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U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row for the first time since February, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-og-rig-count-rises-again-530239Interest in hybrid government and patrol boats is growing as boat builders demonstrate their many benefits.Launched last year at Seawork, Sweden-based Marell Boats says its M17 Patrol was the star of the show with its hybrid powertrain from…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hybrid-patrol-boats-offer-emissions-530240On July 31, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“E.O.”) modifying reciprocal tariffs that became effective on August 7, 2025. Some aspects of the impact are well understood such as increased tariff burden on importers ranging from 10% to over 40%.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-reciprocal-tariffs-effect-inbound-530242Iron ore futures advanced on Friday, ending the week higher, buoyed by strengthening steel demand and pre-holiday restocking in major consumer China. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) rose 0.81% to 807.5 yuan ($113.54) a metric ton. The contract ended the week up 0.88%. The benchmark September iron ore ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-logs-fourth-straight-weekly-gain-on-improved-steel-demand/Pilbara Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 65.7 million tonnes (Mt) for August 2025. This figure is consistent with the total monthly throughput in August 2024. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 45.3Mt, of which 44.3Mt was iron ore exports. This was a seven per cent decrease to total throughput ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/port-hedland-iron-ore-exports-down-by-7-in-august/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, edged down on Friday due to weakness in smaller vessel segments, but was set to post a weekly gain on capesize advances. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, lost 2 ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-heads-for-weekly-gain-on-capesize-strength/Two high-profile names from opposite sides of the world — Asian shipping tycoon Chavalit Frederick Tsao and Norwegian impact investor Tharald Nustad — have teamed up to create a new ocean impact vehicle aimed squarely at Asia. The pair yesterday unveiled the Asia Ocean Fund, a $75m investment initiative co-managed by Tsao’s Octave Capital and …
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https://splash247.com/tsao-and-nustad-launch-75m-asia-ocean-fund/South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has confirmed it is in talks with multiple firms to buy a US shipyard, a move aimed at tapping into Washington’s resurgent naval build-up under president Donald Trump. A senior HD Hyundai executive told Reuters in Ulsan that the Korean conglomerate has set a target of $2.2bn in annual …
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https://splash247.com/hd-hyundai-eyes-us-yard-in-bid-to-cash-in-on-trumps-shipbuilding-revival/Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance broker, has released a report highlighting mounting financial pressures on the International Group of P&I Clubs despite modest premium increases. The report also highlights the crisis of suicides at sea. The 2024/25 policy year saw the clubs report a collective underwriting loss of $312m, reversing two years of surpluses …
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https://splash247.com/pi-claims-hit-a-ten-year-peak/The hundreds of events across the British capital that made up London International Shipping Week have served as a sounding board over the past few days for backers and opponents of the International Maritime Organization’s Net Zero Framework, due for a vote next month. The debate dominated headlines and dialogue in London, with adoption of …
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