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MARITIME NEWS 12-6-24

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Green Shipping

Revolutionary Wind-Powered Car Carrier Enters Critical Testing Phase

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Shipping Technology

AD Ports Group Consolidates its Digital Capabilities into Maqta Technologies Group

Maritime Travel

Shorter travel times due to new Maasvlaktehopper timetable

Global Ports

SHIPPING: Port automation a key sticking point in union, USEC ports negotiations ahead of 15 Jan deadline

Green Fuels

Scope of hydrogen and CO2 for the Delta Rhine Corridor underlines the urgency of making the industry sustainable
Saggas and Valenciaport agree to collaborate on innovation projects to boost the use of renewable gases in the maritime sector

Chinese Shipbuilding

China sets new record on LNG vessel delivery

U.S. Ag Trade

Chicago grains consolidate after gains with US jobs data in focus
Wheat, corn rise, soy slips; Chicago grains set for weekly gains

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Up By 6%

Green Shipping

Cost-efficient strategies can significantly cut price of FuelEU Maritime compliance, according to DNV
Wallenius Marine tests groundbreaking ship design for the world’s first wind-powered PCTC vessel

MARITIME NEWS 12-5-24

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U.S. Maritime

M/V ARC Endeavor Joins Maritime Security Program Fleet

Global Trade

UNCTAD: Global Trade On Track to Hit Record $33 Trillion in 2024

Green Shipping

LNG’s Adolescence: Maturing Fast in the Race to Decarbonize Shipping, But Infrastructure Gap Looms

U.S. Shipbuilding

GAO Sounds Alarm on Navy’s Amphibious Fleet Readiness

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Global Ports

San Antonio Terminal Internacional Achieves Throughput of One Million TEU for Thirteenth Consecutive Year
Chain collaboration for sustainable and efficient container transport by road in the port of Rotterdam

U.S. Maritime

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $5 Million in Grants to Improve Movement of Goods Along United States Marine Highways

South Korean Shipbuilding

Korean Shipbuilders Moving to Secure a New Production Base in Southeast Asia

U.S. Ag Trade

Soybeans and wheat firm, corn subdued as weather watched
Trade estimates for USDA December South American crop report
Soybeans edge higher, but Brazilian crop outlook caps gains

Green Shipping

Waiting time in port represents major inefficiency and GHG savings opportunity for international shipping

Maritime Regulations

Panama Takes The Lead In Global Discussions On The Fair Treatment Of Seafarers

Shipping Technology

MOL Switch to Invest in Heirloom, a U.S. DAC Technology Developer- Contributing to Spread and Expansion of Negative Emissions

MARITIME NEWS 12-4-24

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Shipping Technology

MAN Energy Solutions Achieves Full-Scale Ammonia Engine Testing Milestone

Global Trade

Maersk Sell Ratings Stack Up as Oversupply Concerns Mount

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Global Ports

San Antonio Terminal Internacional concession to be extended until 2030 thanks to millions in investments
Six new energy-efficient tugboats arrive in Antwerp: a milestone with Europe’s first electric tugboat

U.S. Ag Trade

Funds flirt with record meal short as US soy crush booms -Braun

Maritime Regulations

OceanScore reviews the first year of EU ETS: what have we learned and what lies ahead?
Lloyd’s List Intelligence and Siglar Carbon Partner to Drive Sustainable Decision-Making across the Maritime Industry
Survitec White Paper Wins Safety In Maritime Award Urging Action On Fire Safety Risks

Maritime Industry

Alliances to shake-up shipping as industry recalibrates in 2025

Maritime Training

Seahorse Freight Association Launches Mentoring Program And Rewards Excellence In Journalism

Global Trade

Longer ship routes causing delays, impacting global trade: Piyush Goyal

Global Shipbuilding

VARD awarded Approval in Principle by LR for two methanol ready CSOVs for North Star

MARITIME NEWS 12-3-24

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U.S. Port News

ILA-USMX Port Automation Dispute Intensifies as January Deadline Looms

U.S. Navy Operations

U.S. Navy Increasingly Turning to Commercial Tankers for At-Sea Refueling Operations

Global Trade

Global Supply Chain Leaders Grapple with Rising Tariffs, Survey Reveals

U.S.-China Tensions

China Bans Export of Key Minerals to U.S. as Trade Frictions Escalate

U.S. Offshore Wind

Biden Administration Forges Ahead with Offshore Wind Development Despite Trump Threats

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South Korean Shipbuilding

Korean Shipbuilders: Anatomy of a long cycle

Global Trade

Descartes’ Study Reveals Tariffs and Trade Barriers as Top Concern of 48% of Supply Chain Leaders

U.S. Ag Trade

Soybean recoups losses, Brazilian crop outlook caps gains
Wheat falls on supply pressure, but Russian export curbs limit losses

