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September 9, 2025
BAE Systems, a British company, said that it aims to launch an autonomous submersible by 2026. This is in response to the growing concern of countries about threats underwater, after a series attacks on submarine cables. BAE successfully tested the Herne sub product last year.
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June 20, 2025
Maersk, a container shipping company, announced on Friday that it temporarily suspended vessel calls to Israel's Haifa Port due to regional tensions. The Danish company stated that it had not experienced any other disruptions in its planned operations in the area.
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May 22, 2025
Poland is investigating whether explosive devices have been planted after a Russian "shadow fleet's" ship was seen suspiciously moving near a cable connecting Poland and Sweden on Wednesday. According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Poland will be looking into the matter.
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May 21, 2025
Ambrey, a British maritime security company, said that a hijack signal sent by a Panamanian flagged petroleum products tanker near Iran was a false alert. Ambrey reported the incident on Tuesday, south of the busy Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes without naming "UAE-linked vessel".
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May 20, 2025
Russia accused NATO on Tuesday of committing what it described as aggressive actions in Baltic Sea, which impeded freedom of shipping. This came after Estonia attempted to seize and failed to do so a tanker. Estonia reported on Thursday, last week…
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May 14, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd's CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said on Wednesday that the company is experiencing a higher demand this week for freight traffic between China and the United States, following the detente reached in the trade dispute between the two countries.
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May 12, 2025
Maersk, a Danish shipping company, said that on Monday the agreement between China & the United States on a 90-day suspension of tariffs & reciprocal duties is a positive step. At 0948 GMT, shares of Maersk were trading 12.9% higher. In an email…
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May 8, 2025
Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk reported a first-quarter operating income that was above expectations on Thursday and maintained its profit forecast for the full year. In a press release, CEO Vincent Clerc stated that "we delivered strong results in comparison to the same quarter of last year.
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April 27, 2025
According to a Turkish filing, CEVA Corporate Services, a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM, has agreed to buy Borusan Tedarik Zinciri Cozumleri ve Teknoloji's logistics division for $440m. Borusan Yatirim stated in the filing on the…
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April 17, 2025
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Estonians' adoption of legal changes allowing their navy to use force on foreign vessels is a provocative act that puts shipping and security at risk in the Baltic Sea.
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April 11, 2025
Two sources familiar with the situation said that at least two vessels chartered by Chevron to transport Venezuelan crude are stranded in Venezuelan waters because the state oil company PDVSA canceled their export authorizations following the U.S.
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April 2, 2025
Maersk, the Danish shipping company, has seen a strong demand from the United States this year. It expects it to continue. However, President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs could cloud its outlook. Maersk published its regular global market forecast before Trump…
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March 31, 2025
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which exports Kazakhstan and Russia's crude oil via the Black Sea to Europe, announced Monday that two of the terminal's three moorings points had been halted. CPC, which transports about 1% world oil and is a major route for Kazakhstan oil exports…
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March 27, 2025
The traders reported that the highest price in the tender by Turkey's TMO state grain board to sell and export 50 000 metric tons durum wheat, which closed Thursday, was $315.50 per ton FOB. Viterra, a trading company, was said to be the one who made the offer of 50,000 tons.
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March 20, 2025
Traders said that the lowest price in Turkey's tender by TMO, Turkey's grain board, to buy about 18,000 tons of crude sunflower oil, was $1,209 per metric ton, c&f. They said that the offer is believed to have come from the company Yayla, for 6…
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March 10, 2025
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency announced on Monday that Britain's Coastguard was responding to reports about a collision involving a cargo vessel and a tanker off England's Northeastern Coast. The agency reported that a helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft and lifeboats…
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February 25, 2025
ANA Holdings, a Japanese airline, said it would place a record-breaking order of up to 77 planes to replace its fleet and capitalize on the growing travel demand. ANA reported that the order, which was its biggest ever in terms aircraft numbers…
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February 25, 2025
Thyssenkrupp will hold an extraordinary general assembly to complete a spin-off in the warship division in this calendar year. This was revealed by Chief Executive Miguel Lopez in a podcast published on Tuesday. Lopez, speaking on a podcast by the German newspaper WAZ…
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February 20, 2025
According to calculations based upon data from industry sources, the offline primary oil refinery capacity of Russia in February has been revised up by 82% compared to what was originally planned for this month. In February, idle primary oil…
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February 20, 2025
Two sources with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday that oil loadings at Russia's Black Sea Port of Novorossiisk resumed on Tuesday night, after being idle for two consecutive days due to storms. The storm caused the suspension of oil loadings at the Russian Black Sea port Novorossiisk…
