What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano)
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Russian Shadow Tanker Blocked from Sailing to Venezuela from Cuba | USS Stockdale vs MT Seahorse
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It is that time of the year for the WGOW Shipping Turkey Drop.
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
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Over to you Johnnie and Les!
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WKRP Turkey Drop
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November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is that time of the year for the WGOW Shipping Turkey Drop.
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
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ANOTHER container ship fire.
This time in Wilmington, Delaware on board the Liberian-flagged container ship Chiquita Voyager. Wilmington Fireboat 7 is on scene.
The ship had come in from Puerto Cortes, Honduras having sailed on Nov 20 and arriving Wilmington on Nov 25.
This time in Wilmington, Delaware on board the Liberian-flagged container ship Chiquita Voyager. Wilmington Fireboat 7 is on scene.
The ship had come in from Puerto Cortes, Honduras having sailed on Nov 20 and arriving Wilmington on Nov 25.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ANOTHER container ship fire.
This time in Wilmington, Delaware on board the Liberian-flagged container ship Chiquita Voyager. Wilmington Fireboat 7 is on scene.
The ship had come in from Puerto Cortes, Honduras having sailed on Nov 20 and arriving Wilmington on Nov 25.
This time in Wilmington, Delaware on board the Liberian-flagged container ship Chiquita Voyager. Wilmington Fireboat 7 is on scene.
The ship had come in from Puerto Cortes, Honduras having sailed on Nov 20 and arriving Wilmington on Nov 25.
UPDATE 3: Container ship fire contained at Port of Los Angeles
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
UPDATE 3: Container ship fire contained at Port of Los Angeles
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Container lines braced for tough winter: Mixed messages from ‘experts’ is clouding the reality that the container shipping market is in a downward spiral, with only the charter market defying economic gravity
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Container lines braced for tough winter
Mixed messages from ‘experts’ is clouding the reality that the container shipping market is in a downward spiral
www.seatrade-maritime.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Container lines braced for tough winter: Mixed messages from ‘experts’ is clouding the reality that the container shipping market is in a downward spiral, with only the charter market defying economic gravity
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/c...
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/c...
Public-listed Jones Act companies – an endangered species: Just three Jones Act shipping companies are listed in the US in 2025 compared to eight back in 2008
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Public-listed Jones Act companies - endangered species
Just three Jones Act shipping companies are listed in the US in 2025 compared to eight back in 2008
www.seatrade-maritime.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Public-listed Jones Act companies – an endangered species: Just three Jones Act shipping companies are listed in the US in 2025 compared to eight back in 2008
www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipping-fin...
www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipping-fin...
Coal shipments down as global steel production falls: Imports to advanced economies are forecast to hit a 23-year low in 2025
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
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Coal shipments down as global steel production falls
Predictions the seaborne coal trade had already peaked may have seemed premature earlier in the year, but the data is showing a steady decline in 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Coal shipments down as global steel production falls: Imports to advanced economies are forecast to hit a 23-year low in 2025
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
Secondhand boxship market booms as carriers pick up charter tonnage
▶️The containership sale-and-purchase market remains highly active, with firm vessel prices and strong demand across all ship sizes
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
▶️The containership sale-and-purchase market remains highly active, with firm vessel prices and strong demand across all ship sizes
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Secondhand boxship market booms as carriers pick up charter tonnage
Notable deals include the $120m sale of the 13,300 teu <em>Buenaventura Express</em>, tied to a long-term Hapag-Lloyd charter, while MSC has picked up multiple vessels ranging from 1,400 teu to 5,900 teu
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November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Secondhand boxship market booms as carriers pick up charter tonnage
▶️The containership sale-and-purchase market remains highly active, with firm vessel prices and strong demand across all ship sizes
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
▶️The containership sale-and-purchase market remains highly active, with firm vessel prices and strong demand across all ship sizes
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
Political heat on Russian gas is unlikely to freeze Arctic LNG flows
▶️Russia’s shift to winter logistics for Arctic LNG is shaping up to be more efficient thanks to Suez routing
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
▶️Russia’s shift to winter logistics for Arctic LNG is shaping up to be more efficient thanks to Suez routing
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
Political heat on Russian gas is unlikely to freeze Arctic LNG flows
EU and UK sanctions will require a reshuffle in Russia’s LNG supply chains but in the absence of any US enforcement volumes will simply divert to Asia, even through the winter period
www.lloydslist.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Political heat on Russian gas is unlikely to freeze Arctic LNG flows
▶️Russia’s shift to winter logistics for Arctic LNG is shaping up to be more efficient thanks to Suez routing
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
▶️Russia’s shift to winter logistics for Arctic LNG is shaping up to be more efficient thanks to Suez routing
www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...
