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A new white paper argues that shipping’s current fragmented approach to climate risk management leaves it dangerously exposed. The white paper titled, Navigating climate transition risks in global shipping, draws on a peer-reviewed academic study by researchers from Erasmus Rotterdam University, University of Copenhagen and UCL. The study identified five interconnected categories of transition risk …
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https://splash247.com/white-paper-maps-shippings-climate-risk-minefield/The agri-commodities session at Geneva Dry last month, moderated by Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, the president of WISTA Switzerland, delivered a grounded assessment of how the Middle East war and Hormuz closure are reshaping global food and fertiliser supply chains – with speakers united on one point: trade flows are not collapsing, but they are being …
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https://splash247.com/how-war-is-remaking-the-agri-trades/Willem Vermaat, shipping director at Heidelberg Materials Trading, on today’s technology glut that is holding shipping back. There’s a phrase I’ve been using lately that tends to get a reaction in a room full of shipping people: “garbage in, garbage out – we’ve just made the garbage move faster”. Some people laugh. Some people flinch. …
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https://splash247.com/we-have-made-the-garbage-move-faster/Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Singapore-based shipmanager Synergy Marine over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, two years after the containership Dali struck the span and killed six people. The indictment, announced on Tuesday, names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, along with Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, …
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https://splash247.com/criminal-charges-filed-against-synergy-over-key-bridge-collapse/Iran has expanded the maritime zone it considers under operational control around the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian-linked media coverage cited by analysts, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy now describes the Strait of Hormuz as a “vast operational area” stretching from Jask in eastern Iran to Siri Island in the west. Reports from …
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https://splash247.com/iran-tightens-hormuz-grip/The new executive director of the New Zealand Marine Industry Association (NZ Marine) says that the inherent strengths of the marine industry can help it navigate fuel pressures and challenging economic conditions. Former Coastguard New Zealand…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nz-marine-signals-cautious-confidence-539128
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nz-marine-signals-cautious-confidence-539128At a ceremony in Brussels, Danish shipping company Hafnia was selected as the recipient of the Diversity & Inclusion Honours in Maritime 2026.Hafnia won the award for their Hafnia Culture Lab research project conducted in collaboration with…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hafnia-wins-european-di-award-539129Vroon Holding has agreed to sell its livestock activities, operated under its subsidiary Livestock Express, to Heytesbury, an Australian agribusiness and shipping group.The transaction marks another important step in the reshaping of Vroon,…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/vroon-sell-livestock-carriers-heytesbury-539130Panama Canal Deputy Administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta has concluded a series of engagements in Washington, D.C., where she met with policy leaders, academics, business representatives, members of the international affairs community and media to discuss the Panama Canal’s role in global trade…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/panama-canal-deputy-administrator-visits-539131South Korea is reviewing a phased contribution to efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on Wednesday, signaling support steps short of military participation, Yonhap News Agency reported.Ahn…
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