Global seaborne coal flows mask a sharp divergence between thermal and metallurgical coal markets. Thermal coal volumes declined as weaker European and U.S. demand offset resilient Asian imports, while met coal flows surged on stronger demand from Chin…
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The Transported Asset Protection Association Asia Pacific (TAPA APAC) has released its TAPA Intelligence System (TIS) Second Quarter 2026 Intelligence Report, compiling 125 cargo crime incidents and 148 counterfeit cases across 13 APAC countries during…
For more than a decade, the Maritime Anti- Corruption Network (MACN) has collected reports of corruption demands, delays, coercion, and other integrity challenges faced by vessels around the world. With support from The Danish Maritime Fund, MACN has n…
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The NGO Shipbreaking Platform condemns yet another tragic accident on the shipbreaking beaches of South Asia. On 14 August, nine workers died after exposure to toxic gas inside the LNG carrier MT RASI (IMO 9176008) at Ferdous Steel in Chattogram, Bangl…
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Signatory States of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment have agreed to set up a Combined DCoC Task Force, to protect shipping from the resurgence of piracy in the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. The task force will provide a practical …