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US, China Discuss Cutting Tariffs On US LNG Ahead Of Xi Visit
By Jarrett Renshaw Sept 18 (Reuters) – The US and China are discussing a plan to reduce or eliminate China’s tariffs on American LNG as part of a broader package of energy...
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AI Error Nearly Triggered U.S. Intercept of Chinese Ship, CNN Reports
A false intelligence report produced with the help of artificial intelligence nearly led the U.S. military to intercept and board a Chinese ship in the Middle East during the war...
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Shipping’s New Normal: Slower Trade, Higher Costs, Bigger Profits
By Lori-Ann LaRocco – It’s a good time to be an ocean carrier or tanker owner. The slower trade caused by bottlenecks stemming from the U.S. war with Iran, Russia’s...
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Trump Returns to UN as Iran War Spreads Across Shipping Chokepoints
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations a year ago, he touted the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites just months earlier as “totally obliterating everything” and...
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Mike Schuler
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Three Tanker Attacks Hit Hormuz as Saudi Oil Is Forced Back Toward Strait
A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the waterway...
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Mike Schuler
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U.S. Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Iran’s Hormuz Transit Payments
The United States has sanctioned an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange that Treasury says was used to move payments collected from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz into Iran’s financial system. The...
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More LNG Getting Through Hormuz as Producers Push for Transits
At least two liquefied natural gas shipments transited the Strait of Hormuz this week as producers look for ways to increase flows to a market struggling with a lack of supply and surging prices.
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Authorities Investigating Cyber Breaches Aboard Two U.S.-Bound Ships
US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers had broken into their computer networks, the agencies said on Thursday.
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Paul Morgan
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Shipping’s Fuel Transition Hinges on a Number Nobody Has Agreed On Yet
International shipping is being asked to decarbonise before it knows what it will burn.
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Mike Schuler
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IMO Sounds Alarm as Attacks on Merchant Ships Spread Across Global Trade Routes
The head of the International Maritime Organization is calling on governments to stop attacks on merchant shipping as conflicts increasingly spill into some of the world’s most important trade routes....
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Bloomberg
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Top U.S. Container Port Foiled Around 120 Million Cyberattacks Last Month
The US’s busiest container port for global trade foiled more than 120 million cyberattack attempts in August, posing a persistent threat to its operations as it grapples with shifting tariff policies.
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Mike Schuler
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Foreign Tanker Voyages Went Unreported Under Jones Act Waiver, Bloomberg Finds
Foreign-flagged tankers moved more than $40 million worth of petroleum products between U.S. ports without appearing in the federal government’s public Jones Act waiver reports, according to a Bloomberg Government...