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Drewry Tracker Warns of Rising Disruptions on Key Trade Lanes

The Drewry Cancelled Sailings Tracker is a weekly monitoring tool designed to help shippers, logistics managers and supply chain planners understand shifts in container shipping capacity. Each week, Drewry reports the number of “blank...

NCFI Downturn Led by Steep Drop on Middle East Trade Lane

Global container shipping markets saw mixed performance this week, with the Ningbo Containerised Freight Index (NCFI) showing divergent trends across its major trade lanes, reports Baltic Exchange. Published weekly by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange and...

NOAA Marks Start of Construction on New Navigator Charting and Mapping Vessel

 NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, the second of two new charting and mapping vessels being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors,...

New U.S. Sanctions Target the Backbone of Iran’s Oil Economy

The US issued a new round of sanctions Nov. 20, targeting companies, shipping facilitators and tankers it claims are involved in Iranian oil and petroleum products trade. U.S. Targets New Ships and Traders in Latest...

DOJ Challenges Hawaii’s Green Fee After Cruise Industry Lawsuit

DOJ Cites Constitutional Limits on Vessel Charges. Cruise Industry Says Fee Unfairly Targets Ships. Hawaii Defends Green Fee as Climate Measure. The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping into the cruise industry’s legal battle...

Russian Tanker Stalls After US Warship Intercepts Route Near Venezuela

Seahorse Makes U-Turn, Fails Twice to Reach Venezuela. Russian Vessel Supplying Vital Naphtha to Caracas. Venezuela Dependent on Imported Diluents for Heavy Crude. A Russian oil tanker, the Seahorse, made a sudden change in...

UK Awards £350K to BlueNose to Advance Aerodynamic Ship Retrofits Promising Major Fuel and...

BlueNose, a London-based maritime innovation startup, has been awarded £350,000 through the UK Government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC6) to advance two pioneering concepts for aerodynamic vessel efficiency, in collaboration with lomarlabs. Project WAVE Advances...

World Maritime Forum 2025 Positions Hong Kong as a Global Shipping Powerhouse

Global shipping leaders are in Hong Kong this week to deliver a clear message: dialogue is the only way through the industry's triple crises -- fragmented decarbonization regulations, geopolitical disruptions and a seafarer shortage. Forum...

Pacific Trade Heats Up as New China–Peru Routes Cut Transit Times

Competition to accelerate maritime trade between China and Peru is heating up after a sprawling Chinese-owned port opened along the country’s Pacific coast.  Faster Shipping Routes Boost Bilateral Commerce MSC Mediterranean Shipping is launching a weekly...

SS United States Set for Final Voyage as the World’s Largest Artificial Reef Off...

Local officials announced that the historic ocean liner SS United States will be sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast in early 2026, marking its transformation into the world’s largest artificial reef. The deployment will place...