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Pilbara Ports Launches Roadmap for Ammonia Bunkering

Pilbara Ports Launches Roadmap for Ammonia Bunkering

Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority has launched a clean fuel bunkering roadmap that is intended to position the region as a global leader in maritime decarbonization. The roadmap explores the creation of Australia’s first ammonia fuel bunkering hub in the...

Singapore Responds to Fire Aboard Tanker in Anchorage

Singapore Responds to Fire Aboard Tanker in Anchorage

  The Singapore Civil Defense Force is reporting teams from two of its stations responded to reports of a fire aboard a smaller tanker in the eastern anchorage of the port. The fire was quickly controlled with no reports of injuries. According to the report...

First Large Boxship Transits Suez Canal in 15 Months

First Large Boxship Transits Suez Canal in 15 Months

The Suez Canal Authority is highlighting the transit of the CMA CGM Osiris (15,536 TEU) through the Suez Canal on June 18 as the first large containerships through the canal in more than a year. The authority is calling it a new phase in its efforts to...

Ukraine Seeks Auctioneer to Sell Seized Turkish Cargo Ship

Ukraine Seeks Auctioneer to Sell Seized Turkish Cargo Ship

Ukraine’s National Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) is calling for proposals to manage the sale of a Turkish cargo ship it seized in 2024 on charges that it looted grain from Crimea. It is the latest step in efforts by Ukraine to sell off seized vessels...

Western Sanctions Take Big Bite Out of Sovcomflot’s Results

Western Sanctions Take Big Bite Out of Sovcomflot’s Results

Russia’s tanker operator PAO Sovcomflot is citing the impact of the Western sanctions on the company’s results. It reported a significant drop in revenues and a loss for the first quarter of 2025 along with recording a non-cash impairment related to the fleet. The...

Major Cargo Fire Breaks Out on Bulker in Amsterdam

Major Cargo Fire Breaks Out on Bulker in Amsterdam

On Thursday, a large fire broke out in the hold of a bulker in Amsterdam's western port district, sending noxious smoke over a large area of the city and prompting an air-quality alert. Firefighting efforts continued into Friday morning.  At about 1700 hours...

RWE is Latest to Stop U.S. Offshore Wind Activities

RWE is Latest to Stop U.S. Offshore Wind Activities

German renewable energy giant RWE is set to announce that it has stopped its offshore activities in the United States and setting higher requirements for future investments because of the “political developments.” The company follows TotalEnergies, Shell, and BP which...

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Husky Terminal launches shore power in Tacoma

Husky Terminal launches shore power in Tacoma

The Kuala Lumpur Express is a part of the new Gemini Cooperation in partnership with Maersk, and the nearly 9,000 TEU Hapag-Lloyd vessel was the first to plug in after completion of the commissioning phase....

Government confirms rice exports to Malaysia, stocks safe

Government confirms rice exports to Malaysia, stocks safe

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Deputy Agriculture Minister Sudaryono has assured that the government's plan to export two thousand tons of rice to Malaysia per month will not impact the country's domestic rice stocks. "Insha'allah (God willing), (it is) safe," he told...

In a move to strengthen international cooperation and agricultural growth, Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has hosted the Malaysian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Aiyub Bin Omar, in Calabar.

In a move to strengthen international cooperation and agricultural growth, Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has hosted the Malaysian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Aiyub Bin Omar, in Calabar.

The high-level diplomatic engagement focused on enhancing bilateral trade and deepening collaboration in the agricultural sector, particularly in oil palm development. Welcoming the delegation at the Governor’s Office, Governor Otu highlighted the historical...

Indonesia to export 2,000 tons rice to Malaysia in B2B deal

Indonesia to export 2,000 tons rice to Malaysia in B2B deal

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia will export 2,000 tons of rice per month to Malaysia, with the commodity primarily sourced from West Kalimantan, the province closest to the neighboring country. Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman announced on Friday that the rice export...