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July 23, 2025
According to traders and LSEG, Saudi Arabia was the number one destination for Russian fuel oil and vacuum gasoline (VGO) seaborne exports in June. The hot summer required increased energy consumption. The Middle East and Asia became the primary…
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July 3, 2025
The massive tax and spending plan of President Donald Trump includes more than $8,6 billion for the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet to be deployed in the Arctic where Washington hopes it can counter the rising dominance of Russia and China.
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July 1, 2025
China barred Tolentino from entering the country on Tuesday, citing his "egregious behavior" in matters like the South China Sea dispute a day after he finished his six-year tenure. Tolentino had campaigned on his efforts last year to introduce…
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June 25, 2025
China and India, the two largest thermal coal importers in the world, are cutting back on Indonesian shipments in favor of more energy-dense grades imported from other countries. This is because a fall in global coal prices has made high-quality coals more competitive.
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June 17, 2025
Mitsui O.S.K., Japan's second-largest shipping company. Lines (MOL), Malaysia's Misc Bhd, and Petroliam Nasional Bhd(Petronas), have formed a joint-venture. It said Tuesday that it will operate Liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers. MOL announced that the joint company Jules Nautica Sdn.
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June 5, 2025
Manila's military said that the Philippines and United States have been sailing together in the South China Sea seven times to improve interoperability. The exercise, which was held in the waters near the provinces Occidental Mindoro, Zambales…
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May 28, 2025
According to officials and security documents, China has shown its strength by sending a large number of coast guard and naval vessels across a wide area of East Asian water. This move has unnerved the regional capitals. Three regional security officials…
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May 20, 2025
Manila's armed services announced on Wednesday that the Coast Guard vessels from the Philippines and United States had participated in their first joint maritime exercise with air and naval units in the contested South China Sea. The Philippine Navy…
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May 5, 2025
The Philippines deployed a coastguard vessel and an airplane to confront and escort the Chinese research ship that it claimed was engaged in illegal marine scientific research within its exclusive economic zone. PCG released a statement Monday…
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May 16, 2025
Ahn Deuk Geun, South Korea's Minister of Trade and Industry, said that he had met with U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer on Friday and requested a waiver for Washington's tariffs. Ahn said that the South Korean delegation will visit the…
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April 29, 2025
China's Navy conducted a South China Sea patrol on Tuesday. It claimed that the Philippines was creating "disturbances", and conducting its own patrols in conjunction with other countries. China, which claims nearly the entire South China Sea…
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April 17, 2025
The Philippine Coast Guard reported on Thursday that four people, including one Chinese national, were killed and seven are still missing after a 25-person dredging boat capsized in a province of western Philippines two days earlier. PCG stated that the MV Hong Hai 16 had 2…
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April 28, 2025
On Monday, a senior South Korean official said that Seoul will not agree to a package of trade deals with Washington before the June 3 presidential elections. He also noted the challenges in reaching an agreement even by early July. Seoul's…
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April 28, 2025
The Philippines denied on Monday that news reports claiming Beijing had seized control over a reef in dispute in the South China Sea were true, after their personnel landed and discovered no Chinese presence on the unoccupied sandbars. The Chinese…
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April 28, 2025
On Monday, a senior South Korean official ruled out the possibility of a deal being reached with the United States before the presidential elections in the Asian nation on June 3. He also noted that reaching an agreement even by early July would be difficult.
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April 28, 2025
South Korean companies Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO), Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO), and SK subsidiary PRISM Energy International, have released a tender to purchase one liquefied gas (LNG). The cargo is due for delivery in the month of June.
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April 15, 2025
In the latest dispute over this waterway, China and the Philippines both accused the other of dangerous maneuvers on a disputed shoal. The Philippine Coast Guard reported that a Chinese coast guard vessel had accelerated and performed manoeuvres…
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April 9, 2025
China's Coast Guard said Thursday that it allowed a Philippine civil vessel to deliver supplies to a warship illegally grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. In a press release, the coast guard said that it had questioned and…
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April 1, 2025
A senior Taiwan coastguard official has said that China may find a "pretext", such as sensitive dates like the anniversary of President Lai Ching Te's first year in office, which falls on May, to hold new wargames around Taiwan. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory…
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March 4, 2025
The Chinese coastguard said on Wednesday that it had monitored a Philippine civil boat on Tuesday delivering daily supplies to the "illegally anchored" warship on the Second Thomas Shoal. China and the Philippines both claim the territory, and they often clash in the surrounding waters.
