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Shipping leaders gathering at the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum during Posidonia painted a picture of an industry increasingly shaped by geopolitics, with conflicts, sanctions, trade disputes and security threats now influencing everything from trade flows and fleet deployment to financing decisions and asset values. One of the strongest messages from the panel was that geopolitics is …
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https://splash247.com/shipowners-urged-to-stay-nimble-as-geopolitics-reshapes-global-shipping/One of the shipping industry’s most outspoken figures has suggested owners would have been better off paying a transit fee to keep the Strait of Hormuz open rather than enduring months of disruption from the closure that followed the conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US. Speaking at the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum during Posidonia, Capital …
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https://splash247.com/marinakis-shipping-would-be-better-off-paying-a-hormuz-fee/Leading shipowners and investors gathered at the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum during Posidonia with a clear message: resilience, balance-sheet strength and disciplined investment decisions matter more than ever. The panel, featuring executives from Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Safe Bulkers, the Vafias Group and JP Morgan Asset Management, painted a picture of an industry benefiting financially from …
The U.S. military fired a Hellfire missile at a tanker heading toward Iran on Tuesday as part of a blockade being imposed by President Donald Trump, who is pressing Tehran to negotiate a peace agreement on his terms.The U.S. military's Central…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-fires-hellfire-missile-tanker-539875Shipments of limestone from U.S. quarries on the Great Lakes decreased 8.1 percent from May of last year to 2.7 million tons. May’s loadings were also below the month’s 5-year average by 5.4 percent.Year-to-date, the Lakes U.S. limestone trade totals 3.9 million tons…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/lakes-us-limestone-trade-down-may-539876Palaemon Maritime has released its maritime security report for May 24-31, indicating that the week saw 15 maritime security incidents, with heightened activity in major maritime corridors globally, including: Black Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Finland…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/pirate-attack-foiled-amidst-heightened-539877BHP and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have blended biofuels from two distinct feedstocks—used cooking oil and waste animal fats —and introduced the lower-emissions marine fuel into a BHP-chartered bulk carrier as part…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/bhp-gcmd-trial-b-blend-existing-supply-539879The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) raised concerns about deceptive practices at its 59th Committee meeting in Glasgow, held from May 18 to 22.The Committee noted a continuous rise in the detention rate to 4.18% in 2025 (up from 4.03% in 2024 and 3.81% in 2023)…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/paris-mou-tackles-fraudulent-certificates-539880The U.S. Navy has selected HII’s ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel to advance to the at-sea testing phase of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) program.Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Mission Technologies division…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-selects-hii-usv-advance-atsea-539881Fleetzero, a U.S.-based developer of marine technology, has announced a collaboration with Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, a leading U.S. shipbuilder, and Glosten, a Seattle-based global naval architecture and marine engineering firm, to accelerate…
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