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Baltic Index Hits Two-Week Low On Declining Vessel Rates Across All Segments

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, fell to a more than two-week low on Monday, pressured by losses across all vessel segments. The main index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell 15 points, or 0.8%, to 1,976 points, …

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Shipping Brief: Tariff-Driven Trade Pressures Don’t Have To Sink Profitability

These are complicated times for container shipping operators. U.S. tariffs have rattled seaborne trade, weakened demand on transpacific routes, and introduced unwelcome uncertainty that is likely to persist through 2026. Yet there is evidence that strong demand beyond the U.S. is offsetting capacity pressures, and S&P Global Ratings considers that this is contributing to the …

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EU Climate Ambitions at Risk Flawed Regulatory Framework Threatens Shipping Innovation

I-Tech is a Swedish biotech company and developer of the innovative marine anti-fouling ingredient, Selektope®, whose active substance is medetomidine. I-Tech is calling on the European Commission to urgently review the EU’s renewal and risk assessment processes for medetomidine, arguing that the process is fundamentally flawed and based on misleading science. These flaws could lead …

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