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https://www.marinelink.com/news/numbers-us-inland-waterways-careers-533625Global shipments of thermal coal – burned in power stations – have posted their first annual decline since 2020 on the back of lower coal-fired power generation in key Asian markets. Total seaborne exports of so-called steam coal are set to come in at about 945 million metric tons in 2025, marking a 5% or ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/global-coal-exports-post-rare-decline-in-2025-on-china-cuts/Today, Tuesday, December 17 2025, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 83 points, reaching 2121 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-falls-to-2121-down-83-points/Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has sold one of its jackups to PT Indonesia Drilling Energy for a cash consideration of $63m. PT Indonesia Drilling Energy bought the 2010-built Naga 3 jackup. According to Velesto, the sale is in line with the company’s ongoing fleet optimisation, focused on more technically competitive rigs consistent with its position as …
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https://splash247.com/velesto-sells-2010-built-jackup-for-63m/Andrew Craig-Bennett provides readers with a rundown on liner shipping in 2025, as well as making some predictions for next year. The containership charter market has managed to get to the end of 2025 without falling off the tightrope into the abyss of oversupply. It has wobbled a bit, but the rope has carried it …
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https://splash247.com/a-year-spent-avoiding-the-boxship-abyss/Greece’s Cape Shipping is weighing a move into the VLCC segment, extending a rapid tanker expansion by the Andrianopoulos family after several years focused on dry bulk and container shipping. Market sources say the Athens-based owner has tapped CSSC Qingdao Beihai for the construction of a scrubber-fitted 319,000 dwt crude carrier, with delivery pencilled in …
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https://splash247.com/cape-shipping-eyes-vlcc-entry-as-tanker-expansion-continues/Vietnamese logistics player Truong Hai Group is moving up a gear in container shipping, ordering a pair of bangkokmax vessels that will be the largest ships in its fleet to date. According to Alphaliner, Truong Hai International Logistics (Thilogi) has placed firm orders for two bangkokmax container ships at Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS) in China. …
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https://splash247.com/vietnams-truong-hai-steps-up-boxship-ambitions-with-orders-in-china/Taiwanese boxship owner Wan Hai Lines has returned to the newbuilding market, placing an order for six 6,000 teu dual-fuel LNG-powered units as it continues to expand and modernise its owned fleet. The Taipei-headquartered line said in a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing the vessels will be built at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding in China. Prices …
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https://splash247.com/wan-hai-heads-to-chinese-yard-for-lng-powered-newbuilds/Two of the biggest names in energy shipping have quietly exited the Sea Cargo Charter, raising fresh questions about industry commitment to voluntary emissions transparency and decarbonisation. Shell and Chevron — both longstanding signatories to the Sea Cargo Charter’s framework for assessing and reporting climate alignment in shipping activities — are no longer listed among …
Traditionally in shipping, alarm bells tend to ring for investors when the orderbook-to-fleet ratio of a sector goes above 30%. For certain segments today, notably LNG, LPG and megamax containerships, that ratio is at record levels, and yet analysts contacted by Splash Extra for December’s lead story are generally sanguine about this tonnage overhang. Analysts …
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