-
Shipyards
Shipyard CEO appointment attracts sharp criticism from South Korea’s incoming new president
The decision earlier this week to promote Park Doo-seon from vice president to CEO at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
Read More » -
Asia
Keppel offloads logistics arm, provides Sembcorp yard merger update
Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation has sold its logistics arm to France’s GEODIS for $80m, while also making progress on a…
Read More » -
Shipyards
Case made for imminent shipbuilding supercycle
Analysts at brokers BRS have posited that shipbuilding is closing in on the supercycle territory it last enjoyed in the…
Read More » -
Operations
UK promotes global debate on minimum wage for seafarers
The UK government has moved to initiate a global discussion on seafarer minimum pay in the wake of the sacking…
Read More » -
Operations
Seafarer abandonment cases on the rise
Seafarer abandonment cases are on the rise once again with the legal committee at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) determined…
Read More » -
Europe
Ukraine accuses Russia of mining the Black Sea
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said yesterday that naval mines which have been found across the Black Sea were “uncontrolled drifting ammunition”…
Read More » -
Containers
US questions Chinese dominance in container manufacturing
Carl Bentzel, a commissioner at the Federal Maritime Commission in Washington DC, has published a 28-page report following his year-long…
Read More » -
Containers
ZIM charters six 5,500 teu newbuilds
Israeli carrier ZIM has fixed a new charter transaction with a group of investors initiated by MPC Capital, taking six…
Read More » -
Gas
MOL showcases ammonia/liquefied CO2 carrier design
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding have showcased today a concept design for an ammonia/liquefied CO2 carrier with…
Read More » -
Environment
Isle of Man Ship Registry and FuelTrust sign MOU to validate green ships
Tech firm FuelTrus and the Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) have signed a memorandum of understanding. To use FuelTrust’s…
Read More » -
Operations
Overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point: ITF
Last year, Troy Pearson and Charley Cragg died while towing a barge for Rio Tinto in rough, icy waters. Yesterday,…
Read More » -
Operations
Car carrier rates hit record highs
Car carrier rates are hitting record highs according to new research from VesselsValue. Eastern Pacific’s 2008-built, 4,902 ceu was fixed…
Read More » -
Containers
Liner pricing investigation under way in Africa
Africa is the latest region to investigate liner pricing tactics. Maersk, CMA CGM and German-controlled United Africa Feeder Line are…
Read More » -
Environment
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping launches port partnership to establish the European Green Corridors Network
Green corridors – cited by many decarbonisation experts as the best hope fo fast track shipping’s path to zero emissions…
Read More » -
Environment
Norway and Japan seen leading shipping’s zero emissions race
New mapping of zero emission pilots and demonstration efforts in shipping reveals Norway and Japan are out in front in…
Read More » -
Asia
MOL debuts new online shop, unable to provide shipping costs
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipping line by dwt, has debuted a new shop. MOL Shop sells used ship…
Read More » -
Environment
Amasus opts for suction sails
The , owned and operated by the Dutch shipowner Amasus Shipping, will start harnessing the power of wind. The 91…
Read More » -
Splash Extra
We’re watching you
Shipping loves a war. It’s a trite saying, dished out by shipping veterans as TV news correspondents don flak jackets…
Read More » -
Containers
Shanghai lockdown latest: Pudong eerily quiet
Landside issues in locked down Shanghai are likely to harm supply chains in the coming days rather than at the…
Read More » -
Containers
Sky-high box freight rates could increase global inflation by 1.5% this year: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has looked at container freight rates and crunched the numbers to work out what today’s…
Read More »