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WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social · 18h

USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler coming into Ponce, Puerto Rico -
October 11, 2025. SRC: TW-@MichaelBonet8

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 5d

Really pleased to see my & @benjaminredding.bsky.social article on the much beloved BBC Shipping Forecast is getting some traction - we loved writing it! Read it @uk.theconversation.com here:
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...

Why the BBC’s Shipping Forecast still entrances people after 100 years

Designed to ensure safe sailing for those on the sea, a dedicated shipping forecast was first broadcast by the BBC in 1925.

theconversation.com

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 11h

Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 5d

Really pleased to see my & @benjaminredding.bsky.social article on the much beloved BBC Shipping Forecast is getting some traction - we loved writing it! Read it @uk.theconversation.com here:
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...

Why the BBC’s Shipping Forecast still entrances people after 100 years

Designed to ensure safe sailing for those on the sea, a dedicated shipping forecast was first broadcast by the BBC in 1925.

theconversation.com

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

Strikes in the Ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp-Brugges | How Does an Automated Port Go on Strike?

Video: youtu.be/rOSuFLwT1Js

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 23h

Day 2 of the Navy/Marines Corps 250 Homecoming, Navigating the Past: Histories of the US Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-2025 on board the Battleship New Jersey.

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

▶️A return would present serious downside risk to both the container and dry bulk markets

www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Carriers will need to be ‘utterly convinced’ before Red Sea return

Shipping has had plenty of false dawns before, with transits barely changing during previous ceasefires. Any return will likely be slow and steady, rather than an opening of the floodgates

www.lloydslist.com

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

Carriers will need to be ‘utterly convinced’ before Red Sea return

▶️The ceasefire deal brokered between Israel and Hamas has raised hopes of a rerouting reversal
▶️But analysts admit there is a long way to go before vessels return en masse

Carriers will need to be ‘utterly convinced’ before Red Sea return

Shipping has had plenty of false dawns before, with transits barely changing during previous ceasefires. Any return will likely be slow and steady, rather than an opening of the floodgates

www.lloydslist.com

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

▶️US imports fell 8% in September vs August and were down 8% y/y, with imports from China down 12% m/m and 23% y/y, according to Descartes
▶️National Retail Federation expects US imports in 4Q25 to be down 17% y/y and 7% vs 4Q23

www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

US-China tensions rekindle as post-peak box trade grinds lower

The outlook for container shipping remains weak and there is another risk ahead: The trade-war ceasefire between the US and China may not hold beyond the November 10 deadline

www.lloydslist.com

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

US-China tensions rekindle as post-peak box trade grinds lower

▶️Next deadline for US-China tariff reprieve is November 10; tensions have re-escalated following new Chinese rare earth export controls and port fee tit-for-tat

US-China tensions rekindle as post-peak box trade grinds lower

The outlook for container shipping remains weak and there is another risk ahead: The trade-war ceasefire between the US and China may not hold beyond the November 10 deadline

www.lloydslist.com

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

Flag hopping accelerates as shadow fleet matures under sanctions pressure

▶️Over 70% of ships sanctioned this year have reflagged. Over 20% have reflagged twice and 7% three times or more
▶️Flag-hopping tactics correlate closely with maturing system of subterfuge

www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Flag hopping accelerates as shadow fleet matures under sanctions pressure

Sanctioned ships are moving between ship registers faster and more frequently with some extreme cases rotating through six flag changes this year

www.lloydslist.com

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

US-listed owners to bear brunt of China port fee retaliation: A VLCC owned by a US company set to be charged over $6 million per Chinese port call in USTR retaliation

www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulations/...

US-listed owners to bear brunt of China fee retaliation

A VLCC owned by a US company set to be charged over $6 million per Chinese port call in USTR retaliation

www.seatrade-maritime.com

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

Oil Tankers to China Face Cancellations After Beijing Targets U.S. Ships

gcaptain.com/oil-tankers-...

Oil Tankers to China Face Cancellations After Beijing Targets U.S. Ships

By Weilun Soon and Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — Some China-bound ships carrying crude oil and other commodities to Asia’s top consumer are facing cancellations following Beijing’s retaliatory levies on...

gcaptain.com

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

China retaliates with new fees on U.S. shipping: Matson, Maersk Line, APL to be hit by China port charges

www.freightwaves.com/news/china-r...

China retaliates with new fees on U.S. shipping

China will levy port fees on U.S.-flagged and -owned ships, the latest escalation in the trade war with the United States.

www.freightwaves.com

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

Hike brings U.S. tariffs on China container cranes to as much as 270%: Maritime sector sees trade war ratcheted up

www.freightwaves.com/news/hike-br...

Hike brings U.S. tariffs on China container cranes to as much as 270%

The United States Trade Representative has added new tariffs of 100% on Chinese-made ship-to-shore container cranes and 150% on cranes used to move containers around terminals.

www.freightwaves.com

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

Carriers will need to be ‘utterly convinced’ before Red Sea return

▶️The ceasefire deal brokered between Israel and Hamas has raised hopes of a rerouting reversal
▶️A return would present serious downside risk to both the container and dry bulk markets

www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Carriers will need to be ‘utterly convinced’ before Red Sea return

Shipping has had plenty of false dawns before, with transits barely changing during previous ceasefires. Any return will likely be slow and steady, rather than an opening of the floodgates

www.lloydslist.com

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

Strikes in the Ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp-Brugges | How Does an Automated Port Go on Strike?

Video: youtu.be/rOSuFLwT1Js

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

First panel off and running in Philadelphia on Navigating the Past. Great discussion on the early US Navy and US Marine Corps.

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Zeihan Thinks the Jones Act is Dumb | Better Call Sal? | How Tariffs on Trucks will Impact Shipping

Video: youtu.be/THFPqzpCx8Y

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2d

I just added it to the comments for the video.

This makes perfect sense.

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2d

Why millions of people are watching this maritime history professor’s YouTube shipping channel: Academic-turned-influencer gives context to shipping news

www.tradewindsnews.com/tw/why-milli...

Why millions of people are watching this maritime history professor’s YouTube shipping channel

Academic-turned-influencer gives context to shipping news

www.tradewindsnews.com

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2d

Liner majors to sign up for more big boxship orders

▶️New wave of large containership orders being lined up as global carriers push ahead with fleet renewal programmes
▶️Orders include the first to be placed at an Indian shipyard by a big container line

www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Liner majors to sign up for more big boxship orders

Major container lines are expected to further boost existing orderbooks with yet more alternative-fuel capable containerships

www.lloydslist.com

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2d

Europe’s top ports gridlocked by strikes

"Container operations at Europe’s largest port, Rotterdam, have come to a standstill as lashers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday"

You can automate a port, but you still need longshore to lash the boxes

splash247.com?p=229423 via @splash_247