Global Ports

New guidance on achieving stable lifting operations

Global Shipbuilding

Maersk completes order of 20 dual-fuel vessels
WinGD wins late engine orders for eight newbuild LNG carriers

Shipping Technology

Full-Scale Ammonia Engine Opens New Chapter

MARITIME NEWS 12-2-24

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Global Shipbuilding

India and Italy In Talks On Blue Economy, Port Cooperation

Panama Canal

BOEM Completes Environmental Review for Massive SouthCoast Wind Project as Trump Threat Looms

Panama Canal

Threatened by Climate Change, Panama Canal Has Big Plans to Deal With Drought

Global Trade

Hapag-Lloyd Expects Lower Profitability in Fourth Quarter

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Global Ports

Port of Hamburg and Port of Vancouver to collaborate to improve sustainability and operations
Chinese ports container volume rises 7.6 % from January to October of 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase in November 2024
Rotterdam-Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC) conducts end-to-end sustainability certification pilot for liquefied bio-methane bunkering

Chinese Shipbuilding

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding secures shipbuilding contracts worth US$2.63 billion

U.S. Ag Trade

CBOT corn ends higher on technical buying
CBOT soybeans tick up on export demand; corn turns higher
CBOT wheat closes lower on a choppy day of trading

Green Fuels

Switch2 partners with CorPower Ocean on groundbreaking ‘wave powered’ green ammonia project

Global Trade

Drewry: Intra-Asia Container Index Up 4%

MARITIME NEWS 11-29-24

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Global Ports

Hamburg’s Historic Port Looks to the Future with MSC Backing

Global Shipbuilding

Hapag-Lloyd Secures Green Methanol Supply for Retrofitted Containerships

U.S. Shipbuilding

Coast Guard Inks Deal to Acquire ‘Aiviq’ As Vessel Arrives in Tampa Dry Dock to Begin Conversion

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Global Ports

Bilbao moves forward in intermodality, innovation and sustainability
Plans for port ‘could help businesses thrive’

U.S. Port News

New Charging Station is Largest at U.S. Port

South Korean Shipbuilding

Autonomous shipping draws closer with HD Hyundai’s AIP certification

Global Ag Trade

Global growth expands grain marketing opportunities

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Down 2% Last Week

Chinese Shipbuilding

ADNOC, Jiangnan Shipyard, and DNV celebrate delivery of first large-scale Mark III Flex LNG Carrier in China

Global Shipbuilding

Maersk Names Newest Dual-Fuel Methanol Vessel “A.P. Møller” in Singapore

MARITIME NEWS 11-28-24

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Maritime Welfare

ABP further strengthens support for seafarer welfare facilities

Maritime Collaborations

APM Terminals Pipavav (GPPL) Partners With CleanMax to Achieve Net Zero Goals
Kalmar and Elonroad partner to pilot dynamic EV charging

South Korean Shipbuilding

S. Korean shipbuilders lead hybrid ship boom
GTT receives an order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of a new LNG Carrier

U.S. Ag Trade

South American soybean meal prices drop to four-year lows

Green Fuels

Maersk could use 15-20% alternative fuels for its fleet in 2030
Hapag-Lloyd concludes long-term offtake agreement for green methanol

Green Shipping

U-Ming Marine appoints UK technology provider, Anemoi, to install Rotor Sails on a VLOC, in another investment in sustainable initiatives by the Taiwan-based corporation
ENERCON and EMS Chartering team up on the chartering of the “E-Ship 1” Cooperation optimizes utilization of the wind-assisted cargo vessel

Global Shipbuilding

Pacific Basin Orders Four Dual-Fuel Methanol Low-Emission 64,000 dwt Ultramax Newbuilding Vessels from Japan

Decarbonization

NYK Disseminates Its Decarbonization Initiatives at COP29 Highlighting issues facing the international shipping industry

MARITIME NEWS 11-27-24

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U.S. Trade

Trump’s Trade War Redux: Meet the New Architect of America’s Tariff Agenda

U.S. Navy

Trump Nominates Financier John Phelan as Navy Secretary

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Port Technology

World’s strongest land-based crane completes fully electric operations testing

Global Ports

Drewry: Port Throughput Index Down 0.3% In September

Global Shipbuilding

Damen signs LOI with Herman Sr. for new Multi-Purpose Vessel 4916

U.S. Ag Trade

Wheat eases as better supply outlook weighs; corn and soybeans steady
US winter wheat rating jumps more than expected, highest in 6 years

Decarbonization

Business case for wind propulsion improves as decarbonisation rules kick in
OceanScore reviews BIMCO FuelEU Clause for Time Charter Parties
Langh Tech goes to market with innovative onboard carbon capture

Maritime Manpower

The shipping industry is wrestling with one of its biggest challenges — seafarer shortages

MARITIME NEWS 11-26-24

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Global Ports

Mexico Looks Past Trump Threats With $2.7 Billion Port Expansion

U.S. Trade

Trade War 2.0? Trump Announces Tariffs on Top Trading Partners

U.S. Trade Partners Warn Trump Tariffs Would Harm All Involved

Panama Canal

Panama Land Bridge: Can It Solve the Canal’s Drought Woes?

