Ethanol-Fuelled Vessels Enter Dry Bulk Orderbook As Owners Seek Fuel Flexibility

Ports face defining decade in fuel transition

The global race to decarbonise shipping is fast becoming a race to prepare ports, according to Lloyd’s Register’s latest Fuel for Thought: Ports report.

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Tired of manual, repetitive work that leaves too little time to do business and create value?

Shipping has never been a slow-moving business. Vessels move. Markets move. Customers call. Ports become congested. Bunker prices change. New opportunities appear. Risks develop.

• Shipping professionals waste time on manual tasks
• Fragmented software creates more work
• ShipIntel integrates maritime data in one solution

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The Week in Alt Fuels: Ammonia and methanol bunkering gain ground

The list of successful alternative-fuel bunker operations keeps growing, as seen over the past week. Two ammonia-capable vessels received green ammonia in different parts of the world.

• Two ammonia-fueled vessels received fuel in South Korea and Australia.
• Methanol-capable OOCL Grace received bio-methanol in China.
• Only 29 ports globally offer methanol bunkering services.

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Tanker Fleet Growth Threatens Freight Boom, Bullish Secondhand Markets: Analysts

A wave of tanker deliveries is set to test whether geopolitical disruption and longer trading routes can continue supporting charter rates and ship values, according to S&P Global Energy CERA’s latest…

• Global tanker fleet to grow 22.6% by 2029
• Demand must absorb supply increase, not just supply growth
• Tanker asset values surge 57.4% to 117% in recent years

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LPG Exports Declined This Year, but USA’s Kept Growing

LPG exports have been declining so far in 2026, apart from the US. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “global LPG (liquified petroleum gas) trade had been growing…

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