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China: Chimbusco completes its first bonded B24-HSFO bunkering operation in Zhejiang

Sophie Becker - October 14, 2025

China Marine Bunker (PetroChina) (Chimbusco) on Friday (10 October) said it successfully completed the first bonded B24-HSFO bunkering operation of a container ship at...

Dry Bulk & General Cargo

Mechanical Failure Disables Sofular 1 Off Port-la-Nouvelle

Priya Anika Rajan - October 14, 2025

The general cargo vessel Sofular 1 became disabled in the Mediterranean Sea about 20 nautical miles off Port-la-Nouvelle, France, in the afternoon of 10th...

Dry Bulk & General Cargo

Nigeria’s maritime sector losing $5b yearly to inefficiencies, says SEREC

Priya Anika Rajan - October 14, 2025

Nigeria’s maritime sector is losing between US$3 billion and $5 billion annually due to freight charges, port congestion, policy inconsistency and poor multimodal integration,...

Companies

Helsinki court clears Eagle S crew in cable damage case

Priya Anika Rajan - October 14, 2025

A Helsinki district court dismissed criminal charges against the captain and two officers of the Cook Islands-flagged oil tanker Eagle S, ruling that Finnish...

Italy

“A new national discipline is needed for the Sieg of the ports”

Malik Johnson - October 14, 2025

Contribution by Gaudenzio Parenti * * general director of Ancip – National Association of Port Company Enterprises Ports are not just operations and services for the...

China

China begins charging port fees for US ships, exempts China-built ones

Linh Nguyen - October 14, 2025

China has officially started collecting special port fees from U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday but said Chinese-built ships would be exempted...

Cruise Yacht Ferry Boat

SMYRIL is returning to the Faroe Islands after extensive upgrade

Emily Carter - October 14, 2025

FerryAfter seven weeks in dock at the repair yard Fayard in Denmark, and following extensive retrofit and installation work, Strandfaraskip Landsins’ flagship, SMYRIL, has...

Baltimore Port

Settlement Possible for Victim of Bridge Collapse

Priya Anika Rajan - October 14, 2025

More than a year and a half after the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a potential settlement for one...

Brazil

Norwegian offshore companies seize South America opportunities

Zhang Weili - October 14, 2025

Offshore vessel construction in Norway may not have returned to the highs seen last decade, but Brazil’s thriving offshore sector is generating new business...

Automation

Smarter use of berths in the port of Rotterdam via KING

Linh Nguyen - October 14, 2025

The port of Rotterdam has 31 buoys and dolphins that are intensively used for transhipment, repair, bunkering and waiting. Shipping agents can book these...

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