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Daily Briefing 18 April 2025
Port fees to take stage in Trump’s US-China trade war opera | Tracking sanctioned ships is a more difficult task as vessels share critical identification numbers | Where do the new IMO rules leave LNG fuel?

Daily Briefing 17 April 2025
‘Rushed’ Swedish investigation says no evidence bulker deliberately damaged cable | E-methanol start-up positively surprised at IMO result | ITIC offers big cashback to renewing members

Daily Briefing 16 April 2025
CII review talks spark outrage at IMO | New IMO framework gets cautious industry welcome | Transpacific poised for fall despite Trump reprieve on Chinese tech

Daily Briefing 15 April 2025
Transpacific blank sailings surge as US-China trade war intensifies | ‘Buckle up. This is going to get really bumpy,’ warns LA port boss | Supreme Court loss against MSC ‘extremely good result’ for Conti, insists unsuccessful KC

Daily Briefing 14 April 2025
IMO approves historic carbon price agreement | Sanctions and discounts fuel flurry of new tactics to get Iran and Russia crude into China | Hopes rise that draconian US port fee plan will be watered down

Daily Briefing 11 April 2025
Trump capitulates on non-Chinese tariffs, adding to shipping uncertainty | Trump moves to reclaim US maritime power with new executive order | Tariff relief fuels front-loading, but China slowdown clouds peak season

Daily Briefing 10 April 2025
Last minute US intervention at IMO threatens to derail climate negotiations | USTR signals that port fees are coming but plan will be changed | China’s state-owned shipping giants join Beijing’s stock market rescue effort

Daily Briefing 9 April 2025
US importers scrap Asian orders as tariffs derail transpacific contracts | Surprise bounce for shipping stocks amid Trump market carnage | US absent from MEPC meetings

Daily Briefing 8 April 2025
Trade war carnage won’t sink shipping, says analyst eyeing new rally | Tariff turbulence poised to reshuffle VLGC trades | Pacific Islands complain of being ‘sidelined’ at IMO climate talks

Daily Briefing 7 April 2025
Shipping braces for impact after Trump drops tariff ‘bomb’ on world trade | Retaliatory tariffs could spark inflationary trade shift and cut oil demand | Trump, trade and tragicomedy

Daily Briefing 4 April 2025
Uncertainty, rerouting and trade havoc: the implications of Trump tariffs for shipping | Tariff impact on dry bulk limited, but worse could be to come | Tariff impact on cargo underwriting should even out, says IQUW’s Heeley

Daily Briefing 3 April 2025
‘Thermonuclear’ port fee-tariff combo: Shipping ‘disaster’ or will rates go ‘ballistic’? | ‘Nonsense’ port fee plan will ‘go away’ after Trump | Carbon levy on life support at IMO as Pacifics vow to fight on

Daily Briefing 2 April 2025
Don’t make me do it: Beijing turns up pressure on CK Hutchison’s port deal | All lower-carbon fuels should be encouraged, says Maria Angelicoussis | Green freight buyers’ club needs the IMO’s help

Daily Briefing 1 April 2025
BIMCO and ECSA leaders dismiss benefits of US port levies | Iranian LPG continues to dominate Houthis’ imports as Ofac deadline looms | Discounts out there on 1/4 hull renewals, insurance sources confirm

Daily Briefing 31 March 2025
Fears of impending EU backdown on IMO carbon levy | Maersk calls for $600 per tonne carbon price | Shipping stocks in the firing line as Trump tariff threats mount

Daily Briefing 28 March 2025
US port fees could ‘cripple’ Caribbean, force islands to buy more from China | Trump’s car import tariffs add to vehicle carrier operator woes | IMO credit trading could see shipping pay to pollute, says Cargill’s Dieleman
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