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- + Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet Expansion—The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to Tutor Perini Corp. to build a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, Alask...
- + Traders Push for Discounts for Venezuelan Oil as Shipping Costs Soar—Global oil trading firms Vitol and Trafigura are pushing for steeper discounts on Venezuelan crude oil as rising freight rates shrink their margins, f...
- + Shipping Magnate Worth $13.5 Billion Rides AI Boom With Nvidia—Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fortune, has scored big gains outside her maritime empire with a bet on technology g...
- + Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Ready for Maritime Truce if Russia Agrees—resident Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday that Ukraine was ready for a maritime truce in the Black Sea based on pro...
- + Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the Water—The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical disruption and longer sailing distances in 2026, but a rapidly expanding fleet cou...
- + Trump Takes Aim at Shipping’s Net-Zero Plan at UN—President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to renew his attack on the International Maritime Organizati...
- + Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UN—An Indian seafarer has been killed and another crew member injured after a bulk carrier was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest attack on merch...
- + Transforming the River Port, LLC Shipyard – Expanding What’s Possible—Bardex to deliver new 25,000Te OmniLift® Shiplift for River Port, LLC. The system will be operated by East Coast Repair Fabrication, LLC, expanding ...
- + US, Korea Hail ‘Significant Progress’ on $350 Billion Trade Deal—Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hailed “significant progress” on implementing the two countries’ long-stalled investment deal, w...
- + Death Toll from Capsized Ship in Indonesia Rises to 20 as Search Continues for 115 Missing Passengers—The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 20 on Wednesday, up from the previous 10, with re...
- + IMO Uncertainty Puts Shipping’s 2030 Fuel Target at Risk—Shipping is running out of time to meet a key 2030 target for zero-emission fuels, even as methanol infrastructure and alternative-fuel vessel capacit...
- + New York Leads Lawsuits Challenging $1.4 Billion Offshore Wind Buyouts—New York is leading a coalition of states in two new lawsuits challenging Trump administration agreements that would cancel offshore wind leases and r...
- + Trump Pushing for Diesel Export Ban Amid Surging Fuel Prices—By Josh Wingrove and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said he’s encouraged his advisers to support a ban on US diesel exports, w...
- + Russia’s Arctic Port Murmansk to Use Fertilizer Equipment to Start Shipping Grain—Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk will use equipment typically used to load fertilizer when it ships its first grain from southern Russia for export as...
- + The Other Hormuz: Black Sea Blockade Threatens a Food Supply Shock—Tue Vuong had secured four cargoes of wheat harvested from fertile lands around the Black Sea, roughly a fifth of what his milling company 5,000 miles...
- + FMC Change Could Revive Older Detention and Demurrage Claims—A potentially significant change at the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has gone largely under the radar, after the regulator confirmed there is ...
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- + Crude Oil Inventories Surge, Defying Market Expectations—The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported a significant increase in U.S. crude oil inventories, a development that caught market partic...
- + European countries urge for joint policy action to tackle soaring oil prices—European leaders have called for joint policy action, including relaxed fuel quality standards and revised biofuels regulations, to help bring fuel co...
- + Urals Oil Prices Fall—Russian Urals crude fell to around $107 a barrel, down from above $120 on September 16, as weaker shipments, new US sanctions and the gradual restorat...
- + The Commodities Feed: Brent drops below $100—Energy – Saudi pipeline restart weighs on oil prices Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday, with Brent dropping below $99/bbl and WTI trading near $89/...
- + Oman crude drops slightly as Brent falls below $100—The official price of the Oman Crude for November delivery dropped by $0.03 to $110.19 per barrel on Wednesday. The monthly average price of Omani cru...
- + Oil falls below $100 after Trump reports talks with Iran—Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said American and Iranian representatives had held talks at the United Nations. Brent cru...
- + Oil hovers below $100 as Trump signals progress in Iran talks—Oil prices sat below the $100-a-barrel level on Wednesday, as investors assessed signs of diplomatic progress between the U.S. and Iran and improving ...
