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Leading terminals spark up zero-emissions alliance
Electrification of container handling equipment is an easy decarbonisation win, say its supporters. But work must to be done on standardisation and lowering costs

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: What does Federal Maritime Commission chair Dan Maffei think about shipping?
US Federal Maritime Commission chairman Daniel Maffei returns to the Lloyd’s List Podcast this week after a two-year gap between appearances. In a much changed market, he says there is some improvement but still further to go

How to keep the Panama and Suez canals open
Of course there are viable alternative routes. But simultaneous widespread disruption would be a strain on much of the shipping industry, not to mention the global economy

The week in charts: Container freight rates remain weak | Caspian fleet grows | First Greece-owned tankers return to load Venezuela oil
Monthly LA/Long Beach volumes continue above pre-pandemic levels, UK-owned ship facilitates first international export from Russian occupied Mariupol, and Maersk signs methanol supply deal with Chinese company

Shipping’s carbon challenge is a case of economic Darwinism
The EU Emissions Trading System is going to be difficult and expensive for shipping. It is without doubt flawed and there are many questions to be answered, but it will start to sift those who have been genuinely charting a new course from those who have been secretly hoping all this will just go away

Emanuele Grimaldi expects best-ever year at family-owned shipowner and reiterates global approach for GHG reduction
‘My next newbuilding orders will be for passenger ferries, but I would like to see more efficiency development on the technical side before we sign,’ says Emanuele Grimaldi

The week in charts: Shipping companies fail to set science-based climate targets | Houthis ‘hijack’ Israel-owned car carrier | Containership values drop
Prominent shipping companies are still failing to set science-based net zero targets, Israel-owned car carrier seized transiting the Red Sea, and how the owner of an unassuming south London restaurant became the front for shipping sanctioned Iranian gas trades

Marathon veteran Chen eases pace for CULines after long-haul retreat
Company has four newbuilding vessels on order — one of 2,400 teu, one of 2,700 teu and two of 7,000 teu — for delivery between next year and 2026, which will bring its self-owned fleet to 11 units. But fleet scale is no longer its aim

The week in charts: Civilian vessel struck in Ukraine | Tanker asset values head upwards | Iran’s oil exports remain elevated
Average sailing distance per teu shows no pronounced downward trend, Torm boosts fleet with secondhand ships, and scrubber spreads widened in the fourth quarter

Why P&I clubs are giving away tens of millions of dollars
As Mary Poppins could have told you, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
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Otto Schacht and Kirsi Tikka join Lloyd’s List advisory panel
The Editorial Advisory Board was established in 2018 to ensure that Lloyd’s List maintains the highest standard of journalism and is the most trusted provider of shipping news and analysis
Leading terminals spark up zero-emissions alliance
Electrification of container handling equipment is an easy decarbonisation win, say its supporters. But work must to be done on standardisation and lowering costs
Maersk to invest $500m in Asia logistics business
Maersk already has a major presence in Asia following its acquisition of LF Logistics last year. Now it is seeking to capitalise on the region’s high growth rate
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The Editorial Advisory Board was established in 2018 to ensure that Lloyd’s List maintains the highest standard of journalism and is the most trusted provider of shipping news and analysis
Shipbuilders set sights on supply chain decarbonisation
If a clean fuel’s emissions must be assessed on a well-to-tank basis, is it also important to tell whether a carbon-free vessel is built by a grey, blue or green yard?
Growth of Greek LNG shipping sector and key names recognised at 20th anniversary awards
Evangelos Marinakis and Capital Product Partners win ‘Deal of the Decade’ award, while the Angelicoussis Group collects ‘Ship of the Year’ award for dual-fuel VLCC Antonis I. Angelicoussis
Leading terminals spark up zero-emissions alliance
Electrification of container handling equipment is an easy decarbonisation win, say its supporters. But work must to be done on standardisation and lowering costs
The week in charts: Greek shipowners in exodus from Russian oil trades | Panama Canal delays push up MR freight rates | Ammonia carrier orders grow
Top 10 class societies revealed, Greek shipowners turning away from lucrative Russian market and more ships tracked sailing to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports
Carriers box themselves in with lower charter ratios
Container lines bought up swathes of tonnage during the boom years. Now the market has turned, lower charter capacity will make it harder to cut their cloth to fit
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