Mastodawn

US escalates trade row with China over Iran war ahead of Trump-Xi summit https://www.politico.eu/article/us-escalates-trade-row-with-china-over-iran-war-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Negotiations #Enforcement #Department #MiddleEast #Satellites #Technology #WallStreet #Companies #Sanctions #Conflict #Military #Services #Shipping #Politics #Defense #Exports #Weapons #Defense #TradeUK #Drones #Trade #Oil #War

US escalates trade row with China over Iran war ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Trump will depart for Beijing in just under a week, alongside a delegation of American CEOs primed to stake out deals with the country’s geopolitical rival.

POLITICO

SailingNews 4h ago

#Shipping #Forecast #FitzRoy #warning, issued 03:44 (UTC+1) on Sat 9 May 2026 br Northeasterly gale force 8 continuing (from UK MetOffice) #sailing #sail

World Briefly 9h ago

An oil tanker has been seized off Yemen's coast and diverted to Somalia, marking the second hijacking in two weeks in the Gulf of Aden.

https://worldbriefly.news/oil-tanker-hijacked-off-yemen-coast-redirected-toward-somalia

#MaritimeSecurity #GulfOfAden #Shipping

Futuro Prossimo

11h ago

Una nave che brucia ammoniaca per fabbricarsi l'idrogeno che le serve a bruciare l'ammoniaca. Sembra uno scioglilingua, ma è il nuovo concetto di motore navale uscito sulla rivista Joule. Niente serbatoi giganti di idrogeno a bordo, niente impianti separati: il motore se lo produce da solo mentre gira. Una possibile via per pulire le grandi navi cargo, che da sole emettono un miliardo di tonnellate di gas serra l'anno.
https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2026/05/navi-a-idrogeno-e-senza-serbatoi-un-motore-ammoniaca-lo-produce-da-se

#futuroprossimo #ammoniaca #shipping

SailingNews 14h ago

#Shipping #Forecast #Trafalgar: Cyclonic, becoming southwest, 5 to 7. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough later in south. Thundery showers. Good occasionally moderate. (from UK MetOffice) #sailing #sail

SailingNews 14h ago

#Shipping #Forecast #FitzRoy: Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming northeasterly 6 to gale 8 in northwest. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough in far northwest. Thundery rain or showers. Good occasionally poor (from UK MetOffice) #sailing #sail

GeoWire.online 17h ago

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US Military Strikes Drug Trafficking Vessels in Pacific

The US military struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor. This attack on suspected narcotics boats brings the total death toll from such strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific to over 190 since September.

📰 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/us-military-strike-eastern-pacific

#USA #Military #Shipping #Geopolitics #GeoWire

US military strike on vessel in eastern Pacific kills two people, leaving one survivor

More than 190 people have been killed in such strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific

The Guardian

The Victorian News 18h ago

VHF Marine Radio
#ausnews #vicnews #vhf #radcomm #marine #radio #shipping #maritime

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/science-tech/radcom/vhf-marine-radio/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

VHF Marine Radio

VHF MARINE RADIO. — The International Telecommunications Union, since the Titanic sank, has allocated a large block of spectrum for maritime purposes, which is provided for in the VHF maritime mobile band.

VicNews