Threat On Cruises
By Annika Inampudi and Ignacio Gonzalez May 17, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Stomach bugs on cruise ships recently hit a nearly two…
17 May 2026
Suezmax Tanker With Iraqi Crude Reaches India After Hormuz Transit
By Julian Lee and Prejula Prem May 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A Suezmax tanker identified as carrying Iraqi crude is approach…
17 May 2026
Greece Asks EU To Step In Over ‘Unlawful Fishing’ By Turkey
ATHENS, May 15 (Reuters) – Greece on Friday asked the European Union to step in and stop what it said was unlawful fishi…
17 May 2026
US Allows Russia Oil Sales Waiver To Expire Despite Tight Market
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy May 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration allowed a waiver that encouraged more Russian c…
16 May 2026
Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: B30 prices gain in Rotterdam and Singapore
Rotterdam and Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $28/mt since Monday. Conversely, the port’s c…
16 May 2026
USS Ford Strike Group Earns Presidential Unit Citation After Historic Cruise
NORFOLK, Va. — America’s newest commissioned aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) tied up at Pier 11 this mornin…
16 May 2026
Tighter US haulage market a serious threat to low inventory strategy
The US tariffs reinforced a trend among cargo owners to keep inventory levels low and replenish quickly – a strategy tha…
16 May 2026
World’s First 24,000-TEU Methanol Dual-Fuel Container Ship Begins Sea Trials In China
The world’s largest methanol-dual fuel container ship has begun sea trials in China, after which it is expected to opera…
16 May 2026
Russian Navy Covers Nuclear Submarines With Anti-Drone Nets To Protect From Ukrainian Drones
The Russian Navy has covered its Borei-Class ballistic missile submarines with drone protection nets to shield them from…
16 May 2026
World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Hornsea 3 Installs First Monopile Foundation In North Sea
The first of the 197 monopile foundations has been installed at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, the Hornsea 3, i…
16 May 2026
China Deploys More Warships Near Taiwan After High-Stakes Trump-Xi Meeting
Taiwan’s armed forces said they monitored the Chinese activity and deployed navy ships and coastal missile systems in re…
16 May 2026
U.S. Navy’s Largest Aircraft Carrier Returns After Record 326-Day Deployment
The nuclear-powered supercarrier left Norfolk on June 24, 2025, for what was initially planned as a routine deployment t…
16 May 2026
Seychelles Sinks Indian-Gifted Anti-Piracy Patrol Vessel PS Topaz After 20 Years Of Service
The patrol vessel, PS Topaz, was officially retired on May 9 during Seychelles’ 50th Jubilee Independence celebrations.
16 May 2026
China’s Second Domestically Built Large Cruise Ship Begins Final Sea Trials
The vessel was built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
16 May 2026
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