Agricultural trade has successfully sidestepped the sharp fall in overall merchandise trade in the first half of 2020, but can it continue to avoid the ripple effect of the Covid-19 pandemic? A note from the World Trade Organisation finds that agricult…
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BHP has awarded the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier tender, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 30 per cent per voyage. Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has been awarded the five-year time charter cont…
Shipping’s decarbonization plan is underway, but the way to get there, could be a challenge. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “the imminent global shift towards eco-friendliness has caused divide among the shipping community…
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The composite index of the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) jumped to its highest level since September 2012, reaching 1,263.26 on 28 August, and representing a 54.4% increase from 24 April when the SCFI was at its lowest point this year. Th…
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More than 200 representatives from Getting to Zero Coalition members convened virtually this week for the Coalition’s second biannual working session with the objective of advancing the ambition of having commercially viable zero emission vessels opera…
The Getting to Zero Coalition sees momentum building around shipping’s decarbonization Read More »