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CMA CGM PSS - From Far East to Durban, South Africa

AJOT Newsroom | June 30, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

The Nautical Institute in collaboration with The Maritime Search and Rescue Council announces a new maritime search and rescue endorsement scheme

AJOT Newsroom | June 30, 2025 | Maritime

Japan auto trade ‘unfair’, could buy more US oil, Trump tells Fox News

Reuters | June 30, 2025 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News

Japan engages in "unfair" automobile trade with the United States and should increase its imports of U.S. energy resources and other goods to help reduce the U.S. trade deficit, President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

SmartSea announces CEO transition

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | People | Appointments

SmartSea announced a significant leadership transition as Julian Panter steps down as CEO to take on a senior role within the newly formed AD Ports Group & Columbia Group joint venture, Noatum-CSM Limited.

Maersk Middle East situation update

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Due to escalations in tensions in the Middle East that have impacted operations involving Iran and Israel, Maersk has previously announced a temporary suspension of vessel calls to the Port of Haifa.

MOL Ambassadors visit Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

MOL invited a group of 10 MOL Ambassadors - elementary, junior high and high school students who will lead the next generation - to the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

UWL announces new vessel partnership with Emirates Shipping Line on Sun Chief Express

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

NMSA breaks attendance record for third consecutive year

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime

Zelim’s Zoe bags British Safety Council award for transforming maritime rescue

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | Technology

Edinburgh’s Zelim has won this year’s British Safety Council Health and Safety Transformation Award for its AI-driven automatic man overboard detection system, ZOE.

Spotlight on Indonesian thermal coal shipments

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | Bulk | By The Numbers

This week’s Market Monitor highlights a notable shift in thermal coal trade flows, particularly in the evolving import strategies of China and India.

International Salvage Union (ISU) releases salvage industry statistics for 2024

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2025 | Maritime | By The Numbers

SMDERI-QET achieves world’s first ship-to-ship LCO₂ transfer

On 19 June, the world’s first ship-to-ship liquified carbon dioxide (LCO₂) transfer was successfully completed at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Hangzhou Bay, Shanghai.

PRIMAR release of first S-100 data set triggers key Canadian trials for new ECDIS standard

The Regional ENC Distribution Centre (RENC) PRIMAR has released the first in a series of data sets based on the new S-100 standard for electronic navigation to get critical sea trials underway on Canada’s St. Lawrence River that signal a significant technological leap in navigational safety and efficiency.

Elomatic secures a major delivery contract with Carnival Corporation

AJOT Newsroom | June 26, 2025 | Maritime | Technology

Elomatic announced the signing of a major delivery contract with Carnival Corporation.

National Maritime Safety Association announces new president

AJOT Newsroom | June 26, 2025 | Maritime | People | Appointments

Maersk sues over $1 billion Brazil port auction, MSC Group’s TIL may follow

Global shipping groups are looking to Brazil's courts to overturn competition rules that bar them from participating in the first round of bidding on a major new container terminal at Latin America's largest port, due to take place later this year.

Energy

Reuters | June 25, 2025

US allows ethane to be loaded and shipped to China, but not unloaded

The U.S. sent letters to Enterprise Products and Energy Transfer on Wednesday informing the companies they could load ethane on vessels destined for China but could not unload the ethane at a port in China without authorization, according to a person familiar with the matter and copy of one letter.

CMA CGM SAFRAN | Temporary rotation change

AJOT Newsroom | June 25, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM would like to inform their customers about an important update regarding the North Europe to/from East Coast South America service, SAFRAN.

bound4blue hits bullseye with third-party assessed average daily fuel savings of 1.7 metric tons, and higher peaks, on LDA ro-ro

• Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA)-owned Ville de Bordeaux, chartered by Airbus, achieves average daily fuel savings of 1.7 metric tons across 12 months • Third-party assessment by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore (BVS) confirms annual savings of 568 metric tons of fuel and 2,181 metric tons of CO₂ emissions (Well-to-Wake), with peak savings of as much as 5.4 metric tons of fuel per day.

Taiwanese owner makes methanol move with WinGD across multiple engine orders

Swiss marine power company WinGD will provide X‑DF‑M dual-fuel methanol and X-Engine methanol-ready engine designs for over 30 container vessels to be built for a major Taiwanese container ship operator.

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