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Today, Thursday, June 05 2025, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 137 points, reaching 1626 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 ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-1626-up-137-points/Today, Friday, June 06 2025, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 07 points, reaching 1633 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 ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-1633-up-07-points/A seafarer has launched a new website, OffshoreShipAdvisor.com, designed to serve as a TripAdvisor-style platform for seafarers and offshore workers. The goal is to allow crewmembers to rate and review living conditions onboard vessels, helping to improve overall standards and transparency across the industry. The creator of the site, speaking on condition of anonymity, told …
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https://splash247.com/offshore-vessels-get-the-tripadvisor-treatment/New York-listed Navios Maritime Partners has confirmed the recently reported sale of its 15-year-old panamax boxship, achieving a tripling of its original investment in the S&P market alone. The Angeliki Frangou-led company said it had offloaded the 2009 Jiangsu New Yangzijiang-built 4,250 teu Navios Tempo for $35.5m after purchasing the unit in 2017 for just …
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https://splash247.com/navios-locks-in-triple-return-on-boxship-flip/Japanese shipping giant Nissen Kaiun has contracted three LR2 tankers from South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. Two of the 115,000 dwt vessels will be built at HD Hyundai’s Agila Subic Shipyard in the Philippines, with delivery slated for the first quarter of 2028. The third will be built at HD Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding’s yard …
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https://splash247.com/nissen-kaiun-books-three-lr2s-at-hd-hyundai-yards/The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against former ship captain John Merrone, alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted a US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) cadet aboard an American-flagged cargo ship. Justice4Mariners, a law firm that represents survivors of maritime injury and abuse, is counsel for the survivor — now a graduate of …
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https://splash247.com/american-captain-charged-with-sexual-assault/Dignitaries from across the world have flown into Nice on France’s Cote d’Azur for this week’s United Nations Ocean Conference. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will seek this week to get as many as 10,000 commercial ships signed up to help with its scientific mission to get a better understanding of …
For car carriers and LNG tankers, the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Friday rowed back on its plans to penalise Chinese-linked tonnage. In April, the USTR detailed plans to start charging China-linked tonnage calling at US ports from the middle of October this year, in a bid to both curb China’s dominance in the field …
The global shipbuilding industry is currently experiencing a significant downturn in newbuilding orders, primarily due to regulatory uncertainties and geopolitical tensions. This decline is particularly evident in the dry bulk sector, where new orders have plummeted to what UK consultants Drewry has described as historic lows. In a new report, Drewry cited weak freight rates, …
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https://splash247.com/new-ship-orders-plummet/Britain's Prince William on Sunday called on world leaders and businesses to take urgent action to protect the planet's oceans, saying it was a challenge "like none we have faced before."Speaking ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference, which begins in France on Monday…
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