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Userviceret fragtskib ud for Borkum slept til havn
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Et bilfracter tog ild i maskinrummet kort efter afgang fra Emden. Besætningen begrænsede branden, og redningsmandskabet slukkede den fuldstændigt uden personskader eller miljøskader. Skibet blev sikkert slept tilbage til Emden havn.
På grund af stormen Elli vendte AIDA Cruises-skibet Aidanova tilbage til Hamburg en dag tidligere. Skibet ankom til Hamburgs havn tidlig fredag morgen, selvom det oprindeligt var planlagt til lørdag. Gæsterne kan blive om bord indtil turen officielt slutter lørdag.
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Container shipping costs from South Korea to major economies, including the United States and the European Union (EU), increased from a month earlier in November, the Korea Customs Service said on Dec. 15. The average cost for a 40-foot container to the U.S. east coast and west coast rose 3.3 percent and 5.7 percent on-month to 5.37 million won ($3,635) and 5.34 million won, respectively. Rates to the EU gained 11.6 percent to 3.25 million won, while costs to China dipped 0.3 percent to 515,000 won.
The United Nations has delayed a vote on imposing the world's first global carbon tax on shipping emissions by one year, following opposition led by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The decision came during an International Maritime Organization session in London, where consensus could not be reached. The Trump administration hailed the postponement as a major victory against what it called an unconstitutional tax.