Good morning, and welcome to my daily Panamax Post column. A 10C morning here in Spot Ship HQ #london
 
It’s a pleasure to have Marcus Hand Chat about Geopolitics and Trade, with the wonderful Mr Punit Oza, FICS, AFNI, LLB, M.Sc. Oza, Founder of Maritime NXT, as the lead article in today’s Panamax Post
 
I wish you good fixtures and safe travels, until we meet here again on Monday. And now for the news before the headlines
 
Hans Aasnæs is stepping down as chief executive of Western Bulk
 
The US Central Command revealed the details of a recent large arms seizure traveling from Iran to the #houthis militants 
 
The #unitedstates conducted a #cyberattack against an Iranian military ship in the #redsea and Gulf of Aden
 
Peter Norborg of Swire Bulk sees a risk of container ships poaching bulk cargo, if the sector does not adapt to new and cleaner fuels
 
Hapag-Lloyd AG, Ocean Network Express and #maersk want legislators to make #fossilfuels more expensive and have outlined a proposal on how it might work
 
The interest from potential buyers for DB Schenker is greater than expected and raises hopes for sales at the higher end of the price scale
 
Broekman Logistics is selling the Distriport terminal in Brittanniëhaven to shipping group CLdN
  
Seatrium has secured the world’s first full-scale, turnkey carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofit from Solvang ASA
 
NAKILAT has been selected by QatarEnergy as the owner and operator of up to 25 conventional size #lng carriers
 
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA has unveiled a hydrogen-powered outboard for recreational #boats
 
Shell released a new study in which it finds that global demand for liquefied natural gas is likely to rise by 50% by the year 2040
 
AD Ports Group has reported its preliminary financial results for the 12 months, reporting more than doubled to $3bn
 
BIMCO, along with #bangladesh #india #norway #pakistan and the ICS, has submitted a document for the 81st MEPC meeting
 
Ocean Network Express has announced the inauguration of the AP1 service
 
ABS Group has inaugurated a training centre for LNG-related training and development in Doha which has the support of QatarEnergy
 
CMA CGM has taken delivery of the CMA CGM Mermaid
 
The World Shipping Council has joined the call for a “feebate” bunker tax-and-subsidy program
 
Ilya Espino de Marotta, does not expect changes to current vessel transit restrictions until at least April
 
The price of global #shipping containers jumped by more than 300% from November 2023 to January 
 
Thank you to Adis Ajdin Marcus Hand Vijay Krishna The Maritime ExecutiveMarine And Offshore Insight gCaptain