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China Accounting For 19% of Global Crude Oil Trade

The Chinese market remains the largest one in terms of seaborne crude oil imports, after the first eight months of 2026. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “after a marginal decline in 2024, when global crude oil loadings decreased by -0.2% y-o-y, things picked up in 2025, with full-year volumes increasing ...

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Baltic Dry Index Pulls Back

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell about 1.3% to 3,426 points on Friday, following a 1.2% rise in the prior session…

Accelerating zero-emission shipping between Oslo and Rotterdam, and beyond

The transition to zero-emission short-sea shipping has reached a pivotal milestone as the EU-funded HyShip project welcomes the SeaShuttle container vessels as its new real-world demonstrators.

  • EU-funded HyShip project advances zero-emission shipping between Oslo and Rotterdam.
  • Two SeaShuttle vessels powered by 32 Ballard FCwaveTM 200 kW fuel cells.
  • Port bunkering infrastructure development crucial for liquid hydrogen transfer.

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