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April 15, 2025
Supply chain fraud – the dangers of granting extended credit
LONDON : Fraudulent strategies can prove extremely profitable to the international criminal fraternity and the global supply chain is typically low risk due to the remote nature of the actual physical theft of goods. TT
April 12, 2025
Trump Tariffs : How American Sanctions May Affect The Global Shipping Industry
LONDON : President Donald Trump has already made plenty of headlines since taking up his second term in the White House, including with the announcement of numerous new tariffs on imports. The 47th United States
April 12, 2025
Global Shipping Walks the Plank – IMO Reaches Consensus but Falls Short on Ambition
LONDON : The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met this week to finalise measures for its greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy – yet ambition fell short. Marine NGO Seas At Risk expressed deep concern over the
April 12, 2025
Fossil fuels set to be the minority of energy used in international shipping by 2040
LONDON : The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee 83rd meeting has concluded with a weak agreement on mid-term measures that does not reduce the sector’s emissions in line with targets in the IMO’s revised
April 12, 2025
Drewry’s World Container Index Rose 3% Last Week
LONDON : For many years, World Container Index has been the go-to, independent, global reference for index-linked contracts. If your organisation is considering index-linked contracts or requires regional visibility/coverage beyond the eight trade lanes
April 12, 2025
Baltic Index logs Fourth Weekly Loss on Lower Panamax, Supramax demand
LONDON : The Baltic Exchange’s Dry Bulk Sea Freight prices rose slightly on Friday, even as the index marked its fourth straight weekly loss due to lower demand among panamax and supramax vessel segments
April 11, 2025
MAWANI: Container Handling Rises by 13.61% in March 2025 Compared to the Same Period Last Year
RIYADH : The ports supervised by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) recorded a 13.61% increase in container handling during March 2025, reaching 699,928 TEUs compared to 616,079 TEUs in the same period last year.
April 11, 2025
US, Panama sign canal security pact to counter China as base proposal rejected
WASINGTON D.C. : The United States and Panama have signed a new defence and security pact to boost cooperation around the Panama Canal — a move US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called vital to
April 11, 2025