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Port of Los Angeles Sets October Cargo Record as Strike Threat and Rail Delays Loom
By Lori-Ann LaRocco The Port of Los Angeles handled a record 1,026,872 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in October, marking its second-busiest month ever and extending the strongest five-month cargo run...

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Mike Schuler
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Tanker Ablaze Off UAE as More Attacks Rattle Gulf Shipping
A projectile struck the engine room of the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Dominica Prosperity off the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of all 22 crew members as...

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Mike Schuler
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Wind-Powered Cargo Ship Neoliner Origin Cuts Fuel Consumption 70% in First Year
French shipping company Neoline says its wind-powered cargo vessel Neoliner Origin has delivered fuel savings of up to 70% during its first year of commercial service, offering an early test...

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Reuters
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Finland Says it Detects Strike on Russian Warship in Baltic Sea
Finland's military said on Thursday its forces had detected "a strike" on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea a day earlier, but that the security situation in the area remained stable.

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Malte Humpert
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EU’s Russian Arctic LNG Bill Hits €8.7 Billion as Yamal Faces Shipping Challenge Come January
The European Union paid an estimated €8.7 billion for liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Yamal project in the first 10 months of 2026, exceeding the estimated total for all of 2025, as the countdown to a ban on Russian LNG imports enters its final weeks.

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Mike Schuler
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Russian Diesel Faces U.S. Buyer Resistance Despite Trump Sanctions Waiver
US companies are unlikely to import Russian diesel as a tanker full of the fuel idles off the US Eastern Seaboard, experts said, despite President Donald Trump's temporary waiver of some sanctions on Moscow's fuel exports.

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Mike Schuler
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IMO Chief Calls for Strict Enforcement of SOLAS Rules in Strait of Hormuz
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called on governments to step up enforcement of international maritime regulations in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that unsafe shipping practices are...

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Mike Schuler
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UK Launches ‘Atlantic Net’ to Track Russian Submarines and Protect Undersea Cables
The UK is moving ahead with a £90 million investment in autonomous underwater systems, advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to strengthen the Royal Navy’s ability to track Russian submarines and...

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Germany to Set Up State Gas Reserve After Missing Winter Storage Targets
The German government will go ahead with a planned 24-terawatt-hour crisis gas reserve to be funded by user surcharges, the economy ministry said, following criticism over missed storage targets for the winter heating season this year.

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Bloomberg
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Qatar Loses First LNG Customer Since War Disrupted Flows
Polish energy company Orlen SA terminated one of its long-term liquefied natural gas contracts with QatarEnergy, citing the export giant’s inability to deliver as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts shipments.

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Bloomberg
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‘Nonsense Rate’: Iran War Exposes Turmoil Behind Key Tanker Benchmark
In March this year, inside a 282-year-old institution responsible for one of the most important prices in global oil markets, one man staged a quiet protest.

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gCaptain
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51 Years Later, the Edmund Fitzgerald and Her 29 Lost Mariners Are Remembered
Fifty-one years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waters of Lake Superior during a powerful November storm, taking all 29 crew members with her in one of...