EMSSTROM Alumni Information
2025 UPDATE for Alumni…
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Tankers: 2025 Marks a Rebound of West African Crude Oil Exports
West African crude oil exports reversed a negative multiyear trend this year. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “after a modest upturn in 2024, when global crude oil loadings increased by +0.8% y-o-y, trade started very s…
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Liberia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Panama Continue to Move Forward with the International Flag-State Association
The International Flag-State Association (IFA), an association of the world’s three largest registries, Liberia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Panama, has been meeting since 2021. IFA is the first alliance of its kind and wa…
Global trade shifts gears
The global trading system is poised for a significant slowdown, with UNCTAD projecting global economic growth to ease to 2.6% through 2026, a deceleration from the pace set earlier this year. While international trade is set to reach a record-breaking …
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Some seafarers remain held in US nearly 21 months after Baltimore Bridge disaster
Four crewmen were recently allowed to return home for Christmas, though they are expected to return
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Sanctioned Naphtha Tanker Enters Venezuelan Waters While Others Reroute
A sanctioned tanker carrying some 300,000 barrels of naphtha from Russia entered Venezuelan waters late on Thursday, while three others also under sanctions either stopped navigation or began redirecting course in the Atlantic Ocean, ship tracking data…
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