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New home sales are dropping fast

Amidst an already challenging set of circumstances for the nation’s residential construction sector, the latest Housing Industry Association (HIA) home sales figures have provided another unwelcome reality check for the Albanese government’s “aspiration” to build 1.2 million new homes over its 5 year ‘Housing Accord’ period. At a national level in the September quarter, new The post New home…

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Golden Island delivers world’s largest ethanol bunker stem in Singapore

Golden Island bunkered a Maersk ship with about 5,000 mt of ISCC-certified bio-ethanol in Singapore’s first operation of the kind.

  • Golden Island delivers 5,000 metric tons of ISCC-certified bio-ethanol to Maersk ship in Singapore.
  • Largest single bunker operation of ethanol ever conducted, nearly double previous record.
  • Operation to generate data for modifying Singapore's methanol bunker standards for ethanol.

BW LPG Limited – Update on BW LPG’s Product Services Q3 2026 Segment Performance

BW LPG Limited provides an update on its Product Services’ (“BW Product Services”) Q3 2026 segment performance. Q3 2026 highlights: • Gross trading result: US$164 million • This includes: o Realised…

  • BW LPG delivered strong Q3 2026 Product Services results with US$164 million gross trading.
  • Net profit after expenses and taxes reached US$118 million for the quarter.
  • CEO Kristian Sørensen praised performance despite market volatility.

Euroseas Ltd. Announces a New Time Charter Contract for its 2001-built 2,556 teu Feeder Containership, M/V EM Corfu, and the Sale of its Sister Vessel, M/V Evridiki G

Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced today a new time charter contract for its 2,556 teu…

  • Euroseas Ltd. signs time charter contract for M/V EM Corfu
  • Vessel to operate 12-14 months starting mid-December 2026
  • Company expects $17.8M EBITDA, boosts charter coverage to 100%

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