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Port Houston crossed the three million TEU mark in September, reaching 3,270,595 TEUs year-to-date, the fastest pace in Port Houston’s history. Total container volumes are up 5% year-to-date compared to last year.“Three million TEUs and counting…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/port-houston-surpasses-three-million-teus-531813
https://www.marinelink.com/news/port-houston-surpasses-three-million-teus-531813Renowned inventor and engineer Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway, the iBOT wheelchair, and founder of the organization FIRST Global, delivered a keynote lecture on October 28 at the Ascanio Arosemena Training Center of the Panama Canal. During his presentation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dean-kamen-shares-insights-panama-canal-531814
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dean-kamen-shares-insights-panama-canal-531814This week, Rolls-Royce announced that it has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol on its test bench in Friedrichshafen.Together with its partners in the meOHmare research project, Rolls…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/powering-methanol-not-531817China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. As the two nations battle over trade tariffs, the lack of Chinese buying has cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars in lost sales, ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-buys-us-soybean-cargoes-ahead-of-trump-xi-meet-sources-say/Today, Thursday, October 30 2025, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 22 points, reaching 1983 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-climbs-to-1983-up-22-points/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-1983-up-22-points/Iron ore futures pulled back on Thursday, as a bout of profit-taking took toll after the meeting between leaders of the world’s top two economies. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-retreats-on-profit-taking-after-trump-xi-meeting/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-retreats-on-profit-taking-after-trump-xi-meeting/After a brief period in which bauxite seaborne trade growth outpaced iron ore, international shipbroker IFCHOR GALBRAITHS projects that iron ore will reclaim its dominant position in global commodities markets from 2026 onward. The recent surge in bauxite exports, which in 2025 grew by 43 Mt, is viewed as cyclical rather than structural, reflecting short-term ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-volumes-poised-to-lead-global-dry-bulk-growth/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-volumes-poised-to-lead-global-dry-bulk-growth/Major bulk, made up of iron ore, coal, and grains, exports ended 2025 Q3 above the previous year and sit as the quarter with the highest volume of major bulk exported on the Signal Ocean Platform. Demand from China across all these major bulks helped to drive this, with September being particularly notable for coal ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/monthly-major-bulk-radar-the-third-quarter-closed-with-a-surge-that-few-expected/We estimate that the dry bulk supply/demand balance will strengthen slightly in 2025 and gradually weaken in 2026 and 2027. Cargo demand growth is slowing, as coal shipments decline and iron ore shipments stagnate,” says Filipe Gouveia, Shipping Analysis Manager at BIMCO. Coal shipments are forecast to decline 4.9% between 2025 and 2027. Demand is ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-shipping-demand-growth-softens-as-coal-shipments-decline/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, extended gains on Thursday, supported by a rise in capesize vessel rates. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose 11 points, or 0.6%, to 1,961 points. The capesize index gained ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-extends-gains-on-rising-capesize-prices/
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