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U.S.-China Tensions

China Halts Panama Port Sale to BlackRock

Shipowners Are Adjusting Contracts for US Tax on China Vessels

U.S. Tariffs

Car-Shipping Companies Plunge After Trump’s Latest Tariffs

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Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Down 4% Last Week

Green Shipping

IMO policy progress in April 2025 to influence vessel strategic fuel choices

Wind Propulsion Reaches Tipping Point as Shipowners Embrace BAR Technologies’ WindWings®

Green Fuels

World’s First Commercial-Use Ammonia-Fueled Tugboat Completes Three-Month Demonstration Voyage: GHG emissions reduced by up to 95%

Decarbonization

LNGameChanger: Consortium sets sight on LNG-fuelled shipping with on-board CO2 capture and storage

Global Offshore Wind

Kanadevia, Taisei, and MOL Sign MoU on Commercialization of Offshore Wind Power Generation- Creating a Platform for Knowledge Exchange and Cost Reduction

Japanese Shipbuilding

AiPs Obtained for Liquefied CO2 Carrier Design and Floating Liquefied Storage Facility

Maritime Companies

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Announces 2024 Annual Results

South Korean Shipbuilding

Korea Shipbuilding posts profit and anticipates growth in 2023

U.S. Ag Trade

Corn and wheat slip to new lows with planting and exports in focus

USDA’s ‘March Madness’ will be no slam dunk for grain analysts: Braun

U.S. Tariffs

US tariffs pose no threat to China’s grain supply, official says

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U.S. Maritime

Trump Appoints Top Naval Strategist Brent Sadler To MARAD

Pacific Tensions

Xi Tests US Allies in Indo-Pacific as Trump Focuses Elsewhere

South Korean Shipbuilding

HMM Takes Delivery of Its First Methanol-Powered Containership

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Green Shipping

The Uncertainty And Instability Created By A Credit-Trading Policy Architecture, Favours States With Strong Industrial Policy

Wind propulsion key to cut costs and carbon in shipping, shows new report

Maritime Safety

First-of-a-kind Sustainable Crewing Guidelines to safeguard seafarer well-being and protect supply chains from workforce crisis

Decarbonization

Maritime industry needs regulatory action to meet decarbonisation and digitalisation goals

Direct Ocean Capture tech-based carbon removal credits offtake agreement and strategic partnership with Captura Corp.

UK” Course charted for carbon free shipping by 2050

Global Shipbuilding

Coastal Sustainability Alliance Signs Key LOIs and Showcases Singapore’s Largest Electric Supply Boat at Singapore Maritime Week 2025

ClassNK Releases Benchmark Tank Test Data For Direct Load Analysis Programs Supporting The Development And Introduction Of New Vessel Types, Including Ultra-Large Container Ships

Japanese Shipbuilding

Daito Corporation Secures Japan’s First Green Loan Utilizing a Municipality-Developed Framework for Electric Tugboat

U.S.-China Tensions

The U.S. is not prepared to win an economic war against China-built containerships, farmers, ocean carriers warn

Fossil fuel, agriculture officials to rail against Trump port fee plan

Maritime Technology

ABS and Pacific International Lines Sign MOU to Advance Maritime Operations and Technologies

With 66 patents filed in 2024, GTT confirms the acceleration of its innovation momentum and its technological leadership in the INPI ranking

Global Ports

Oil loading slows at Venezuela’s ports amid US tariffs, license termination, data shows

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U.S.-China Tensions

Trump Port Levies On Chinese Ships Could Mean Billion-Dollar ‘Trade Apocalypse’ Industry Executives Say

USTR’s Proposed China Port Fees Could Cost Container Shipping Over $100 Billion, Expert Warns

US Trade Chief To Speak With Chinese Counterpart As Tariff Rift Widens

Billion-Dollar US Levies On Chinese Ships Risk ‘Trade Apocalypse’

U.S. Port News

Maersk and Port of New York and New Jersey Agree on 33-Year Lease Extension

U.S. Collaborations

Japan, Korea Would Struggle to fill US Demand for Non-China Shipbuilding, NYK Line Exec Says

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Green Fuels

Methanol holds edge over ammonia as green marine fuel alternative in near term: Proman

U.S.-China Tensions

Trump’s fees on Chinese ships will hurt US companies, maritime executives to tell hearing

Maritime Companies

World’s 10 biggest public shipping companies top all time high profits of US$300bn in five years – but pay less than half average tax rate

Global Shipbuilding

CMB.TECH and MOL sign landmark agreement for nine ammonia-powered vessels

Decarbonization

Value Maritime and MOL Complete Carbon Capture First

Maritime Technology

IACS Publishes New Recommendation on 3D Printing for Marine and Offshore Applications

Seaspan expands AI adoption with 100 more ships equipped with Orca AI for enhanced safety and efficiency

U.S. Shipbuilding

Most Americans back Trump push to rebuild US shipbuilding to better compete with China, poll shows

