1. Regional Container Lines partners with Lloyd’s Register OneOcean to drive fleet optimisation and emissions reduction. The partnership will enhance Regional Container Lines’ fleet efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and support its commitment to operational excellence and sustainability.
RCL has partnered with Lloyd’s Register OneOcean to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of its fleet operations.
https://intermanager.org/wp/wp-admin/post.php?post=166749&action=edit
https://intermanager.org/wp/wp-admin/post.php?post=166749&action=edit
2. Experts urge shipping to recognise free internet access as a basic right for seafarers. As the world marks World Health Day, maritime health and welfare experts are urging the shipping industry to recognise free reliable internet access as a basic human right for seafarers — not a luxury.
Despite advancements in ship technology, many crews still face limited or unaffordable internet access at sea.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/experts-urge-shipping-to-recognise-free-internet-access-as-a-basic-right-for-seafarers/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/experts-urge-shipping-to-recognise-free-internet-access-as-a-basic-right-for-seafarers/
3. The U.S. Steel Industry: Market Outlook, Theory, and Global Trade Implications. The March edition of Signal Ocean Research offers an in-depth analysis of the U.S. steel industry. It examines how recent developments—such as tariffs and trade tensions—could reshape global commodity markets and the dry bulk freight sector. Leveraging data from the Signal Ocean Platform, we explore current steel trade flows and assess the potential for structural shifts in the existing market framework.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/the-u-s-steel-industry-market-outlook-theory-and-global-trade-implications/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/the-u-s-steel-industry-market-outlook-theory-and-global-trade-implications/
4. How the IMO can take action for the Arctic cutting Atlantic Shipping Emissions and Banishing Scrubbers. Ahead of this week’s meeting of the International Maritime OrganizationMarine Environment Protection Committee which will address crucial issues on climate heating emissions from the shipping sector, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called for IMO member states to support a proposal for a new Northeast Atlantic emission control area to enter into force in 2027.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/how-the-imo-can-take-action-for-the-arctic-cutting-atlantic-shipping-emissions-and-banishing-scrubbers/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/04/10/how-the-imo-can-take-action-for-the-arctic-cutting-atlantic-shipping-emissions-and-banishing-scrubbers/
5. Fire hits German boxship off Dutch coast. A rescue mission is underway in the Dutch North Sea after an explosion triggered a fire on board a German-owned containership.
The 1,368 teu 2009-built Victoria L suffered a blaze in the engine room around 13.00 hrs local time near Hoek van Holland.
Two helicopters and multiple vessels have been deployed by the Dutch Coast Guard.
https://splash247.com/fire-hits-german-boxship-off-dutch-coast/
https://splash247.com/fire-hits-german-boxship-off-dutch-coast/
6. Bibby unit lines up $25m vessel finance for smaller owners. BFS Marine Finance, part of Bibby Line Group’s independent funder Bibby Financial Services, has lined up £20m ($25m) to support smaller businesses within the commercial marine sector.
A structured facility has been agreed with the British Business Bank to provide secured financing for fleet renewal, expansion or upgrade of existing vessels.
https://splash247.com/bibby-unit-lines-up-25m-vessel-finance-for-smaller-owners/
https://splash247.com/bibby-unit-lines-up-25m-vessel-finance-for-smaller-owners/
7. Trump leaves this week’s green talks at IMO up in smoke. Donald Trump has done to the International Maritime Organization what he did to the Paris Agreement, in choosing to distance the US this week from ongoing talks over a global carbon levy on shipping.
https://splash247.com/trump-leaves-this-weeks-green-talks-at-imo-up-in-smoke/
https://splash247.com/trump-leaves-this-weeks-green-talks-at-imo-up-in-smoke/
8. End of a Growth Era: U.S. Container Imports Set to Plunge as Sweeping Trade Tariffs Take Effect. May 2025 is projected to mark the end of 19 consecutive months of year-over-year growth amid Trump’s escalating Trade War, new forecasts warn.Major U.S. container ports are bracing for a dramatic drop in cargo volumes as unprecedented tariffs on all trading partners threaten to reshape maritime trade patterns.
https://gcaptain.com/end-of-a-growth-era-u-s-container-imports-set-to-plunge-as-sweeping-trade-tariffs-take-effect/
https://gcaptain.com/end-of-a-growth-era-u-s-container-imports-set-to-plunge-as-sweeping-trade-tariffs-take-effect/
9. China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 84% as Trade Rift Worsens. China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on US goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.
https://gcaptain.com/china-raises-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-84-as-trade-rift-worsens/
https://gcaptain.com/china-raises-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-84-as-trade-rift-worsens/
10. Grimaldi Group signs order for nine pioneering ro-pax ships. As part of its fleet expansion and renewal program, the Grimaldi Group has commissioned the construction of nine ro-pax vessels from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai), a China Merchants Group company. The agreement for these cutting-edge new builds, worth a total of $1.3 billion, was signed this morning in Hong Kong.
https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/grimaldi-group-signs-order-for-nine-pioneering-ro-pax-ships
https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/grimaldi-group-signs-order-for-nine-pioneering-ro-pax-ships