Suez Canal

Containership Transits of Suez Canal Hit 2024 High, But Big Ships Avoid the Route

Green Shipping

Faltering US Offshore Wind Industry Sends Next-Generation Startup Overseas

Global Shipbuilding

Austal Tapped to Build Australia’s New Heavy Landing Craft

U.S. Offshore Wind

Faltering US Offshore Wind Industry Sends Next-Generation Startup Overseas

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Port of Rotterdam

Value Group welcomes €2 million investment from Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam to accelerate CO₂ Hub

Global Ports

MOL Signs Comprehensive MoU with Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Work started on 45,000 sqm logistics property at the Port of Gothenburg

South Korean Shipbuilding

HD Hyundai says robots will be building ships in 2030

U.S. Trade

Trump vows tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada that may spike commodity prices

U.S. Ag Trade

Funds preserve bullish CBOT corn bets but snub soybeans and wheat
Wheat extends losses on better US crop outlook, firmer dollar

MARITIME NEWS 11-25-24

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U.S. Collaborations

US Agency Conducting Due Diligence On Adani’s Sri Lanka Project

U.S. Shipbuilding

Nation’s First Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Coming to Lake Tahoe

Hellenic News Articles

Global Ports

Singapore, Rotterdam ports say no reports as yet of cashew nutshell marine fuel problems
Sohar Port and Freezone secures $4bn worth of new investments in 2024
Improved service for rail users in the Antwerp port area

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal’s First Hybrid Tugboat Will Be Operational In 2025

U.S. Port News

Port of Oakland awarded $50 million grant to modernize terminal infrastructure

South Korean Shipbuilding

S.Korean firms bet big on US LNG market under new Trump gov’t

Global Shipbuilding

India to be among top 10 global ship manufacturers by 2030: Sonowal
Pioneering high-tech, green shipbuilding in India

U.S. Ag Trade

Wheat falls on supply pressure, soybeans recover from one-month low
CIF/FOB Gulf Grain-Gulf soybean barge bids ease, corn bids mostly steady

MARITIME NEWS 11-22-24

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Global Ports

London Gateway Tapped as Gemini Cooperation’s UK Hub as Felixstowe Misses Out

Global Trade

FAK Fantasy: Carriers Struggle to Keep Rates Afloat

China-Mexico Trade Hits Record Volumes, But Volatility Looms in 2025

U.S. Cybersecurity

U.S. Coast Guard Sounds Alarm on Cyber Threats from Chinese Port Cranes

Hellenic News Articles

Global Ports

How does Chancay Port light up Asia-Pacific cooperation?
New container gantry cranes for Container Terminal Burchardkai

Maritime Companies

Peter Wikström appointed CFO of APM Terminals

U.S. Ag Trade

Chicago wheat set for 6% weekly rise on Black Sea supply worries
Chicago wheat set for 6% weekly rise on Black Sea supply worries

U.S. Cybersecurity

Managing Maritime Cyber Risk – Rising To USCG’s New Maritime Security Directive

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Down 1% Last Week

Maritime Technology

The Hood is set to Revolutionise Connections in the Maritime Sector

South Korean Shipbuilding

HMM introduces S.Korea’s first LNG-powered vessels

MARITIME NEWS 11-21-24

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U.S. Port News

US Ports Sector Outlook Stable for 2025 Despite Economic Headwinds, Moody’s Reports

Global Shipping

VARD Secures Major Contract for Five Advanced Walk-to-Work Vessels in Offshore Energy Sector

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Global Trade

Maersk to move operations from major port
SSA Marine Expands South Florida Cruise Operations with Royal Caribbean Contract and New General Manager

U.S. Port News

Port Of Los Angeles Exceeds 900,000 Container Units For Fourth Consecutive Month

U.S. Trade

Chu Lai Port starts new direct shipping route to US

Green Shipping

Global book & claim platform ‘Katalist’ supports cargo owners and forwarders with verified emission reduction of shipping
Major new challenges for shipping in 2025 make data more important than ever
At COP29, UNECE ICAO and IMO join forces to decarbonize transport

Decarbonization

Maritime Industry’s Green Future: KR’s Latest Decarbonization Magazine Reveals Key Decarbonization Insights

Global Shipbuilding

Strategic Marine, Mirai Ships Inc., and Ragnar Energy Solutions Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Shipbuilding Collaboration

U.S. Ag Trade

Wheat extends gains as missile attacks keep Black Sea risks in focus