“Scarlet Lady”, the first of four ships which Virgin Voyages (new cruise operator and a brand part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group), ordered to Fincantieri, […]
Workers’ unions affiliated to the ITF have formed a new group in Papua New Guinea to cooperate more closely together. Image Credits: itfseafarers.org The national coordinating […]
The Panama Canal Authority has said it will impose a ‘Freshwater Charge’ on ships passing through the canal from 15th February. The charge will be set […]
Since the 1980s, Asean Bintulu Fertilizer (ABF), a subsidiary of the leading Chemical manufacturer in Southeast Asia, Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, has a production location for […]
The cooperation agreement between 2M and Hyundai Merchant Marine expires at the end of the first quarter of 2020. MSC is pleased to announce that we […]
Turkey registered bulk carrier Gülnak collided at a speed of 6.7 knots with Panama registered bulk carrier Cape Mathilde, which was moored alongside the Redcar bulk […]
The Port of Rotterdam saw a freight throughput of 469.4 million tonnes in 2019, fractionally higher than in 2018 (469 million tonnes). Investments by the Port […]
Korean Register (KR) has released a newly-upgraded suite of online services for customers. Announced by KR Chairman and CEO Lee Hyung-chul on 12 February 2020, the […]
The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE has joined CMA CGM Group’s fleet thus becoming the largest LNG-powered container ship in the world. A global leader in shipping […]
Increasing numbers of cases of human and labour rights abuse towards Indonesian fishers on foreign-flagged vessels are coming to light. Most recently, international NGOs, including Human […]
A new concept for a collaborative global ecosystem of maritime transport decarbonization initiatives has been introduced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Singapore, during a […]
As part of their ongoing commitment to support greener shipping, Yara Marine has jointly commissioned a report to quantify the climate impact of scrubbers compared to […]
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Shipping, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, and Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Maldives, Ms Aishath Nahula, jointly e- launched a […]
Leading global coatings manufacturer Hempel launches an underwater Hull Inspection service using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), to provide complete hull coating inspections while a vessel is […]
Reacting to news of the Arctic summer sea ice minimum reaching its second-lowest extent in the 42-year satellite record on September 15, and to recent reports […]
GTMaritime has launched a new cloud-based tool to automate a key part of the data transfer process between ship and shore, relieving seafarers and shore teams […]