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Pipeline Pressure: Texas Shale Surge Pushes Gulf Coast Crude Prices Higher
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The difference in prices for U.S. shale oil in West Texas and at Houston has widened in the last two months on dwindling pipeline space to move the crude to...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Red Sea Crisis: IMO Chief Calls for Urgent Action as Houthi Attacks Threaten Global Shipping
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has completed a diplomatic tour of Red Sea countries, addressing the escalating crisis that threatens global trade and seafarer safety. The crisis began...

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Reuters
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Port Strike 2.0: Major Shippers Pivot to West Coast Over Contract Uncertainty
Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
GRI Gamble: Carriers Play Hardball with Asia-Europe Spot Rate Hikes
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines on the main east-west trades this week managed to reverse 15 weeks of consecutive declines in spot freight rates by managing...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Drewry Analyzes How the U.S. Election Could Reshape Container Shipping
As the U.S. presidential election nears, Simon Heaney, Senior Manager of Container Shipping at Drewry, has provided insight into how each candidate’s approach to trade and economic policies could influence...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
ONE Reports Staggering 1000% Profit Surge Amid Global Shipping Challenges
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s sixth-largest ocean carrier by capacity, reported robust financial results for its second quarter of FY2024 (July to September). The company’s revenue soared to $5.9...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
U.S. Fines Mexican Shipping Company $1.75 Million for Pollution Cover-Up
In the latest case in the United States’ ongoing crack down against marine pollution, Mexico-based shipmanager Gremex Shipping S.A. has been sentenced for deliberately concealing illegal discharges of oily bilge...

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Reuters
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MOL Left in The Cold: Sanctions Jeopardize Arctic LNG 2 Tanker Charters
TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) may be unable to deliver tankers for Russia’s sanctions-hit Arctic LNG 2 project, it said on Thursday, in a blow to the plant that only...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Maersk Rides Wave of Strong Demand and Red Sea Disruptions
A.P. Moller – Maersk, the global shipping giant, has reported strong third-quarter performance, driven by strong container market demand and ongoing instability in the Red Sea. On Thursday, the company...

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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
U.S. Cracks Down on Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Arctic LNG Project in Latest Sanctions
The U.S. continues its effort to freeze Russia’s burgeoning Arctic LNG sector. In a new round of sanctions the State Department targeted transport and shipping companies providing services to the...

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Ira Breskin
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gCaptain
Cold Storage Boom: North American Ports Embrace Reefer Revolution
By Ira Breskin BOSTON — The refrigerated cargo/reefer business has emerged as an unexpected port and terminal industry “super star,” speakers said this week here at the annual meeting of...

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Bloomberg
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Sanctioned Russian LNG Tankers Frozen Out as West Tightens Grip
By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Tankers carrying sanctioned liquefied natural gas from Russia are gathering off the country’s far eastern coast, a sign of the difficulties in finding buyers in the...