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Financial Times global shipping and industry correspondent covering ships, steel, chemicals and the like. London-based. Views my own. Tips and thoughts: [email protected]
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialMaersk has for 10 years tried to become and increasing integrated logistics company.
But this year the company realised it really needs to compete again on the shipping side even though the number of container ships on order is near all-time highs: www.ft.com/content/bcf1...
@data.ft.comReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialSalty seas get saltier and world ocean more acidic as heatwaves bring ‘profound change’ ft.trib.al/e5oRq5R
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialShip’s captains are being salaries of up to $100,000 a month pro rata to transit Hormuz, with seafarers lower in the rankings relative uplifts to risk their lives in a deadly week of attacks
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialWild
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialShipping groups seek counter-drone protection after wave of attacks in the Black Sea and Middle East
@financialtimes.comReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialArctic sea routes boom as Gulf war and global warming divert shipping ft.trib.al/8YIYQ97
@financialtimes.comReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialDiesel falls sharply as EU considers releasing 50mn barrels under pressure from Trump ft.trib.al/kTGUxpR
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialBizarrely the price of 10 year old oil tankers is now getting more expensive than new ones as values of available tankers to ship oil from the Gulf go "bananas"
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialEXCL: Houthis have assured the EU that they are not trying to hit European ships while extending their control over the Bab al Mandeb strait
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialArcelorMittal has said it will shut Ukraine's biggest operational steel plant after four strikes in five weeks killed five employees and injured 17
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialEurope’s biggest stainless steelmaker finds new way to extract critical metal that could help build a Western-only supply chain to counter China
@financialtimes.comReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialOil price on track for longest losing streak in more than 12 months ft.trib.al/430Rj02
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialEXCL: Trafigura is planning to list an oil tanker business with a fleet of the largest size of tankers, taking advantage of record high rates thanks to the Middle East.
@tonytassell.bsky.socialReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialThe US billionaires lining up to bankroll Republicans’ election push - www.ft.com/content/2285...
@financialtimes.comReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialSanctions loophole lets UK insurer cover tankers carrying Russian gas ft.trib.al/NHznWvk
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialEXCL: A group of 18 of major seafaring nations have published a statement for the first time in its 60ish year history to underline their concerns that the maritime system as we know it is at risk of collapse
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialDecarbonising steel production with electric arc furnaces is good for the planet but will it ever make a profit for companies like ArcelorMittal?
@aronlund.bsky.socialReposted by @alicemhancock.bsky.socialOn the mining and demining of the Strait of Hormuz, by @financialtimes.com’s Bob Haslett, Charles Clover, and Alice Hancock. www.ft.com/content/0403...
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialJebel Ali is the 9th largest port in the world and the biggest in the Middle East but the war has had a major impact and could well threaten its future: www.ft.com/content/daab...
@alicemhancock.bsky.socialMaersk is planning to instal the first wind sail on a container ship -- age old techniques and that...
