Matson’s new flat-deck container barge was christened and launched during a ceremony at the Greenbrier Gunderson Marine shipyard in Portland, Ore. on Saturday, April 23, 2022.The new barge, christened Haleakala, will be deployed in Matson’s Neighbor Is…
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Yara Birkeland, the world’s first electric, autonomous container vessel, was christened in Norway on Friday.The battery-driven vessel completed its maiden voyage in November 2021 and is due to enter service this year, transporting fertilizer…
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Spot rates for smaller vessels remain relatively flat over ‘lacklustre’ week
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The pace with which the EU has been importing LNG by sea is tremendous so far this year, as a result of the situation in Ukraine. In a recent report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in 2021, the European Union (27) was the third largest seaborne i…
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China is the world’s largest importer of crude oil and Russia is the second largest crude exporter. Much of the crude oil trade between the two countries, however, is piped and the short distance from Far East Russia to China also limits the impact on …
Russia-China dirty tanker trade soars 94% y/y after Ukraine invasion Read More »