Denmark Adds Subsidies as it Takes New Try at Offshore Wind Farm Tender
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Denmark Adds Subsidies as it Takes New Try at Offshore Wind Farm Tender
The Danish Energy Agency returned to the market for offshore wind farms, announcing the opening of a new round of tenders for three projects, which wi...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Denmark Adds Subsidies as it Takes New Try at Offshore Wind Farm Tender
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Flag Registry Strains the Cook Islands' Relations With New Zealand
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Flag Registry Strains the Cook Islands' Relations With New Zealand
The government of New Zealand is displeased with a semi-independent territory, the Cook Islands, which has outsourced its maritime registry to a priv...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Flag Registry Strains the Cook Islands' Relations With New Zealand
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Father & Son Team Sentenced for Importing Heroin in Juice Bottles
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Father & Son Team Sentenced for Importing Heroin in Juice Bottles
A father and his son have been sentenced to brief, suspended prison terms for helping a crime group to import heroin into the UK in 2023. The consign...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Father & Son Team Sentenced for Importing Heroin in Juice Bottles
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China Consolidates Cruise Business as it Looks to Expand Domestic Market
The logical next step in the growth of China's cruise sector.
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The logical next step in the growth of China's cruise sector.
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China Consolidates Cruise Business as it Looks to Expand Domestic Market
The China Tourism Group reports that it will be leading an effort to boost the cruise ship market that includes the consolidation of the management of...
maritime-executive.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
China Consolidates Cruise Business as it Looks to Expand Domestic Market
The logical next step in the growth of China's cruise sector.
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The logical next step in the growth of China's cruise sector.
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National Strike Again Closes Belgium’s Ports and Halts Inland Cargo Ships
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National Strike Again Closes Belgium’s Ports and Halts Inland Cargo Ships
Belgium’s three main labor unions banded together into what is likely the largest of the strikes over the past 10 months, protesting the country’s aus...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
National Strike Again Closes Belgium’s Ports and Halts Inland Cargo Ships
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Four Days On, Crews Continue Response to Deep-Seated Cargo Fire Aboard Containership Off Los Angeles
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Four Days On, Crews Continue Response to Deep-Seated Cargo Fire Aboard Containership Off Los Angeles
Response operations entered their fourth day on Tuesday as the Unified Command continues efforts to suppress a fire aboard the containership One Henry Hudson, which broke out Friday evening while...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Four Days On, Crews Continue Response to Deep-Seated Cargo Fire Aboard Containership Off Los Angeles
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Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd Say No Timeline for Resuming Sailings Through the Red Sea
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Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd Say No Timeline for Resuming Sailings Through the Red Sea
Danish shipping company Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Wednesday it had no specific timeline for when it would resume sailings through the Red Sea for its Gemini network with Germany's Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd Say No Timeline for Resuming Sailings Through the Red Sea
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Russian Arctic ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Joins Sanctioned ‘Seahorse’ After U.S. Navy Standoff Near Venezuela
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Russian Arctic ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Joins Sanctioned ‘Seahorse’ After U.S. Navy Standoff Near Venezuela
A second vessel tied to Russia’s shadow fleet has joined the sanctioned tanker Seahorse off the coast of Venezuela, days after the Seahorse was involved in a cat and mouse game with U.S. Navy forces, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Russian Arctic ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Joins Sanctioned ‘Seahorse’ After U.S. Navy Standoff Near Venezuela
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CMA CGM connects U.S. services with new Vietnam barge: Service links N. Vietnam manufacturing with Haiphong port
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CMA CGM connects U.S. services with new Vietnam barge
CMA CGM has expanded barge service for containers moving from North Vietnam to the port of Haiphong and connections to the United States.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
CMA CGM connects U.S. services with new Vietnam barge: Service links N. Vietnam manufacturing with Haiphong port
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I give you the head of NAVSEA...
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I give you the head of NAVSEA...
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As promised, "Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II." Author of "Project Mayflower" Richard A. Stone joins me to discuss the building and sailing the 17th century replica of the historic ship. (Just in time for Thanksgiving in the US.)
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#maritimehistory #history
Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II
Building and sailing a 17th century replica
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As promised, "Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II." Author of "Project Mayflower" Richard A. Stone joins me to discuss the building and sailing the 17th century replica of the historic ship. (Just in time for Thanksgiving in the US.)
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#maritimehistory #history
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#maritimehistory #history
Firefighters onboard MV ONE Henry Hudson have taken the term surround and drown to a new level with 80% flooding of cargo hold #3 in which the burning containers were contained.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Firefighters onboard MV ONE Henry Hudson have taken the term surround and drown to a new level with 80% flooding of cargo hold #3 in which the burning containers were contained.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Last night, the crew from Northwest Harnett Vol FD conducted a hands on extrication training evolution. New members conducted door pops while others stabilized a box truck with a vehicle underneath.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Last night, the crew from Northwest Harnett Vol FD conducted a hands on extrication training evolution. New members conducted door pops while others stabilized a box truck with a vehicle underneath.
Russian Shadow Tanker Blocked from Sailing to Venezuela from Cuba | USS Stockdale vs MT Seahorse
Video: youtu.be/5Mfj2JSpng4
Video: youtu.be/5Mfj2JSpng4
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Russian Shadow Tanker Blocked from Sailing to Venezuela from Cuba | USS Stockdale vs MT Seahorse
Video: youtu.be/5Mfj2JSpng4
Video: youtu.be/5Mfj2JSpng4
Ship Fire in Los Angeles - MV ONE HENRY HUDSON - Update
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November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM