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China’s suspension of US soybean imports amid trade tensions has disrupted seasonal shipping flows, with no cargoes arriving so far this season. Typically, 12 million tonnes move from the US to China between October and November, generating around 120 billion tonne-miles, roughly 12% of the total Panamax demand. The absence of this trade could remove ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-halt-on-us-soybean-purchases-threatens-panamax-demand/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-halt-on-us-soybean-purchases-threatens-panamax-demand/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, declined on Tuesday, weighed down by a slump in capesize vessel rates. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell 122 points, or 5.7%, to 2,022 points. The index posted its ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-freight-index-falls-after-capesize-vessel-rates-slump/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-freight-index-falls-after-capesize-vessel-rates-slump/Today, Wednesday, October 15 2025, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 25 points, reaching 1997 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-1997-down-25-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-1997-down-25-points/Today, Thursday, October 09 2025, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 40 points, reaching 1923 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-1923-down-40-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-1923-down-40-points/The International Maritime Organization will meet this week to formally decide whether to impose a carbon emissions price on global shipping, a move supported by an EU-led bloc including Britain, China and Japan but strongly opposed by the U.S.The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/un-shipping-emissions-levy-deal-sets-531041
https://www.marinelink.com/news/un-shipping-emissions-levy-deal-sets-531041The United States Trade Representative's office said on Friday it would modify certain maritime-related fees for foreign-built vehicle carriers and liquefied natural gas vessels ahead of port fees on China-linked ships slated to go into effect…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-tweaks-foreignbuilt-ships-fees-raises-531043
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-tweaks-foreignbuilt-ships-fees-raises-531043The latest U.S. sanctions on a major Chinese crude oil terminal have forced refining group Sinopec to divert a supertanker and ask some plants to cut crude processing rates, according to ship tracking data and Chinese consultancies.A supertanker…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinas-sinopec-reroutes-supertanker-531044
https://www.marinelink.com/news/chinas-sinopec-reroutes-supertanker-531044On October 9, 2025, the Fratelli Cosulich Group launched Maya Cosulich — the world’s first methanol-powered IMO II chemical bunker tanker — at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard.The ceremony was attended by Ms. Hoe Sook Mei from the Fratelli Cosulich Singapore office…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fratelli-cosulich-group-launches-new-531047
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fratelli-cosulich-group-launches-new-531047NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday over the "limping" condition of one of its submarines as Russian authorities denied it had been forced to surface because of technical problems.Russia's Black Sea Fleet said the diesel-powered submarine…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/nato-chief-mocks-broken-russian-submarine-53106120 leading green fuel producers are calling on IMO delegates to seize a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to set shipping on a sustainable pathway.At this week’s extraordinary session, leaders will come together in London to discuss the adoption…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/green-shipping-fuel-producers-call-imo-531062
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