Yearly Archives: 2025
Tariff Rush Drives Volume Surge as Peak Season Uncertainty Grows
Port of LA Hits Record as Shippers Race Tariffs.
US-EU Near 15% Tariff Deal, Talks Ongoing with China.
Blank Sailings Resume as Carriers...
HD Hyundai and ECO Launch Joint Shipbuilding in the U.S.
ECO Delegation Visits Korea to Advance U.S. Shipbuilding Plans.
HD Hyundai, ECO Target U.S. Container Vessel Construction by 2028.
Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Focuses...
Drewry: Transpacific Leads in Blank Sailings Amid Rate Dip
Drewry’s Cancelled Sailings Tracker provides a weekly snapshot of blank sailings—voyages that were scheduled but later cancelled—across major East–West container shipping routes. These include...
Tide of Justice: $1 Billion Verdict in Marine Disaster Case
Supreme Court rules for $1B compensation over environmental catastrophe.
Disaster involved major plastic and chemical pollution off Sri Lanka’s coast
Vessel owners, operators,...
Valenciaport Sees Steady Growth in Trade Despite Decline in Transhipment Activity
In June 2025, increased imports (+2.93%) and exports (+5.29%) offset a 5.46% drop in transhipment volumes, stabilizing overall container throughput.
Valenciaport handled nearly...
CMA CGM Phoenix Becomes Largest U.S.-Flagged Containership in Historic Reflagging
CMA CGM reflags CMA CGM Phoenix under the U.S. flag in Charleston, making it the largest American-flagged containership at 9,300 TEU.
The move...
Greece Sends Salvage Vessel Giant to Red Sea After Rebel Attacks
Salvage Ship Giant Deployed Following Sinking of Greek-Operated Vessels.
Greek Tug Giant to Support Red Sea Seafarers Amid Rising Threats.
Giant to Aid...
Cargo Ship Loses Rudder, Narrowly Avoids Grounding Near Tauranga
Rudder Failure Exposes Gaps in Maintenance Oversight.
Weak Welds Blamed for Cargo Ship Rudder Detachment.
TAIC Urges Stronger Global Standards After Ship Rudder...
Why Do We Wake Up and Rush Into the Day?
Role Pressure & Conditioning (From Psychology & Neuroscience):
From childhood, especially through schooling, we are conditioned into a cycle of waking up, rushing, performing,...
Lessons Learned: Dropped Object During Lifebuoy Retrieval in Drydock
This incident, reported by the Marine Safety Forum, occurred during drydock operations involving a vessel undergoing a flag change. The event highlights the risks...