- + Crude Stock Surprises with Unexpected Increase, Defying Forecasts—The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released its latest report on the weekly crude stock levels, revealing an unexpected increase in US crude o...
- + War is reshaping LNG beyond winter—If LNG leaders went to Gastech 2026 in Bangkok looking for signs of direction amid the turmoil of the conflict in the Middle East, they left sorely di...
- + US refiners may maximize distillate output at expense of petchems—US production of aromatics from refineries could get squeezed as refiners seek to maximize distillate production at a time when diesel and jet fuel ar...
- + US Natgas Prices Hit 11-Week High—US natural gas prices climbed above $3.0/MMBtu, reaching their highest level since July 8, as forecasts for hot US autumn weather pointed to stronger ...
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- + China: Trade surplus due to competitiveness—Chinas trade surplus is not driven by subsidies or an undervalued exchange rate. Instead, it reflects a combination of structural factors, including s...
- + Iran war, energy trade, sanctions could be key topics at Trump-Xi summit: analysts—US President Donald Trump may raise key energy issues with Chinese President Xi Jinping at their summit on Sept. 24, including asking Beijing to help ...
- + Nothing can harm eurozone growth (it seems)—This PMI report must be music to Europe’s ears. It is the figure most often cited as evidence of the eurozones resilience. The eurozone composite PMI ...
- + U.S. Manufacturing PMI Surges, Signals Robust Sector Expansion—The latest Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report has delivered an unexpected boost to the economic outlook, revealing a significant up...
- + UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget—The UK has been warned over ballooning debt costs and slower economic growth ahead of Chancellor John Healeys first Budget next month. The UK was amon...
- + Oil, not El Niño, is driving Singapore inflation—Energy remains the main inflation story Singapores CPI inflation edged up to 2.3% YoY in August from 2.2% in July, while core inflation rose to 2.2% Y...
- + German Services Sector Returns to Growth—The SP Global Germany Services PMI rose to a 7-month high of 52.9 in September 2026 from 49.7 in August. The reading was also well above the market ex...
- + Engagement set to boost economic ties—Continued high-level engagement between China and the United States will put bilateral economic ties on a steadier footing, enabling businesses on bot...
- + Fed’s Barkin says US economy firming but inflation risks persist—US economic conditions are firming, with continued consumer spending and strength beyond the artificial intelligence sector keeping the Federal Reserv...
- + US Mortgage Applications Fall for 3rd Week—The volume of mortgage applications in the US fell by 1.5% in the third week of September, extending the 4.1% drop in the earlier period to mark a thi...
- + Eurozone Output Growth Hits Three-and-a-Half-Year High—The SP Global Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 53.1 in September 2026, up from 52.0 in August and above market expectations of 51.7, according to a prel...
- + Rubio says Iran deal would require hard work over time—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that any agreement with Iran would require significant effort over an extended period. Speaking to repo...
- + India’s private sector growth accelerates in September flash PMI—India’s private sector showed stronger growth momentum at the end of the second fiscal quarter, according to flash PMI data released today. The HSBC F...
- + Fed’s Perli says Treasury bill purchases will adapt to evolving market conditions—The Federal Reserve is maintaining a flexible stance on its reserve management operations, leaving open the possibility of future Treasury bill purcha...
- + China’s outbound direct investment rises 11.1 percent in 2025—China’s outbound direct investment flows climbed 11.1 percent to $213.58 billion in 2025, with its investment stock standing at $3.4 trillion, retaini...
- + Bessent emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s “AI czar” role – report—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is a leading candidate for President Donald Trump’s new AI czar position, according to a Semafor report on Tuesday. T...
- + UK Manufacturing Sector Remains Solid in September—The SP Global UK Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.0 in September 2026, up slightly from 51.7 in August and above the market expectation of 51.5, according...
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