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Asia-Europe Container Rates Overtake Transpacific for First Time in 2025
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – For the first time since the beginning of this year it is now more expensive to ship a 40ft container from Asia to North...

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Reuters
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Chinese Captain in Baltic Sea Cable Damage Case Appears in Hong Kong Court
HONG KONG, July 4 (Reuters) – The captain of a Hong Kong-registered ship alleged to have damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was assigned a lawyer in a Hong Kong court...

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Mike Schuler
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Oil Smuggling Networks and Shadow Fleet Vessels
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed new sanctions on multiple networks involved in transporting and purchasing billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian...

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Bloomberg
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Tensions Are Starting to Brew Over Waterways for U.S. LNG Cargoes
One of the US largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, Venture Global Inc., is raising questions over how to share a common waterway with a planned neighbor — it’s a move that underscores a coming bottleneck for shipping space in an energy sector that the Trump administration is supporting for increased exports.

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Bloomberg
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Fincantieri Taps New U.S. CEO Amid American Shipbuilding Revival
Fincantieri SpA is set to appoint George Moutafis as head of its US unit, according to people familiar with the matter, betting on an American shipbuilding revival under President Donald Trump.

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Mike Schuler
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U.S. Lifts Ethane Export Restrictions to China as Trade Tensions Ease
By Christopher Charleston and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) — US ethane producers said the government has removed license requirements for shipping the gas to China, clearing the way for deliveries to the...

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Reuters
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German Government Still in Talks With Thyssenkrupp Over Naval Spin-Off
The German government is still in talks with Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE over a spin-off of its naval ship building division TKMS, officials said on Wednesday, after a report said Berlin had no plans to take a stake.

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Reuters
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Venezuela’s Oil Exports on The Rise as More Cargoes Head to China
Venezuela exported some 844,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude and fuel in June, an 8% increase from the previous month as the loss of the U.S. and European markets was offset by more cargoes sent to China, according to shipping data and documents.

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Malte Humpert
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Gas Carrier Dashes Across Arctic Ocean in Just 10 Days Delivering Russian LNG to Asia
The 172,846 cbm LNG carrier Georgiy Ushakov crossed the Arctic from Russia’s Yamal Peninsula to the Bering Strait in less than 10 days passing through extensive late-winter sea ice. The Arc7 ice-class gas tanker was accompanied by the nuclear icebreaker Yamal for part of the 2,500 nautical mile journey.

From
Mike Schuler
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U.S. Grain Exports Rise Despite Chinese Tariffs
U.S seaborne grain exports increased 9% year-over-year during the first half of 2025, despite significant challenges from Chinese tariffs, according to a new analysis from BIMCO. “During the first half...

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Mike Schuler
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Germany and Sweden Launch Joint Initiative to Monitor Shadow Fleet in Baltic Sea
German authorities have implemented a new measure requiring tankers traveling eastward through the Fehmarn Belt, in the western part of the Baltic Sea, to disclose their insurance coverage against oil...

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Bloomberg
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Indonesia’s Pertamina Seeks $700 Million Loan to Build Vessels
Indonesia’s state-owned oil giant PT Pertamina and its shipping arm are seeking an offshore loan of about $700 million for the construction of vessels, according to people familiar with the matter.