Maritime power play: Strategic realignment or biggest coincidence in global shipping..??
Geopolitics is a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state.. Geopolitics runs the world and there is always something that happens in geopolitics that sparks curiosity in this case, the curiosity is about what is happening in the dynamic […]
Shipping in the crosshairs as trade uncertainty hits all-time high
At no point since tracking began on the subject has global trade policies been more uncertain than right now, according to one index developed in the US. The Trade Policy Uncertainty (TPU) Index (see chart below) developed by four employees at the Federal Reserve Board analyses the frequency of joint occurrences of trade policy and […]
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FreightdayFact #10/2025 – Harbour, Port, Terminal, Berth, Quay, Pier, Jetty
Because every Friday deserves a #FreightFact.. As you know, this site’s motto has always been SEEK * LEARN * KNOW * GROW, wherein we learn from each other and empower each other about our industry. To enable this knowledge and understanding and to kick off the New Year 2025, I started sharing a “FreightdayFact” every Freightday, I […]
Xuất nhập khẩu 2 tháng đầu năm 2025 tăng 12% so với cùng kỳ, thặng dư thương mại đạt 1,47 tỷ USD
Kết quả 63,77 tỷ USD đạt được trong tháng 2 đã đưa tổng kim ngạch xuất, nhập khẩu hàng hóa của Việt Nam sau 2 tháng đầu năm 2025 lên con số 127,07 tỷ USD, tăng 12% so với cùng kỳ năm 2024. Đáng chú ý, cán cân thương mại tiếp tục nghiêng về xuất […]
CMA CGM’s Saadé vows to invest $20bn into the US over the next four years
Rodolphe Saadé was in the White House yesterday, unveiling a $20bn planned investment into the US. The huge investment over the next four years would create 10,000 jobs, CMA CGM said, and include expanding container terminals, building an air cargo hub in Chicago, buying five new Boeing 777 freighters, as well as tripling the number […]
New head of HMM selected
Choi Won-hyuk, 65, has been lined up as the next head of HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier. Choi has been picked by the line’s main creditors to take the CEO role following a series of interviews with a number of candidates last month. He is the former CEO of LX Pantos, a local logistics outfit. […]
Korean boxship loses containers overboard in stormy Bering Strait
The 4,228 teu SM Portland hit stormy weather in the Bering Strait on a voyage from Asia to Vancouver and reported 115 containers had either been damaged or lost. The Korean-flagged vessel is making for Canada where the coast guard will inspect the ship with vessel tracking data placing it off Alaska today. High winds […]
MOL in world’s first onshore supply of ship-produced green hydrogen
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has claimed a world-first onshore supply of green hydrogen produced on a sailing ship. As part of its “Wind Hunter” project, the Japanese shipowner used a demonstration yacht, Winz Maru, to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind and deliver it to the central breakwater area of Tokyo. The successful delivery follows […]
DNO buys Sval Energi for $450m in cash
Norwegian oil and gas player DNO has reached an agreement to acquire all of the shares of Sval Energi from private equity firm HitecVision for a cash consideration of $450m. DNO said in an Oslo Bors filing that the value of the firm is based on an enterprise value of $1.6bn. The acquisition will be […]