Having experienced falling freight rates from August to year-end in 2017, most liner companies were successful in pushing rates higher in early January 2018. Remarkably, most […]
The International Bargaining Forum, shipping’s largest industrial relations collective, concludes final round of negotiations for the 2019-2022 IBF Framework Agreement. The ITF and JNG met in Manila from February […]
The British Ports Association welcomed the first meeting of its new Women in Maritime Taskforce which was facilitated by the umbrella group Maritime UK. The Taskforce […]
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“NYK”) has been investigated by the European Commission (“the Commission”) since September 2012 for a suspicion of violating the EU competition law […]
Next year, the Norwegian sail-training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will be able to cruise out of Bergen harbour without any greenhouse gas emissions, thanks to a hybrid […]
Rolls-Royce has signed two contracts with BAE Systems to supply low-noise propellers and mission bay handling technologies for the UK Royal Navy’s new Type 26 Global […]
NYK and MTI Co. Ltd. have jointly developed a diagnostic tool that records, visualizes, and analyzes the operational sounds of a vessel’s engine plant. The tool […]
GoodBulk Ltd. (“GoodBulk” “Company”) an owner and operator of dry bulk vessels announced that on February 20 and 21, 2018 it took delivery of two Capesize […]
A huge ship carrying four of the West Coast’s largest container cranes is scheduled to travel through Puget Sound Feb. 23 to Tacoma. Puget Sound Pilots […]
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report, published, highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring […]
The issue of Gender Inequality is older than you and I reading this. What started on a social level has percolated deep into the corporate echelons, […]
Maersk Product Tankers has entered an agreement to purchase seven second-hand Handy vessels. Built-in Korea in 2009 and 2010, the vessels are of shallow drafted design […]
Lloyd’s Register EMEA confirmed as Coordinator/Partner of REShiP (Renewable Energy Ship Propulsion) – a research and development project in the field of maritime technologies. The project […]
Ship Sparta III, the largest container ship in the fleet of Oboronlogistics, made the delivery of project cargo from China to Europe via the Northern sea […]
Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has announced to cooperate with National Maritime Research Institute to start the research and development of “combustion of carbon-free fuel” (e.g. hydrogen […]
ABS and Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore energy logistics company, have, together with the State Maritime Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and […]
Transocean Ltd. announced that two of its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries will relinquish their respective interests in two drillships under construction – the Ocean Rig Santorini and […]
Celebrating its first year of Roll-on Roll-off (Ro-Ro) operations, APM Terminals Itajaí, Brazil discharged more than 31,000 vehicles this month. The Terminal also recorded a productivity […]