What happens in the Arctic affects Europe directly. This morning I opened the EU Arctic Forum in Brussels with Commissioner Costas Kadis. The Arctic is warming fast. With melting ice come new shipping routes and new raw materials opportunities, but also more competition. https://t.co/sRzDmCkY7a #Arctic #ClimateChange #EUEnergy #EU #BR
The Arctic is becoming one of the most strategically important regions in the world, and Greenland sits at the centre of it: shipping routes, critical raw materials and geopolitical interests that reach beyond the region. A large part of my work has been focused on this region. https://t.co/OkB8jMbLXG #Arctic #Greenland #Geopolitics #GL
Last week, we completed clearing sea mines from the strait's international shipping routes. We are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway.
SpaceX has just officially announced Starbase, Louisiana, a new $100+ billion spaceport in South Louisiana near Pecan Island. Construction starts in 2027, with the first Starship launch from the new site planned for 2029. Starbase, Louisiana will be built to support thousands of Starship flights a year. This self-sustaining spaceport will have propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping capabilities, vehicle processing facilities, and an airport. SpaceX is committed to investing at least $100 billion and creating more than 3,000 new jobs at Starbase, Louisana hiring heavily from nearby communities and utilizing Louisiana workers’ extensive experience of building complex infrastructure in their unique environment. In Vermilion Parish, the shoreline is eroding between 3.3 and 23 feet per year. SpaceX is partnering with state and federal agencies to expand Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan and Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act projects, including Gulf shoreline protection breakwaters designed to reduce wave energy and slow loss along the Gulf edge. https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2092285684333625550
If things get serious, this is will be the basis of a future North and South Europe. Those willing to defend Europe and those who just want subsidies and to block sanctions on the aggressor lest their tourist industry, some bank or shipping tycoon make less money. #Europe #Solidarity #Sanctions #EU #NO #SE
Attacks & disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz & the Red Sea are constraining the movement of energy, fertilizers & other essential commodities. In the conflict following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, attacks are threatening shipping routes vital for https://t.co/zjQxPslR20 #MaritimeSecurity #StraitOfHormuz #ShippingRoutes #IR #SA #RU #UA
22 MAY 1967 — WHO PUSHED EGYPT TO CLOSE THE STRAITS OF TIRAN? On 22 May 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. That decision was one of the decisive steps that transformed the Middle East crisis into the Six-Day War, which https://t.co/VTQXR68mRX #SixDayWar #StraitsOfTiran #MiddleEastCrisis #EG #IL
GLOBAL COALITION TO DEFEAT THE HOUTHIS — NOW The Houthi assault on international shipping must end. On 11 August 2026, another deadly attack struck shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb, killing four crew members. The Houthis have also escalated attacks against Yemen and Saudi interests. #GlobalCoalition #StopTheHouthis #BabElMandeb #YE #SA
Aliexpress zaczął wysyłać paczki Amazonem. Dzięki temu nie trzeba płacić "unijnego podatku". Trudno ocenić na ten moment skalę, ale dostawy do Europy coraz częściej realizowane są za pomocą Amazon Shipping. https://t.co/3MgTerqF7X #AliExpress #Amazon #Ecommerce
The Indian state operator Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has announced a tender for the construction of the largest container ships in its history. The project is part of a broader strategy of the Indian government aimed at developing the domestic shipbuilding industry. Announced on July 31st this year. (translated)
A ship is hit every 24-48 hours but markets pay no attention because they have become structurally unable to price risk. 🛳️💥 #MarketRisk #ShippingNews #FinancialCrisis #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 | La empresa estatal rusa de energía nuclear Rosatom dice que siete buques chinos navegarán hacia Europa a través de la Ruta del Mar del Norte, con Sea Legend Shipping lanzando el primer servicio regular semanal de contenedores de la ruta. Moscú espera que la ruta ártica pueda convertirse en una alternativa importante al Canal de Suez en medio de la creciente inestabilidad en el Golfo Pérsico. #EnergíaNuclear #RutaDelMarDelNorte #ComercioInternacional
One of the largest Turkish shipping companies - Besiktas Shipping - has suspended cargo transportation from Russia after commercial vessels in the Black Sea were hit by drones and missiles. The company stated that the reason is the rapidly increasing security risk for the crews and vessels. The decision comes (translated)
