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Guidebook helps shipping mitigate biodiversity impact

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HELPING the global shipping sector reduce its impact upon biodiversity is the aim of a new guidebook released by the UK-based Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). The Guidebook...
Guidebook helps shipping mitigate biodiversity impact

Red meat and dairy exporters set to benefit from UAE FTA

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AUSTRALIA has its first free trade deal with a Middle Eastern nation with the Australia–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (A-UAECEPA) having begun on 1 October 2025...
Red meat and dairy exporters set to benefit from UAE FTA

Hapag-Lloyd, DHL target Scope 3

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WORLD Number 5 container line Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a three-year framework agreement for the purchase of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission reductions...
Hapag-Lloyd, DHL target Scope 3

CMA CGM building on Samoa’s maritime aspirations

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ANL, OCEANIA-focused container shipping group has expanded its presence in the Pacific Islands with the opening of CMA CGM operations in Samoa today (29 September). The opening of...
CMA CGM building on Samoa’s maritime aspirations

Red Sea future for Cook Strait ro-pax

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STRAITNZ’s ro-pax Strait Feronia has concluded its BlueBridge Cook Strait service and is heading to a new life in the Middle East. The 1997-built, 21,856 GT vessel, originally...
Red Sea future for Cook Strait ro-pax

Woodside lining up carriers for US LNG project

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WOODSIDE has no plans to own its own LNG carriers to support its US$I7.5 billion investment in its Louisiana LNG project, opting instead to investigate leasing options. Oslo-based...
Woodside lining up carriers for US LNG project

USTR will not deter Chinese carriers

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AMIDST reports COSCO Shipping and OOCL face massive additional costs as a result of Trump Administration imposts on Chinese carriers and owners/operators of Chinese-built vessels,...
USTR will not deter Chinese carriers

Cathay air freight takes a jump

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CATHAY Pacific’s, air cargo division has reported a 13% jump in airfreight year on year. Cathay Cargo carried 13% more cargo in August 2025 than in August 2024, while Available...
Cathay air freight takes a jump

Ocean protection message for World Maritime Day 2025

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‘OUR ocean, our obligation, our opportunity’ is the theme of World Maritime Day 2025 (25 September), as the seas face mounting pressures from human activity. Landmarks such as the...
Ocean protection message for World Maritime Day 2025

CMA CGM expanding landside again

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THE CMA CGM Group has ventured further into landside logistics with the acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics, one of that nation’s leading rail freight operators....
CMA CGM expanding landside again

SAL on deck for two more semi-subs

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GERMANY’s SAL Heavy Lift is expanding its semi-submersible deck carrier fleet with the acquisition of two vessels from South Korea’s Pan Ocean. SAL, which is part of the Harren...
SAL on deck for two more semi-subs

CY Shipping, BigLift in big order

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SPLIETHOFF Group’s BigLift Shipping and tonnage-sharing partner CY Shipping are expanding their joint fleet of heavy transport vessels to eight, with the placement of orders for...
CY Shipping, BigLift in big order

AI screening from WSC to prevent ship fires

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THE WORLD Shipping Council is lifting the bar on detecting mis-declared and undeclared dangerous goods to prevent ship fires. It has announced an industry-first Cargo Safety...
AI screening from WSC to prevent ship fires

Aurora explores biofuel to discover GHG reductions

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SYDNEY-headquartered Aurora Expeditions has completed evaluation of its first use of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a marine fuel and estimated a 90% reduction in greenhouse gases....
Aurora explores biofuel to discover GHG reductions

CMA CGM decides against USTR surcharges

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CMA CGM has decided that, for now, it will absorb fees to be applied by the Trump administration on operators of Chinese-built ships. Earlier this year the US Trade Representative...
CMA CGM decides against USTR surcharges