U.S. Collaborations

Shipbuilder raid gingerly tests geopolitics shift

U.S. Ag Trade

Chicago soybeans, corn dip on tariff fears, wheat also down

Funds extend Chicago corn selloff as tariff deadline looms

Chicago corn prices set to challenge decades-long streaks

Spot soy, corn basis steady-firm on slow farmer sales

Chicago corn, soy futures fall on pre-weekend selloff

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U.S.-China Tensions

CK Hutchison Flags Political Risk as Port Deal Upsets China

Maritime Companies

Hapag-Lloyd Posts 19% Lower Net Profit in 2024, to Cut Dividend

Lloyd’s Register Abandoning Modern HQ for Historic Homecoming

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Maritime Technology

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BERG delivers the world’s first GreenForge® shafts to the maritime market

Shipnet launches Helix AI ahead of Sea Asia Singapore

Houlder leads groundbreaking COMLink project to improve wave resistance modelling

Solvang Commits To Inmarsat Nexuswave Fleetwide For Crew And Business Connectivity

Decarbonization

EU Maritime Decarbonisation Target at Risk Without Effective Pricing Tool

Green Shipping

BAR Technologies Urges Shipping Industry to Recognise Wind as a Key Fuel in Decarbonisation Debate

Biofuel Testing Essential As Cruise Lines Lead Shipping’s Green Transition

Port of Rotterdam

Port experience centre Portlantis festively opened

U.S. Port News

Port of Oakland container volume starts new year with 8.5% increase

February Cargo Volume Stays Strong At Port Of Los Angeles

South Korean Shipbuilding

Geoje’s Economic Revival: Shipbuilding Surge Drives Growth in Employment and Wages

Korea’s shipbuilders secure 5 trillion won in contracts amid China’s shipping exclusion

Chinese Shipbuilding

Dalian charts green route to becoming shipbuilding leader

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U.S. Port News

Louisiana’s Plaquemines Port Rebrands as Gateway Port Amid Major Container Terminal Expansion

U.S. Maritime Incidents

U.S. Coast Guard’s HOMEPORT System Outage Enters Third Week, Disrupting Maritime Operations Nationwide

U.S. Offshore Wind

EPA Halts Atlantic Shores Wind Farm Construction as Trump Administration Reviews Projects

Red Sea Crisis

Yemen’s Houthis Won’t ‘Dial Down’ Under US Pressure or Iranian Appeals

U.S. Collaborations

Polar Icebreakers May Be Key to Jumpstarting American Shipbuilding New Report Finds

Korean Giant Hanwha Acquires Austal Stake in Latest Push to Reshape U.S. Shipbuilding

Hellenic News Articles

Green Fuels

Recommendations to Accelerate the Production of Green Fuels

Red Sea Crisis

Red Sea insurance rates to stay firm as US airstrikes raise fears for ships

Maritime Technology

GNV Tests RINA’s Machine Learning and Predictive Models to Optimize Energy Use on New Vessel

Folk Maritime becomes Middle East’s first dry container fleet to deploy ORBCOMM®’s smart container technology

Decarbonization

ZESTAs Brings World’s Largest Hydrogen Shipping Event to Aberdeen For The First Time

Global Shipbuilding

Langh Ship receives first vessel of 1200 TEU container feeder series

Global Trade

Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure

U.S. Collaborations

U.S. targets Jones Act amendment to boost South Korean shipbuilding opportunities

South Korean Shipbuilding

Shipbuilders ramp up efforts to teach migrant workers Korean

Major Wins for South Korean Shipbuilders: Over 4 Tril. Won in Contracts Secured

Samsung Heavy Industries wins orders for nine shuttle tankers worth 1.93 trillion won

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U.S.-China Tensions

Beijing Slams CK Hutchison’s $22.8 Billion Port Sale to BlackRock as ‘Betrayal’ to China

Global Shipbuilding

Dry Bulk Newbuilding Orders Hit 30-Year Low Amid Market Uncertainty

U.S. Tariffs

Steel Buyers Enter Tariff Era as Ships Rerouted, Trucks Halted

Maritime Investigations

FMC Launches Investigation into Global Maritime Chokepoints Amid Rising Shipping Disruptions

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Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Down 7% Last Week

Maritime Technology

Kongsberg Maritime wins design and equipment contract for Olympic Group’s two subsea construction vessels

Decarbonization

‘Wild Card’ Carbon Levy Uncertainty Leaves Shipowners Cautious and Concerned Says ABS Chairman and CEO

U.S.-China Tensions

China and US hunker down for long shipping battle

Port of Rotterdam

2024 Annual Report Port of Rotterdam Authority: Navigating towards a sustainable future

U.S. Port News

Trade Rises at Port of Long Beach in February

Maritime Technology

Sri Lanka Unveils Landmark Fully Automated Terminal, CWIT, Powered by ZPMC’s Cutting-Edge Technology

South Korean Shipbuilding

Nakilat celebrates Steel Cutting of 8 New LNG Carriers at Korea’s “Hanwha Ocean” Shipyard

Japanese Shipbuilding

Approval in Principle (AiP) for the Basic Design of a Large Ammonia-Fueled Ammonia Carrier Obtained from Classification Society

U.S. Tariffs

EU announces retaliatory tariffs on US corn, soybeans in response to Trump’s steel tariffs

South Korean Steel Exporters Race to Beat U.S. Tariff Deadline