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From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
COP29 Spotlight: Höegh Autoliners and Fortescue Lead Call to Fast-Track Green Ammonia Fuel Adoption in Shipping
Norwegian shipping giant Höegh Autoliners and Australian green technology group Fortescue joined forces at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to urge global regulators to fast-track green ammonia as the marine fuel of choice to decarbonize the shipping industry.

From
Malte Humpert
via
gCaptain
Final Chinese Module Arrives at Russian Arctic LNG 2 Plant, As U.S. Snoozes on Sanctions Action
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – China has successfully completed a two-month-long shipping operation to deliver a 650 MW power plant to the Russian Arctic. The final heavy lift vessel, Hunter...

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
How China’s Port Diplomacy is Redrawing South America’s Trade Routes
By Marco Aquino and Eduardo Baptista LIMA/BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) – In South American copper giant Peru, the incoming Donald Trump White House will find itself already on the losing side in a trade...

From
Bloomberg
via
gCaptain
MSC’s Africa Global Logistics Sees $43 Million Spend in Namibia
(Bloomberg) — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA’s Africa logistics unit will invest as much as €40 million ($43 million) in Namibia by 2030 to benefit from growing oil, gas and...

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Doubles Down on Record-Breaking RoRo Fleet
Oslo-based roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has exercised options for two additional 11,700 CEU Shaper class pure care and truck carriers (PCTCs) and plans to upsize two more already...

From
Lori Ann LaRocco
via
gCaptain
Triple Threat: U.S. Importers Brace for Tariffs, Strikes, and Rate Spikes This Lunar New Year
Logistics Will Navigate a Three Front Storm This Lunar New Year By Lori Ann LaRocco (gCaptain) – U.S. companies importing their Spring season products will have to mitigate their exposures...

From
Bloomberg
via
gCaptain
EU’s Von der Leyen Suggests US LNG Could Replace Russian Supply
By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Katharina Rosskopf Nov 8, 2024 (Bloomberg) —European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has an idea for reducing the bloc’s consumption of Russian liquefied natural gas: import...

From
Bloomberg
via
gCaptain
Asia Investors Chasing Trump Bets Zero In on Trade War Winners
By Abhishek Vishnoi and Georgina McKay (Bloomberg) – Investors across Asia have ramped up bets on potential winners from Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House, fueling big jumps...

From
Reuters
via
gCaptain
Panama Canal Could Double the Number of Containers Transiting, Says Chief
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority could double in coming years the number of containers that move through the commercial waterway that links the Pacific and...

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
CMA CGM’s Stellar Q3: Revenue Soars Amid Red Sea Rerouting and Market Resurgence
French shipping giant CMA CGM has posted impressive third-quarter results for 2024, reporting $15.8 billion in revenue—a notable 38.5% increase from Q3 2023—driven by strong demand in shipping combined with...

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
Potential Trump Tariffs Spark Supply Chain Upheaval
With the specter of renewed Trump-era tariffs looming large over global supply chains, industries are already strategizing how to shield their supply chains from potential disruption. President-Elect Donald Trump has...

From
The Loadstar
via
gCaptain
Asia-Europe Container Spot Rates Surge – What’s Fueling This Off-Season Spike?
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Despite generally weak cargo demand, spot rates on the Asia-Europe trades continued to show gains this week, as carrier capacity management combined with port...