Tanker scrapping slowed in 2015 due to three key factors: Stronger spot market returns, low price being offered by buyers at the recycling yards, and the […]
Bureau Veritas is now issuing both classification and statutory e-certificates following successful pilots with ship owners and flag states. Bureau Veritas digital certificates may now be […]
BIMCO relaunches ship benchmarking system Shipping KPI after two years of redesign. The system helps shipowners and managers make strategic decisions about their fleet. “The Shipping […]
HMM announced today that it launches new Asia-North Europe Express (AEX) service in April. HMM opens a new Asia-North Europe loop in accordance with the increased […]
The first second-generation Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) loaded for the first time this week at the Tubarão port, in Vitória, Espírito Santo. The Yuan He […]
Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, today announced it has signed a shipbuilding contract for a third next-generation cruise ship for its […]
TOTE Maritime Alaska has completed the first of four conversion periods for the Orca class vessels, a process which will enable the ships to use liquefied […]
On February 26, 2018, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (“MOL”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Far East Investment and Export Agency (“FEIA”) under the […]
AAL has successfully completed three sailings into Adelaide with 45 windmill blades, turbine generators and other related components on each sailing, destined for the new AGL […]
Sea World Management & Trading, Inc. and Edmon Fajardo were convicted today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oil and garbage […]
Leading Classification Society ClassNK has released “Guidelines for Remote Surveys” in preparation for carrying out remote surveys (*1) using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) (*2). The […]
Samsung Heavy Industries has taken the lead in the large-scale vessels market by bagging orders for ultra-large containerships, valued at more than KRW 1 trillion. On […]
Nakilat has acquired the full ownership of four Q-Flex liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from its joint-venture partner, International Seaways, Inc. (“INSW”) following the execution of […]
The Port of Rotterdam Authority launched ‘Boxinsider’. The application allows shippers and freight forwarders to see where their containers are located at any given moment. Not […]
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. and Ulstein Group celebrated the keel laying of Lindblad’s second polar new build at the CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. The occasion […]
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply an LNG bunkering vessel simulator to Kasi Group (Malaysia), a leading provider of integrated marine solutions. The simulator will be used to […]
Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has completed a survey (IMO 2020 Sulphur Regulation | Your Opinion Matters) and the results show more than 44% of ship […]
France, a few months ago, and more recently the BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Conference), the oldest and largest maritime association in the world) have proposed […]
The mood-music surrounding the container market has deteriorated further in the last three months, resulting in Drewry downgrading its outlook for world container port throughput for […]