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China’s coal imports rose to a nine-month high in September as rising domestic prices made imported coal more competitive, but shipments remained below year-earlier levels, customs data showed on Monday. Coal imports by China, the world’s largest consumer of the fuel, totaled 46 million metric tons last month, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-september-coal-imports-rise-to-nine-month-high/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-september-coal-imports-rise-to-nine-month-high/China’s iron ore imports in September climbed 10.6% from the month before to hit a record high for a single month, as improving demand and higher prices spurred miners to step up shipments. The world’s largest iron ore consumer brought in 116.33 million metric tons of the key steelmaking ingredient last month, staying above 100 ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-iron-ore-imports-rise-to-a-record-in-september/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, hit a two-week high on Monday on expectations of higher shipping costs after China pledged to charge additional ports fees for U.S. ships. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-hits-two-week-high-after-china-pledges-additional-port-fees-on-us-ships/The dry bulk market isn’t immune to the trade tensions which have been undergoing since the start of 2025. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “Beijing’s move to halt BHP-linked Australian iron ore cargoes, combined with tariff friction that clouds U.S. agricultural sales into China, especially soybeans, has accelerated a realignment that ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/trade-tensions-spillover-to-the-dry-bulk-market/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/trade-tensions-spillover-to-the-dry-bulk-market/US alternative financier Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) has raised $719m for its latest shipping vehicle, marking the Connecticut-based firm’s largest maritime fund to date. The new fund, Hudson Northern Shipping Fund V (HNSF V), exceeded its $700m target, underscoring continued investor appetite for ship finance outside traditional banking channels. Based in Stamford, HSCM said …
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https://splash247.com/alternative-lender-hudson-structured-raises-719m-for-ship-finance/London’s Brunel University is teaming up with startup Genuine H2 to pilot a system that splits seawater into hydrogen onboard ships. The concept is to feed seawater through electrolyzers, extract pure hydrogen, store it on ship, then use it as a clean-burning fuel. Brunel’s project intends to store hydrogen safely, and run the system continuously …
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https://splash247.com/british-university-sets-out-to-turn-seawater-into-ship-fuel/Shipping’s decarbonisation drive won’t be defined by one big breakthrough, according to Mikko Kuosa, CEO of Finland-based software company NAPA. Instead, the focus is shifting to combining proven technologies and tailoring solutions to fit specific vessel types and trades. “There will not be a single silver-bullet solution,” Kuosa tells Maritime CEO. “Different permutation and combinations …
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https://splash247.com/napa-integration-is-shippings-new-superpower/Container operations at Europe’s largest port, Rotterdam, have come to a standstill as lashers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday afternoon to demand higher wages, while harbour pilots’ protests in neighbouring Antwerp-Bruges continue to disrupt marine traffic. Dutch union FNV said workers at International Lashing Services and Matrans Marine Services — the two lashing firms …
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https://splash247.com/europes-top-ports-gridlocked-by-strikes/As the IMO prepares to decide shipping’s most consequential climate measure in decades, a rare show of unity from leading shipowner associations faces opposition from the likes of John Fredriksen, Greek giants, leading class societies and Washington. With days to go before the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) extraordinary session on the Net Zero Framework (NZF), …
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https://splash247.com/industry-splits-ahead-of-historic-imo-vote-on-net-zero-framework/ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) and TA’ZIZ have signed a 50-year strategic agreement to establish United Arab Emirate’s first dedicated chemicals port at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Al Ruwais, supporting the country’s industrialization…
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