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Onboard Carbon Capture Edges Toward Commercial Reality, But Challenges Remain
Onboard carbon capture and storage, OCCS for short, has moved well beyond laboratory work. Several systems are now operating at sea. One full-scale installation is demonstrating capture of around fifty...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Container Spot Rates Fall for Third Straight Week as Demand Continues to Ease
Global container spot freight rates declined for a third consecutive week, with weakening demand and the end of the front-loading surge continuing to weigh on major east-west trade lanes, according...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
GAO Warns Gaps in TWIC Program Could Leave U.S. Ports Exposed to Security Risks
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says weaknesses in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program—including inconsistent communication, incomplete oversight, and delays in deploying biometric card...

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Bloomberg
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Qatar Sends First LNG Shipment Through Hormuz in Three Weeks
Qatar has sent its first shipment of liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz since one of its tankers was attacked in the waterway more than three weeks ago.

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Reuters
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London Insurers Widen Red Sea High-Risk Zone After Houthi Attacks
London's marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as ?high risk after attacks on ships by Yemen's Houthi movement but Egyptian waters were excluded, according to a July 29 advisory.

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Reuters
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Middle East War Expands to Mediterranean With Drone Strike at Key Egypt LNG Terminal
Explosions hit a natural gas loading port on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt on Wednesday, and British maritime security company Ambrey said a U.S.-owned floating storage tanker there had been hit by a drone, in a potential spread of the Middle East war.

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Bloomberg
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Trump Warns Iran of ‘Beating’ After Jordan Base Attack
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said the US would hit Iran hard after a recent attack that targeted a military base in Jordan, as the war in the Middle East...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
New U.S. Sanctions Target Iran’s Emerging Strait of Hormuz Maritime Services Network
The Trump administration on Wednesday expanded its campaign against Iran’s efforts to control commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sanctioning two organizations that Treasury says were created to provide...

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The Loadstar
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gCaptain
PanStar Prepares for South Korea’s First Arctic Container Voyage to Europe
South Korean exporters are enthusiastic about the country’s maiden container shipping voyage through the Northern Sea Route.

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Shipping Industry Urges Protection for Civilian Seafarers as Global Maritime Threats Escalate
The global shipping industry is warning that civilian seafarers are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of geopolitical conflicts, as attacks on merchant vessels in the Middle East and Black...

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Reuters
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gCaptain
Hormuz Tensions Flare After U.S.-Saudi Strikes, Iran Claims Attacks on Tankers
The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, the first U.S. airstrikes in the Middle East since President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran last week.

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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Russia Sends First Conventional LNG Carrier to Arctic LNG 2 as Oil Tankers Gather for NSR Push
Russia sent the first conventional, non-ice-class LNG carrier of the year to the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project on Wednesday as a growing fleet of crude oil tankers assembled nearby ahead of a summer push through the Northern Sea Route, underscoring Moscow’s expanding reliance on Arctic shipping to sustain energy exports despite Western sanctions.