Good morning, and welcome to my daily Panamax Post column. It is a cold start to the week, currently 3C here in London but it will be a very bright sunshine filled day and a high of 10C. After a weekend in #ireland , hot coffee on hand and a busy day ahead it’s all hands on deck here at Spot Ship HQ
 
With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels, and now for the news before the headlines
 
Salvatore Mercogliano, Ph.D. discusses the Top 5 Maritime Stories Black Sea, Russia & Ukraine; Red Sea; Panama Canal; Containers, and War Risk
 
The #unitedstates is continuing to target tankers violating the year-old #russian oil price cap
 
Eight former Indian Navy officers who had been sentenced to death by a court in #qatar have been released 
 
US Navy dismissed the #commanding officer of Destroyer Squadron 2
 
The cost of the key ingredient for making #chocolate has roughly doubled since the start of last year
 
The #usgovernment has given new commitments to the development of the Lobito Corridor
 
#houthi militant group continues to field anti-ship missile and drone capabilities 
 
A new #hydrogen -powered cargo barge is now ready to begin operations on the Rhine
 
The Port of Dover and the University of Plymouth and Manchester have been awarded a $419.9m grant
 
Peel Ports Group has announced the appointment of Jason Clark FCA as its new CFO 
 
A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced that it would use Shanghai as its new global gateway
 
COSCO SHIPPING Lines has opened its new branch office, SARL, in Casablanca
 
Girteka Group has established new multimodal transportation services from Finland to Germany
 
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has unveiled plans to develop small modular #nuclear reactors for newbuild vessels
 
A.P. Moller – Maersk has published its 2023 full-year report
 
Yara International is offloading its Yara Marine Technologies division to Okapi Energy Group
 
#india will surpass #china as the largest source of #oil demand growth in the world this decade
 
Investors in the cape market threw cash on the table last week before the #chinesenewyear kicked in
 
A contract for a series of #ammonia -powered #containerships is in the offing
 
Officials of #tobago are scrambling to clean up a growing oil spill while they also investigate the mysterious capsize
 
#chinese forces have been closely shadowing the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary at Scarborough Shoal
 
Metal Shark Boats is expanding its presence
 
#grain ships diverted from #redsea
 
#shipping rates for Asia-bound liquefied petroleum gas have plummeted in 2024
 
#ukraine expects its 2024 spring sowing area to be the same as last year
 
Thank you to Adis Ajdin Marcus Hand Vijay Krishna The Maritime ExecutiveBBC News