TradeWinds

• Excelerate Energy takes fundraising to $1bn in 32 days as underwriters exercise options
• Dominion’s ‘monster’ Jones Act wind turbine vessel is nearly alive in time to start US project
• US-flag shipping and yard sector endorse revised bill to boost America’s maritime
• Michael Waltz brought maritime to Trump’s White House. Now he’s out
• Scorpio Tankers not expecting much impact from US trade official’s port fees
• Clarksons squeaks home after massive shareholder revolt on pay for ‘star’ broker Andi Case
• Engine room blast on Maersk container ship injures seafarers
• Norden ‘well-protected’ from ‘significant’ market weakness, says boss Jan Rindbo
• Clarksons chairman Hollingworth ‘buys the dip’ with $237,000 share splurge
• Greece-based Erasmus unleashes transaction whirlwind across gas carriers, container ships and tankers
• Shots fired as Houthis stop tankers and LPG ships leaving port after US bombing
• Kirby profit driven by large vessel demand
• Wasaline bags new batteries to power FuelEU pool tie-up
• P&O Maritime to upgrade anchor-handler bought from Malaysia’s Lianson
• Dark VLCC unloads Iranian oil in China in ‘significant’ evasion of sanctions
• First LCO2 carrier for Europe’s Project Greensand set to emerge from Dutch yard
• Scorpio Tankers crushes earnings bets for first quarter, but dives year over year
• Clarksons predicts weaker tanker earnings next year as deliveries take their toll
• Distraction from mobile phone use on ships is killing seafarers, insurer Gard warns
• Market fears prompt liner giant Hapag-Lloyd to slash costs by $1bn over next 18 months
• Clarksons shares slump again after profit warning over tariffs and dollar
• Ningbo Ocean prepares $192m order for quartet of container ships
• Trafigura to ship 27 LNG cargoes worth $1.4bn to India’s IOC
• Golar LNG vessel sliced in two as work to transform it into FLNG unit starts
• Outlook for container shipping darkens in era of Trump 2.0
• Clarksons issues profit warning as tariffs push spot broking negotiations 7% lower
• Seacon fixes $65m in lease financing for fleet of MPPs bought from Baltic Shipping
• Norden’s asset-light division returns to black during the first quarter
• Dozens of tankers refuse to reveal insurance while passing EU waters
• Boss quits as Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes full control of New Zealand car carrier owner Armacup
• Japanese owner Kasuga Kaiun orders ultramax bulkers at New Dayang Shipbuilding
• Sales talk swirls around BP MR tanker sextet as Chinese leaseback deals expire
• Turkey picks up tab for removing wreck of uninsured container ship
• Three ageing VLCCs, an FSO and feeder ships: How Venezuela moved one fuel cargo into Asia
• Cosco inks orders for 32 vessels worth $4.8bn in just one week
• US trade official’s rules for LNG ships range from ‘challenging’ to ‘impossible’, Poten says
• George Economou’s talks with Sinokor on LNG carrier resale deal ‘bellyflop’
• Ships for America Act is back as Congress looks to boost US maritime sector
• EuroHoldings embarks on strategic review as stock lingers in the doldrums
• Low-profile Guatemalan shipowner orders LPG carrier at South Korean yard
• Talks between George Economou’s TMS and Sinokor on LNG carrier resale trio ‘bellyflop’
• Fleet of ‘zombie’ VLCCs returns from the grave to lift Venezuelan oil
• Norwegian Cruise shares plunge 9.4% amid signs of demand pressure
• Torm tanker heads to US with rare shipment of gas-to-liquids diesel cargo
• Clients trying to ‘future-proof’ Chinese finance leases, says Reed Smith’s Leigh Hansson
• Shipping insurance AI firm Ceto bags $4.8m in latest funding round
• US trade wars drive weaker demand outlook for dry bulk, analysts say
• US port fees could see Chinese owners retreat into shadow fleet
• Suezmaxes set for boost as China resumes crude imports from Kazakhstan
• Carriers slap on surcharges as Mediterranean becomes next low-emission zone