This week’s Chart Monitor highlights a significant increase in Brazilian iron ore shipments, up 18% in Q2 compared to Q1, with July volumes reaching nearly 38 million tonnes (from about 29 million tonnes at the start of 2025). This marks the strongest …
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“During the first seven months of 2025, Nigeria’s seaborne imports of clean petroleum products (CPP) declined by 39% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 230 thousand barrels per day (kbpd). The decrease follows a 19% reduction during 2024,” s…
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Market average on the Transpacific trade from Far East to US West Coast sits just above USD 2000 per FEU, the lowest it has been since end-2023, just as the Red-Sea crisis was escalating. While pace of the decline in June was high, rates are still slid…
Ship owners and operators are under pressure to reduce costs without compromising ship reliability and performance – but ship maintenance can be expensive. Here are twelve simple ways to save money on ship maintenance. In a hurry? Here are the six key …
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Detentions In the 2nd quarter of 2025, 73 DNV-classed vessels were detained. Most of those detentions, more than 80%, were recorded in the Tokyo and Paris MoUs, and the majority of the detentions involved containerships and bulk carriers: Detainable de…
Port State Control – A summary of Q2 detentions Read More »