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Black Sea Grain Initiative renewed

Exports of Ukrainian grain are set to keep moving. UN Secretary-General António Guterres today welcomed the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had been due to expire on Saturday. More

Biden to issue oil and natural gas leasing ban

White House: Iran implicated in drone attack on Eastern Pacific tanker

Both the White House and U.S. Central Command today released statements implicating Iran in what it now seems was a drone attack on a products tanker managed by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific

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Container shipping: It looks like the party’s ending

Easing supply chain bottlenecks at major U.S. ports may be good news for consumers, but not so much for containership operators. As we reported earlier, after container shipping giant Maersk reporting record

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Liberia streamlines ship mortgage procedures

The Liberian Registry, the world’s second largest ship registry, in response to the needs of shipowners and the ship finance and legal community, has announced a series of amendments to the Liberian

Putin talks about return to Black Sea grain deal

Poten: Increased Russian oil moves by Dark Fleet pose safety threat

In his latest weekly Tanker Opinion, Erik Broekhuizen, head of tanker research at New York headquartered Poten & Partners, says that, while Russian oil exports have thus far only been impacted by

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Drewry: Ship operating cost inflation is accelerating

Vessel operating cost (OPEX) inflation has accelerated in 2022 on mounting worldwide macroeconomic price pressures, despite some receding of COVID-19 related costs, according to the latest Ship Operating Costs Annual Review and

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San Pedro Bay ports and Singapore MPA in plans for Green Corridor

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and California’s San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have begun discussions to establish a green and digital shipping corridor between

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Insurers release white paper on lithium-ion battery transportation risks

A number of recent ship fires have underscored the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. Now insurance providers TT Club and UK P&I Club (both Thomas Miller managed

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Royal Caribbean reports a “better than expected” quarter

Cruise giant Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) today reported third quarter results that it says were “better than expected and above guidance for the quarter mainly due to higher load factors from

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Maersk: Record results, but “dark clouds” warning

Container shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) today again reported record results, but analysts seemed to be more focused on CEO Søren Skou’s cautionary words about dark clouds on

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