The U.S.-Ukraine cease-fire plan reflects the president’s overriding foreign-policy objective: to end the war. With the March 11 announcement that Washington and Kyiv have agreed on a cease-fire proposal for the Russia-Ukraine war, it is […]
The European Union and Canada retaliate with a slew of countermeasures. Fierce Global Backlash The United States imposed 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Wednesday. The policy is aimed at leveling […]
Newly obtained video footage has revealed the moment the containership Solong struck the tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday. The impact and subsequent explosion were captured by Orca AI’s lookout […]
While there have been no attacks by the Houthis from Yemen on merchant shipping this year, shipowners are still giving the Red Sea a wide berth to the consternation of the Suez Canal Authority. Indeed, […]
Floater specialist BW Offshore has sold the FPSO BW Pioneer to US oil and gas player Murphy Oil subsidiary. The FPSO was sold for $125m which includes an initial payment of $100m upon delivery of […]
Andrew Craig-Bennett provides readers with an overview of what tariffs mean for seaborne trades. A problem with trying to write about the possible effects of tariffs on the merchant shipping business is that the people […]
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai has laid the keel for GAC’s first LNG-powered pure car and truck carrier. To mark the occasion, the Chinese shipbuilder held a ceremony for the PCTC (W0306) on March […]
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease traffic to […]
India’s Coal Ministry is proposing a coal trading exchange to manage increased domestic coal production and facilitate competitive sales. This initiative aims to shift from a government-controlled sales model to a “many-to-many” platform for efficient […]
Media hype fuels climate panic, but data shows disaster deaths, burned areas, and flood costs drop with adaptation—far cheaper than costly climate policies. Nearly half of young Canadians surveyed in a 2022 study said they […]
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