-
Containers
General average declared on burnt ZIM Charleston
General average has been declared on the 8,586 teu , with Splash sourcing the first public image of the burnt…
Read More » -
Containers
Antong Holdings teams with CU Lines on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades
Another Chinese liner is branching out from its domestic roots to the main east-west trades. Antong Holdings-controlled Ansheng Shipping is…
Read More » -
Containers
Hapag-Lloyd kicks off fleet upgrade program
German containerline Hapag-Lloyd has kicked off a fleet upgrade program for 150 ships over the next five years. The first…
Read More » -
Gas
MOL moves ahead with larger CO2 carrier designs
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has given the world a glimpse of what a large liquefied CO2 carrier could look like.…
Read More » -
Operations
End of the Indian Ocean High Risk Area
After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has decided to remove the Indian Ocean…
Read More » -
Offshore
British drilling workers to vote on industrial action
The UK’s summer of discontent, which has seen professions from barristers to dockworkers vote to strike, has another workforce mulling…
Read More » -
Operations
Alastair Marsh joins the board at Wallem
Alastair Marsh, the former CEO of class society Lloyd’s Register, has been appointed to the board of Hong Kong shipmanager…
Read More » -
Americas
Oakland plans for zero-emissions operations
The Port of Oakland will spend $2m developing clean energy at its facility. The project includes electrical infrastructure including solar…
Read More » -
Tankers
VLCCs enjoy the most impressive summer rally on record
The VLCC earnings climb since June has been christened the most impressive summer rally in the sector on record by…
Read More » -
Containers
Demand-led spikes are over for container shipping
The demand-led spikes seen during the pandemic that propelled container shipping to record earnings are now a thing of the…
Read More » -
Ports and Logistics
Felixstowe strike sparks further supply chain woes for the UK
British mainstream media headlines are awash with empty supermarket shelf pictures and concerns about Christmas shopping on day two of…
Read More » -
Operations
COSCO develops tech to transform pulp ship into a car carrier
In the unprecedented shipping markets witnessed during the pandemic, cargo types have migrated to all manner of alternate vessels, a…
Read More » -
Operations
Crew abandonment cases closing in on another dire record
Cases of crew abandonment are on the rise despite most shipping markets being at very healthy levels. 2022 is on…
Read More » -
Gas
Japan presses ahead with ammonia barge project
Four big names in Japanese maritime are joining forces in a bid to commercialise ammonia floating storage and regasification barges.…
Read More » -
Offshore
Larsen & Toubro unveils $2.5bn green energy plans
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has laid out an outlay of up to $2.5bn to develop its green…
Read More » -
Dry Cargo
Bulk carrier congestion on the wane as cape earnings slide
It has been a disastrous week for the big bulk carriers with capesizes sliding below opex.One reason for the slump…
Read More » -
Containers
ZIM confirms blaze on ship off Colombo
Officials at Israeli carrier ZIM have confirmed that a fire ripped through the 8,586 teu 11 days ago in the…
Read More » -
Ports and Logistics
Red Sea Gateway Terminal gets the nod to run Bangladesh’s newest container facility
Bangladeshi officials have finally found an operator for the country’s newest container terminal. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT)…
Read More » -
Ports and Logistics
New green hydrogen facility proposed on Canada’s east coast
The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) on Canada’s east coast has reached an agreement in principle with Cross River Infrastructure Partners…
Read More » -
Containers
Hundreds of boxes damaged in latest containership blaze off Colombo
Reports have emerged of another sizeable fire onboard a boxship. Insurance firm WK Webster carries news of a fire on…
Read More »