The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore expects ammonia bunkering to take place in its waters from 2026, following the delivery of its first ammonia-fueled vessels, as well as when such bunkering safety standards are available, its chief sustainability officer Tham Wai Wah said in an exclusive...
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India initiates safeguard investigation on metcoke imports
India has initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of metallurgical coke to review its impact on domestic coke producers, according to a gazette notification published June 30. According to the notification, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies will investigate the imports of metcoke...
INTERVIEW: Singapore’s MPA sees earliest ammonia bunkering from 2026, methanol pilot to pave way
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore expects ammonia bunkering to take place in its waters from 2026, following the delivery of its first ammonia-fueled vessels, as well as when such bunkering safety standards are available, its chief sustainability officer Tham Wai Wah said in an exclusive...
Panama Canal To Keep Limits In Place As Drought Hits Lake Levels
By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) –The Panama Canal will likely keep restrictions on shippers in place this year as a drought has caused water levels at its main lake to drop to…
https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-to-keep-limits-in-place-as-drought-hits-lake-levels/
Dockworker Strike At Canada’s Biggest Ports To Fuel Inflation
By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) –A strike at Pacific coast ports threatens to disrupt millions of dollars of trade and add inflationary pressures to the Canadian economy. The International…
https://gcaptain.com/dockworker-strike-at-canadas-biggest-ports-to-fuel-inflation/
Thousands Of Port Workers In Canada’s British Columbia Go On strike
July 1 (Reuters) – Several thousand unionized port workers in Canada’s western province of British Columbia went on strike after failing to reach a deal to renew an industry-wide contract that expired…
https://gcaptain.com/thousands-of-port-workers-in-canadas-british-columbia-go-on-strike/
Russia’s Rusty Oil Tanker Fleet Sets Sail With Newer Ships
By Alex Longley and Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) –An armada of tankers ferrying sanctioned oil around the globe is starting to get younger, bucking a months-long trend of using the world’s oldest…
https://gcaptain.com/russias-rusty-oil-tanker-fleet-sets-sail-with-newer-ships/
Russia is All But Out of the Black Sea Grain Deal
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it saw no reason to extend the Black Sea grain deal beyond July 17 because the West had acted in…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-is-all-but-out-of-the-black-sea-grain-deal/
MSC Lead Transpacific Capacity Exodus as ZIM Bucks the Trend
By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers have removed almost a quarter of their capacity from the transpacific tradelane in the past year as freight rates have sunk below pre-pandemic…
https://gcaptain.com/msc-lead-transpacific-capacity-exodus-as-zim-bucks-the-trend/
Japanese Shipping Companies Awarded LCO2 Carrier Approvals
Japanese shipping companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have separately announced receiving approvals for new liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carriers as progress continues in…
https://gcaptain.com/japanese-shipping-companies-awarded-lco2-carrier-approvals/