Cómo CK Hutchison quedó atrapada entre EE. UU. y China por los puertos del Canal de Panamá
Las concesiones de Balboa y Cristóbal se sitúan en el epicentro de una pugna geopolítica entre ambas superpotencias
Maersk incorporará tres nuevas clases de portacontenedores habilitados para metanol
Pedidos consideran más de 20 naves de entre 6.000 y 9.000 TEUs, entre órdenes firmes y series en desarrollo
MSC recibe buque de 16.196 TEUs de combustible dual GNL que conectará Asia – Europa – USEC …
Se trata de la última de una serie de nueve naves gemelas
Everllence alcanza la orden N° 2.000 de motores de combustible dual tras un pedido de Cosco
Hito se concreta con motores para 12 portacontenedores de 18.000 TEUs en construcción en Jiangnan Shipyard
Baltic Dry Index Down for 5th Day
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, was down for a fifth consecutive day on Friday, falling by 0.7% to a fresh low since January 23 at 1,923 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, declined by 1.1% to 2,918 …
Freight Markets at an Inflection Point: Geopolitics, Supply, and Demand Shifts
The average VLCC ballast speed in the AG area is now edging toward the upper range of 11.9, which aligns with the upward trend in TD3C rates. Amid rising Middle East tensions and geopolitical shifts, TD3C was indicating a soft downward trend into Friday’s close in the previous week, but the move proved short-lived, with …
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IMO DCS 2024: A reality check for shipping
The IMO Secretariat has submitted a summarised report on the data collected in 2024 through the IMO Data Collection System (DCS). This data will be reviewed by the MEPC during its next session in April 2026. Drewry’s Energy Transition team closely tracked this verified data to assess the industry’s progress. Trends in fuel consumption Annual …
Venezuela’s Oil Policy Shift and the Rising Maritime Risk Landscape
How Venezuela’s Oil Reform Is Changing Maritime Risk In late January 2026, Venezuela’s legislature approved sweeping reforms to the nation’s oil laws, effectively opening its statedominated energy sector to private and foreign investment in a dramatic policy shift after more than two decades of socialist control. This overhaul aims to attract capital and increase production …
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Xeneta Schedule Reliability Scorecard – 2025 Year in Review – Carriers
Welcome back to Xeneta Schedule Reliability – A Year in Review. We’ve drilled down all the way from global reliability to trades and alliances, arriving at last to carrier rankings. Xeneta covers reliability for over 200 operators across more than 25,000 port pairs. Our report today focuses on a small but significant selection of these carriers. …
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Maritime Defense Weekly: Maritime Enforcement Is Accelerating
The Week in Focus U.S. maritime enforcement expanded beyond Venezuelan waters, with continued interdictions tied to oil sanctions signaling a shift from monitoring to physical enforcement at sea, regardless of distance from the original sanctions theater. European authorities conducted their first high-seas interdiction of a dark fleet tanker, boarding the falsely flagged aframax GRINCH (IMO …
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