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Environment
Stolt Tankers deploys graphene-based propeller coatings in latest decarbonisation drive
Stolt Tankers has become the first chemical tanker company to apply Graphite Innovations & Technology’s graphene-based propeller coatings to its…
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Containers
Container charter market on a visible rising trend
Activity in the container charter market remains high with one fixture in particular giving tonnage providers pause for thought. After…
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Ports and Logistics
LA and Long Beach longshoremen back at work
Workers returned to work on Saturday after two days of intermittent strikes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long…
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Environment
Bulker wreck spews oil as bad weather hits Gibraltar
Employees of the Gibraltar Port Authority were busy over the Easter weekend, cleaning up the latest debris to wash ashore…
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Containers
ONE Eco Calculator launched
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) has debuted its ONE Eco Calculator, which calculates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from ONE’s…
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Asia
Charges set to be filed against owner of the Princess Empress tanker in the Philippines
The owner of the sunken Princess Empress product tanker will likely face criminal charges in the Philippines. The ship went…
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Containers
Just how much did MSC’s container business make last year?
It’s one of shipping’s most closely held secrets, up there with Greeks and the dark fleet, the true meaning of…
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Gas
Say No To LNG shipping campaign launches
Say No To LNG, a global shipping campaign, has launched this month, with its backers saying they aim to debunk…
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Ports and Logistics
Europol details how criminal networks have infiltrated leading European ports
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has launched a joint analysis report with the Security Steering Committee…
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Operations
Syrian crew die as elderly ship sinks off Turkish coast
A 30-year-old Guinea-Bissau flagged general cargo ship with 14 Syrian crew sank off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast early on Wednesday morning,…
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Greater China
China launches ship inspection campaign in the Taiwan Strait
Commercial maritime traffic along one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes face a tense few days ahead. China’s Fujian maritime…
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Environment
Japanese set out to develop engines for tomorrow’s alternative fuel mix
Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has set out to work with compatriot Akasaka Diesels to develop hydrogen and ammonia ship engines.…
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Containers
CMA CGM’s secondhand splurge since 2020 surpasses the 100-ship mark
The two most aggressive buyers of secondhand boxships during container shipping’s record earnings period of the last three years have…
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Europe
Aponte family’s net worth soars
Among the richest people, Gianluigi Aponte saw his wealth grow the sixth fastest in the world for the 12-month period…
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Operations
UK-patented sensor backed to help fight shipping’s growing battery fire crisis
The inventors of the Thermarestor, a UK-patented sensor, are pitching the technology as a way for shipping to counter the…
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Environment
UMAS report details green priorities for shipping this decade
UMAS, a commercial advisory service affiliated with the UCL Energy Institute at University College London, has issued a report looking…
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Europe
Edouard Louis-Dreyfus elected president of Armateurs de France
Edouard Louis-Dreyfus has taken on a two-year presidency of Armateurs de France, the French shipowners’ association, vowing to boost the…
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Containers
Shreyas buys three boxships
Mumbai-based Shreyas Shipping and Logistics, part of Transworld Group, has bought three boxships. The three ships – the 2,872 teu…
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Operations
Brazil to fine seafarers who arrive without ID
The Brazilian authorities have announced that they will be strictly requiring all seafarers arriving in Brazil to be in possession…
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Shipyards
Davie Shipbuilding given federal fillip
Quebec’s Davie Shipbuilding has become the third entity to join Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), ensuring a multi-billion dollar initial…
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