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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the top U.S. general Dan Caine made a surprise visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, the first trip there by senior Pentagon officials since the start of a military buildup in the Caribbean that has escalated tensions with Venezuela.Hegseth and Caine…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegseth-visits-puerto-rico-tensions-529750A joint letter has been sent to EU Animal Welfare Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi urging the Commission to halt the transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to France by roro ferry.It follows a similar letter sent in February.In 2022 the European…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/ngos-again-urge-eu-stop-unweaned-calf-529753The World Shipping Council (WSC) released a new report summarising deficiencies found in government cargo inspection programs, reviving a data series that the IMO discontinued last year.The 2024 report shows that 11.39% of inspected cargo shipments were found to have deficiencies…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/world-shipping-council-concerned-529754On Monday, September 8, 2025, Meyer Turku Shipyard celebrated the keel laying of the fourth cruise ship in the Icon Class. The ship, built for Royal Caribbean and known by its working name Icon 4, has thus progressed to the hull assembly phase.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/meyer-turku-shipyard-lays-keel-fourth-529736Spain on Monday banned ships and aircraft carrying weapons to Israel from calling at Spanish ports or entering its airspace due to Israel's military offensive in Gaza, measures the Israeli foreign minister denounced as antisemitic.Spain, which…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/israelbound-weapons-ships-planes-banned-529742MARL International, part of Glamox, a global leader in lighting, announced today that it is partnering with Canadian firm Apex Industries, which will manufacture its marine lighting systems under license in Canada for three destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/apex-industries-partners-marl-529745Italy and the United States on Monday vowed to deepen energy ties including through increased exports to Italy of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as Europe continues to seek alternatives to Russian energy supplies following Moscow's invasion of…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/italy-us-boost-lng-ties-infrastructure-529747Iron ore futures rose for a fifth straight session on Monday, supported by a sharp fall in shipments from a major supplier and resilient steel exports in top consumer China. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange TIO1! closed daytime trade 0.64% higher at 792 yuan ($111.05) a metric ton. By ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-gains-on-lower-shipments-strong-china-steel-exports/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-gains-on-lower-shipments-strong-china-steel-exports/China’s coal imports hit an eight-month high in August, customs data showed on Monday, supported by higher domestic prices, although volumes remained below the levels seen a year earlier. The country imported 42.74 million metric tons of coal last month, the highest level since December, but still down about 7% from August 2024 levels, according ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-august-coal-imports-hit-8-month-high-still-below-year-ago-levels/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, hit a one-week high on Monday, driven by higher rates across all vessel segments. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, increased by 40 points, or 2%, to 2,019 points, its ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-climbs-to-one-week-high-on-higher-rates-across-all-vessels/