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Asia
Pertamina International Shipping forges overseas pacts
Indonesia’s Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) is spreading its wings. The shipping subsidiary of the nation’s top energy producer has recently…
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Dry Cargo
Derek Langston joins Braemar
London-listed broker Braemar has raided rival SSY to appoint a new global head of dry cargo research. Derek Langston, a…
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Containers
Container shipping’s tricky 2023 outlook
Liner shipping will make just 5% of 2022’s mega profits, and up to 25% of the massive container orderbook will…
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Asia
Japan’s big three lines brace for challenging year ahead
As is customary in the first week of January, the heads of Japan’s big three shipping lines have given new…
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Dry Cargo
China partially lifts Australian coal ban
The largest story breaking in the new year for dry bulk has been a reported partial lifting of China’s unofficial…
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Tankers
Unipec maintains dominant VLCC position
Tanker broker Poten & Partners has unveiled its list of the top reported dirty spot charterers for 2022, with some…
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Operations
Futures supports FFA volume growth
The latest figures compiled from the clearing houses have underlined the continued depth of the market for freight derivatives, both…
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Environment
Israel introduces 0.1% sulphur directive
Israel is jumping ahead of littoral states in the Mediterranean, introducing a sulphur emission control area (ECA) in its waters…
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Dry Cargo
Year of two halves for dry bulk
Like yesterday’s tanker outlook, analysts reckon 2023 will be better for dry bulk in the second half of the year…
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Dry Cargo
Swedish charterers map out green fleet renewal
DNV and the Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI), an alliance of Swedish dry bulk charterers, have launched a feasibility study to…
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Containers
Evergreen to pay further fines over Chesapeake Bay grounding
Evergreen, the Taiwanese owner of the 11,850 teu , has been told to pay Maryland more than $676,000 to enhance…
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Gas
Japan makes progress with ammonia barge
Three Japanese parties have obtained the world’s first approval in principle (AiP) for an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge.…
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Europe
Beks ensures Turkey rides high in the S&P charts
Istanbul-based Beks Ship Management and Trading remains one of the most active Turkish owners in the secondhand market. Turkish tycoon…
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Tankers
Tanker waypoints to look out for in 2023
After a bumper 2022 thanks to limited new supply and stretched supply chains seeking oil from all corners of the…
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Middle East
Sharma taps former Eastern Pacific head to run his shipowning empire
Anil Sharma has tapped a well-known name to head up his fast expanding shipowning empire. Best known for his ship…
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Containers
CMA CGM sails into new space
Already sailing the world’s seven seas, French liner CMA CGM has helped hoist a sail far, far away. After two…
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Containers
New Turkish liner heads to Russia
A new name in Turkish container shipping is providing links to Russia. Sidra Line, founded in Istanbul last May by…
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Ports and Logistics
Lisbon port hit by cyber attack
The website of the Port of Lisbon is still down, 10 days after Portugal’s third-largest port was hit by a…
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Gas
Celsius gives China Merchants its entrance into LNG carrier construction
After having a newbuilding letter of intent agreed since the autumn, China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu and Celsius Tankers have…
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Tech
Captain’s Table finalists announced
Today marks two weeks until the finals of the fourth edition of The Captain’s Table, which will be streamed live…
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