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IMO’s Convention on Ship Recycling Enters into Force

The Hong Kong Convention addresses key environmental, occupational health, and safety risks involved in the recycling of ships.

Photo: International Maritime Organization

WSC: Need for Clarity on U.S. Port Fees for Chinese Ships

The USTR also has yet to provide details who would be collecting the fees, or how the money would be directed back into U.S. shipbuilding, said World Shipping Council CEO Joe Kramek.

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Ports of Indiana to Reopen Burns Harbor Grain Terminal

The Burns Harbor grain terminal first opened in 1979, and helped move more than 500 million bushels of corn and soybeans up until its closure in 2023.

Construction at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. (Courtesy photo)

Watch: How Global Conflicts Are Disrupting International Shipping

Henry Wilkinson, chief intelligence officer with Dragonfly Intelligence, describes the current threats to global shipping and aviation posted by geopolitical conflicts.

How Global Conflicts Are Disrupting International Shipping

Rubio Asks China To Stop Iran Closing Strait of Hormuz

China's UN Ambassador Fu Cong said all parties should restrain "the impulse of force... and adding fuel to the fire," according to a state-run CCTV report.

Photo: iStock / HeliRy

Shipping on High Alert in Mideast After U.S. Strikes on Iran

European Union’s naval force warned of a severe threat to ships linked to the U.S. and Israel, and a low risk for all other ships.

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Maersk Suspends Service at Haifa

The ocean carrier said it had not experienced any further disruptions to its scheduled operations in the region.

Port of Los Angeles Completes Construction of Berths 177-182

The new wharf, designed in compliance with the Port’s seismic code, partially replaced a timber wharf that was extensively damaged in a fire in 2014.

Photo: Port of Los Angeles

This Low-Tech Solution Cut Ship Emissions by Up to 24%

Many technologies that shipping companies are testing to curtail emissions tend to be complex and costly with an uncertain return on investment. Not this one.

Photo: iStock.com/Arkadij Schell

Ships’ Electronics Increasingly Jammed Since Israel Struck Iran

False location signals and jamming of vessels’ navigational equipment have become a growing feature of the commercial shipping industry in the past few years.

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Thai Exporters Face $600 Million in Added Costs as Port Congestion Worsens

The port congestion stems from a reduced number of vessels, overcapacity, inadequate rail and road infrastructure, lengthy regulatory procedures and poor truck queue management.

A motorcyclist rides past shipping containers stacked at the Bangkok Port. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg

U.K. Navy Issues Rare Warning to Ships Near Vital Hormuz Strait

The UKMTO also issued a warning in May about electronic interference around Hormuz, a waterway that handles around 26% of the world’s oil trade.

Two oil tankers are seen at a distance in the waters of Strait of Hormuz in Hormuz Island, Iran. Photo: Kaveh Kazemi / Getty Images via Bloomberg.

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