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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
What the Ship (Ep 133)

1⃣Geopolitics: Shipping's New Reality
2⃣Container Rates Drop
3⃣USTR Port Fees & China's Response
4⃣US & Finland Icebreakers
5⃣WGOW Shipping Heading to New Zealand and Australia

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 23m
UN Shipping Emissions Levy Deal Sets Stage for US-EU Clash

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UN Shipping Emissions Levy Deal Sets Stage for US-EU Clash
The International Maritime Organization will meet this week to formally decide whether to impose a carbon emissions price on global shipping…
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 24m
Maritime Fees Spiral Deepens as US, China Trade Blows

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Maritime Fees Spiral Deepens as US, China Trade Blows
The U.S. and China on Tuesday began charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil…
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 32m
The Virginia Maritime Association #VMA2025 is up and running.

I was slated to interview Federal Maritime Commission Rebecca Dye, but the government shutdown, cancelled her travel.

Instead, I was asked to discuss U.S. Maritime Strategy. Now I just have to figure out U.S. Maritime Strategy.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 58m
Supertanker freight rates up sharply as US-China trade war envelops ports

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Supertanker freight rates up sharply as US-China trade war envelops ports
Supertanker freight rates surged this week and are set to stay elevated on U.S.-China tit-for-tat hikes in port fees and concerns about the fallout from U.S. sanctions on a major Chinese crude oil terminal.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1h
Climate divisions laid bare ahead of final Net-Zero Framework vote
▶️Indonesia, South Africa & Kenya among new voices backing adoption
▶️Saudi Arabia, US and oil exporters object to NZF’s uncertainty and cost to trade
▶️Backers warn of patchwork of regional measures
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Climate divisions laid bare ahead of final Net-Zero Framework vote
The IMO heard familiar arguments for and against the Net-Zero Framework at the beginning of a week of pivotal talks on whether to formally adopt the global carbon price for shipping
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1h
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd divert two US‑flagged ships from China to dodge port fees

▶️Both rerouted ships were built in South Korea and operate on Maersk’s TP7 route
▶️Carriers expected to incur costs of $2.3bn under Beijing’s port fee levies

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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd divert two US‑flagged ships from China to dodge port fees
Vessels will discharge cargoes in South Korea instead. Further changes on transpacific routes expected
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1h
▶️Shipping companies are embedding geopolitical risk management directly into corporate governance structures

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Shipowners reshape boards to sidestep US-China port fee crossfire
Port fee crossfire pushes global shipowners to rethink governance structure amid rising US-China friction
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1h
Shipowners reshape boards to sidestep US-China port fee crossfire

▶️Pacific Basin director quits ahead of new US port fees targeting Chinese links
▶️Move comes after Okeanis Eco Tankers dropped two American directors amid China’s counter measures
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2h
Is a collapse of the container shipping market imminent?

A combination of tit-for-tat port fees by China and the US, and return to Red Sea transits flooding the market with capacity could plunge lines into the red.

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Is collapse of the container shipping market imminent?
A combination of tit-for-tat port fees by China and the US, and return to Red Sea transits flooding the market with capacity see lines reporting losses
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2h
Maersk diverts two US-flagged vessels from China: To avoid China’s new “Special Port Fee” the US-registered container ships will discharge Ningbo bound cargo in South Korea

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Maersk diverts two US-flagged vessels from China
To avoid China’s new “Special Port Fee” the US-registered container ships will discharge Ningbo bound cargo in South Korea
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2h
IMO’s green dream meets America’s red line

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IMO’s green dream meets America’s red line - Splash247
While the majority of opening statements at yesterday’s opening of the latest Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) were broadly in favour of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) N...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2h
Panamax boxship hit with $1.7m Shanghai fee as China’s new port levies bite

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Panamax boxship hit with $1.7m Shanghai fee as China’s new port levies bite - Splash247
$1.7m. That’s the fee – or RMB12.1m – that the German owners of the US-flagged Matson Waikiki are being forced to pay to allow the vessel to dock in Shanghai, a sizeable sum, and an indication of the ...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2h
Cargoship ‘Thamesborg’ Departs Arctic Northwest Passage After Refloat, Concluding Six-Week Rescue Operation

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Cargoship ‘Thamesborg’ Departs Arctic Northwest Passage After Refloat, Concluding Six-Week Rescue Operation
Around six weeks after running aground in Canada’s Arctic waters Dutch cargo vessel Thamesborg and its icebreaker and tug escort have left the waters of the Northwest Passage. The convoy is traveling ...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 12h
USTR Section 301 Fee and Tariff Measures and Their Impact to Charterparties

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USTR Section 301 Fee and Tariff Measures and Their Impact to Charterparties : Clyde & Co
USTR Section 301 Fee and Tariff Measures and Their Impact to Charterparties
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 13h
Swedish Prosecutor Confirms January Cable Break was Accident by Bulker

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Swedish Prosecutor Confirms January Cable Break was Accident by Bulker
The Swedish Prosecution Authority reports it has closed the investigation into a January communication cable break in the Baltic, convinced that it w...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 19h
CMA CGM turns to India for six feeder newbuilds

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CMA CGM turns to India for six feeder newbuilds - Splash247
France’s CMA CGM has signed a letter of intent with Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) to build six LNG-powered feeder containerships, marking the first-ever order by a global liner operator at an Indian yard....
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 19h
Shipping Braces for Carbon Tax That Fueled US Tariffs Threat

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Shipping Braces for Carbon Tax That Fueled US Tariffs Threat
The world’s shipping regulator is on the verge of green-lighting a global charge on the industry’s emissions, something that has prompted the Trump administration to threaten tariffs in response.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 19h
Global Shipping Faces Decisive Moment at IMO's MEPC ES.2

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Global Shipping Faces Decisive Moment at IMO's MEPC ES.2
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) kicked off its second extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC ES.2) today, with Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez hig...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
Fire Onboard the NOAA Research Ship Ronald H Brown off the coast of Louisiana | October 11, 2025

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
It is not for want of trying.

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China, Among Many Others, is Setting Sail for the Arctic | Record Shipments of Containers and LNG
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
Australia's Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina 'makes contact with ocean floor' near remote Heard Island
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Damage assessment underway after Australian icebreaker scrapes ocean floor
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has headed to deeper waters off remote Heard Island in the Southern Ocean while assessments are undertaken to see if the hull has suffered any damage after scraping the...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
Port fees become the new tariffs in US-China maritime showdown

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Port fees become the new tariffs in US-China maritime showdown - Splash247
China has officially started collecting special port fees from US-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday but said Chinese-built ships will be exempted from the levies. Empty ships enter...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
Container Flow Resumes in Rotterdam as Court Orders Strikers Back to Work

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Container Flow Resumes in Rotterdam as Court Orders Strikers Back to Work
The lashers working in the Port of Rotterdam who handle containers were ordered back to work for the next four days. A court found with a coalition of...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
Korea Claws Back Market Share as Global Shipbuilding Market Cools

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Korea Claws Back Market Share as Global Shipbuilding Market Cools
South Korean officials are highlighting an uptick in the country’s market share for the newbuilding orders and the potential that they have been able...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 1d
DHT Says Its Fleet Should Be Exempt from China’s New Port Fees on US-Linked Ships

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DHT Says Its Fleet Should Be Exempt from China’s New Port Fees on US-Linked Ships
DHT Holdings, Inc. says that its fleet should not be subject to new Chinese port fees on US-linked vessels that are set to take effect on Tuesday, based on the...
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