15 OCT 2025 Container spot freight rates saw another week of moderate decline on the main east-west routes amid subdued trading activity due to the Golden Week holiday, but workers were beginning to return to their jobs yesterday. Nonetheless, pricing continued to fall, with the composite rate on Drewry’s World …
Read More »HUGE STUDY LINKS 99% OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES WITH FOUR RISK FACTORS
15 OCT 2025 Heart attacks and strokes rarely occur without warning. According to health data from more than 9 million adults in South Korea and the US, nearly everyone who develops heart disease and suffers a major cardiovascular event has one of four major risk factors in the lead-up. These …
Read More »CHINA HITS BACK AT U.S. SHIPS WITH ADDITIONAL PORT FEE
14 OCT 2025 Vessels owned or operated by U.S. firms and individuals, or those built in the United States or that fly the U.S. flag, will be charged additional port fees per voyage starting on Tuesday, China’s transport ministry said. The fees are a countermeasure against upcoming U.S. port fees on …
Read More »5 PROFILES OF SLEEP – HERE’S WHAT YOURS SAYS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
14 OCT 2025 A team of scientists has identified five different sleep profiles that link the quality of a person’s shut-eye with a variety of health, psychological, and lifestyle outcomes. Although it’s something we all do frequently, the science of sleep is still pretty murky. For the new study, the …
Read More »WTO: AI-DRIVEN TRADE, FRONTLOADING BOOSTS MARITIME SHIPPING IN 2025 AS NEW TARIFFS CLOUD 2026 OUTLOOK
13 NOV 2025 Global merchandise trade has exceeded expectations in the first half of 2025, with the World Trade Organization raising its growth forecast to 2.4% for the year, up significantly from its previous 0.9% August projection. However, the organization has simultaneously downgraded its 2026 outlook to just 0.5%, signaling …
Read More »MOL IS FIRST SHIPPING COMPANY TO JOIN AUSTRALIA’S AMMONIA BUNKERING PROJECT
12 OCT 2025 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is joining the effort to develop an ammonia bunkering operation in Australia’s Pilbara as part of the efforts to establish a green shipping corridor between the iron ore region and Asia. MOL becomes the first shipping company in the project, which was announced …
Read More »NEW WARNING OF NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION AND AIS INTERFERENCE
12 OCT 2025 UK Maritime Trade Operations issued a new advisory after receiving an increased number of reports of interference that is impacting the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as well as data on AIS displays. It comes as Qatar continues to work to repair a “technical fault in GPS,” …
Read More »“HIJACKER” IN MYSTERIOUS ARCTIC SEA CASE HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER 16 YEARS
11 OCT 2025 A suspect who has been wanted by Russia for 16 years in connection with an alleged hijacking off Sweden has been arrested at last, according to authorities in Cyprus. In July 2009, the freighter Arctic Sea got under way from Jakobstad, Finland with a cargo of $1.8 …
Read More »BLANK SAILINGS HIT NEW RECORD IN RESPONSE TO TARIFF PRESSURE
10 OCT 2025 The latest data from consultancy Project44 shows that blank sailings have surged to new heights as demand on U.S.-China routes has fallen. The blanks for October are on track to exceed levels seen during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when consumer demand in the West …
Read More »MSC CONTAINER SHIP HITS INDIAN FISHING BOAT
09 OCT 2025 India’s fishing community is again complaining about merchant ships sailing too close to the coast and hitting the commercial fishing vessels working off Kerala on the Arabian Sea. In the latest instance, a smaller MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company containership collided with one of the fishing vessels, causing …
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