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By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At one of the world’s biggest bulk export ports in Western Australia, shippers safely completed the first transfer of ammonia from one vessel to another last month, a key test for its adoption as a marine fuel in the push for cleaner energy. The…
By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At one of the world’s biggest bulk export ports in Western Australia, shippers safely completed the first transfer of ammonia from one vessel to another last month, a key test for its adoption as a marine fuel in the push for cleaner energy. The…
By Savyata Mishra and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) -Major retailers from Levi Strauss (NYSE:) to Costco (NASDAQ:) are preparing alternative shipping plans to ensure goods arrive in time for the peak holiday season as the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports strike drags on. Long lines of container ships queued…
By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation’s ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries on Monday adopted a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The package includes an array of measures and targets Russia’s gas sector for the first time. The bloc also added 69 entities and 47 individuals to its sanctions…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship. Iran-aligned Houthi militants first launched drone and missile strikes on the important trade…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – The growing shadow fleet of tankers transporting sanctioned Iranian, Venezuelan and Russian oil is filling up with the cheapest fuel available, hindering industry efforts to use cleaner fuel to cut shipping emissions, according to shipping data and sources. The global shipping industry is under…
By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) – The shipping industry is under increasing pressure to decarbonize, but unclear regulatory guidelines, including around what sorts of cleaner fuels large vessels should run, is complicating that path to net zero, according to executives. Global shipping firms are looking for ways to lower their…
By Giulia Paravicini, Jonathan Saul and Abdiqani Hassan MOGADISHU (Reuters) – As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency hotline. No…
