1. The Hood Unveils Key Predictions for 2025. Maritime professionals are set to face even more challenges as the industry continues to evolve in 2025, according to Josephine Le, founder of The Hood, who believes that navigating digital upskilling and job market uncertainty will fuel the collective stress and anxiety many will feel.
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2. Shanghai Port sets 50m TEU world record for annual container throughput. Shanghai Port’s annual container throughput surpassed 50 million TEU for the first time in 2024, setting a new global record in the history of port container transport.
The 50 millionth TEU was loaded at Shanghai Port’s Yangshan Phase IV Automated Terminal on December 22, a container draped in festive red marking the occasion as the container was smoothly lifted from an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) by a remote-controlled quay crane and precisely loaded onto a deepsea liner vessel..
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/shanghai-port-sets-50m-teu-world-record-for-annual-container-throughput/
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/shanghai-port-sets-50m-teu-world-record-for-annual-container-throughput/
3. CMA CGM to develop an electric barge solution to serve Vietnam operations. The CMA CGM Group is building a brand-new zero-emission inland waterway transport solution in Vietnam, featuring a 100% electric barge powered by batteries and a charging infrastructure powered by a new solar farm at the deep-sea terminal of Gemalink.
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/cma-cgm-to-develop-an-electric-barge-solution-to-serve-vietnam-operations/
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/cma-cgm-to-develop-an-electric-barge-solution-to-serve-vietnam-operations/
4. Moody’s upgrades Hapag-Lloyd to ‘Ba1’. The rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) in late December raised Hapag-Lloyd’s credit rating by one notch from ‘Ba2’ to ‘Ba1.’ This is the highest credit rating assigned to Hapag-Lloyd since the rating initiation by Moody’s in 2010. Additionally, the senior unsecured bond rating was raised from ‘Ba3’ to ‘Ba1.’ The ratings have been assigned a ‘stable’ outlook.
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/moodys-upgrades-hapag-lloyd-to-ba1/
https://shipmanagementinternational.com/moodys-upgrades-hapag-lloyd-to-ba1/
5. Guyana Removes Wrecks To Increase Safety For Oil Supply Vessels. Guyana said it is making a concerted effort to clear wreckage from its waterways and improve navigation as the number of ships serving the burgeoning oil-sector increases.
https://gcaptain.com/guyana-removes-wrecks-to-increase-safety-for-oil-supply-vessels/
https://gcaptain.com/guyana-removes-wrecks-to-increase-safety-for-oil-supply-vessels/
6. Russia Declares Emergency After Black Sea Oil Spill. Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month.
https://gcaptain.com/russia-declares-emergency-after-black-sea-oil-spill/
https://gcaptain.com/russia-declares-emergency-after-black-sea-oil-spill/
7. Finland Begins Port State Inspection On Detained Tanker Eagle S. Finland began a so-called port state control inspection of the detained Eagle S tanker that’s being held after undersea cable ruptures last week, seeking to probe if the vessel meets international safety norms.
https://gcaptain.com/finland-begins-port-state-inspection-on-detained-tanker-eagle-s/
https://gcaptain.com/finland-begins-port-state-inspection-on-detained-tanker-eagle-s/
8. Icebreaker ‘Storis’ Officially Joins U.S. Coast Guard Fleet. The icebreaking offshore supply vessel Aiviq has officially joined the U.S. Coast Guard fleet as the renamed CGC Storis. Once in service the vessel will become the Coast Guard’s first new polar icebreaker in more than 25 years.
https://gcaptain.com/icebreaker-storis-officially-joins-u-s-coast-guard-fleet/
https://gcaptain.com/icebreaker-storis-officially-joins-u-s-coast-guard-fleet/
9. US Plans More Sanctions on Tankers Carrying Russian oil, Sources Say. The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying Russian crude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
https://gcaptain.com/us-plans-more-sanctions-on-tankers-carrying-russian-oil-sources-say/
https://gcaptain.com/us-plans-more-sanctions-on-tankers-carrying-russian-oil-sources-say/
10. The Wartime Risk Insurers Making Fortunes Keeping Trade Moving. Inside faceless office buildings scattered around London, a niche corner of the insurance market is keeping hundreds of billions of dollars in commodity trade moving through some of the world’s most dangerous waters.
https://gcaptain.com/the-wartime-risk-insurers-making-fortunes-keeping-trade-moving/
https://gcaptain.com/the-wartime-risk-insurers-making-fortunes-keeping-trade-moving/