Cruiseships fare poorly in pollution rankings Emissions have health and environmental impacts
Future of containerisation is linked to generational change Container ships are being ordered to meet the demands of the endless summer of Baby-Boomer consumption
Demand for post-panamax tonnage lifts charter market Rates strengthen in traditional slow summer months, but could soon come under pressure as peak cargo season draws to a...
Liner alliances raise operational concerns for customers Schedule reliability is atrocious and costs are astronomical, panellist says
Regulation to lead to consolidation, says Frontline chief New sulphur cap to favour large, financially capable owners that can invest in ships
Shippers and freight operators complain to EU ministers over 'Rastatt emergency' European intermodal traffic 'particularly disadvantaged' by current rail disruption, with only 15% of volumes accommodated by alternative routings
Dry dockings and hire rejig push Dynagas into the red LNG carrier owner says second-quarter blip was expected
Supramax bulker earnings hit four-and-a-half-month high Hurricane Irma could hit supramax demand later on
Harvey puffs up aframax rates Carribbean aframax rates still at year-to-date high as storm disruption in US Gulf lingers on
Daily Briefing Expect further consolidation and rate rises as a result of cleaner fuel
Alphaliner's Tan says excess tonnage still haunting container lines Container shipping's controversialist-in-chief says excess capacity is still holding down rates despite improved demand
Strong crude tanker fleet growth to pressure earnings, says LLI Limited scrapping and a large orderbook to result in 28% fleet growth in 2017-2021
LNG more consolidated than its tanker cousins Top three owners of LNG tankers have 24% of total capacity, LLI data shows
NSB takes managed fleet to 96 after Indonesia lash-up Move in line with globalisation strategy
London retains its unique role in maritime Lord Mountevans, who followed four decades with Clarksons with a year serving as the 688th Lord Mayor of the City...
Oldendorff revives handysize newbuilding orders Orders have been resurrected on renewed belief in yard quality, rate recovery in the dry bulk market and a slight...
OOCL rolls out third ultra large containership Company's first 21,413 teu vessel recorded as the world's largest containership by Guinness World Records
Shippers will pay for low-sulphur fuel, warns APL's Sartini With IMO rules on the low-sulphur fuel due to come into force in 2020, box lines want to ensure they...
Seafarer wages unlikely to rise despite shipping recovery Cash-strapped owners and operators as well as alleviated officer shortfall to blame, says Drewry
China shipyards struggle to raise newbuild price Builders are facing a dilemma: steel and Chinese yuan are getting much more expensive but their bargaining power is still...
Digital advancements threaten to eclipse box shipping Industry needs to rid itself of the idea that an epochal upturn will come if it can just hang on...
Ukraine expects its first ever US coal shipment by mid-September Second shipment scheduled to arrive in early October
Ultra large containerships at risk from regionalisation of manufacturing Bringing production close to consumption removes the requirement for large boxships
Cosco Shipping and PIL seal charter pact Deal between Chinese giant and Singapore competitor will involve a total of 12 ships.
Cruise lines take hit as Hurricane Irma looms Second major Atlantic Basin hurricane could potentially hit the US by week's end.
Dynagas' earnings miss as drydocks mount up LNG shipowner saw second-quarter utilisation fall partly due to scheduled maintenance.
Corpus Christi plans to deepen for VLCCs Long-stalled project to allow deep-draught vessels into port now plans to go forward.
Tanker rates drop as Texas dries out from Harvey Extent of damage may not be as bad as originally feared as US Gulf Coast refineries restart.
Economou holds $89m stake in DryShips Latest filings show the shipowner has 53.5% holding in company following Heidmar deal.
Dredging Corp posts lowest ever profit Indian state shipowner hit by falling revenue in latest financial year.
Eagle Bulk renewal effort extends with sale of supramax New York-listed owner sells 2010-built bulker as last of the Greenship fleet arrives.
N Korea-Russia ferry suspended Contractual problem halts link from Vladivostok to Rason.
Crewman assaulted as tanker raided Venezuelan robbers tie up watch officer on crude ship at Puerto La Cruz anchorage.
Hellespont tied to Cosco tanker order Papachristidis company said to be making a significant move in the MR market.
Berenberg takes loan transactions to over $1bn with RBS deal German bank follows up on earlier deals with acquisition of further $460m from RBS shipping loans
Nordic American Tankers pens BP charter deal Two-year contract is latest in a flurry of period business from the New York-listed owner.
Tallink cargo figures jump in August Passenger numbers also rise for Baltic ro-pax operator.
Maersk Tankers hackathon pushes digital agenda Danish owner looking to develop new position list designed at Copenhagen event.
Shareholders seek Oceanteam probe Bergen court receives petition from investors of restructured offshore owner.
Pacific Basin targets Chinese investor base Hong Kong-listed dry cargo specialist signs up for Southbound Trading.
UASC merger costs CSAV dear Equity dilution due to Hapag-Lloyd combination pushes owner further into the red.
Vitol aims to refinance Latvian Shipping Share issue of up to $71m planned as trader and owner boosts holding in Riga tanker company to 91%.
International Seaways sells veteran tanker New York-listed owner has cashed in a 2001-built tanker as renewal takes another step.
KPC inks debut crew boat order Dubai's Grandweld yard to supply offshore vessels to Kuwait major.
Fujian Anda inks bulker newbuilding Chinese owner picks Fujian Southeast yard for fleet expansion.
Drugs gangs arrested in Brazil Authorities serve 127 warrants to stop shipping of cocaine to Belgium, Italy and Spain.
Yangzijiang expected to buy rest of Xinfu Singapore-listed shipbuilder thought to have extensive shopping list following fundraiser.
Swire ramps up services to Townsville China Navigation-owned shipowner says it will be offering an eight-day transit to Singapore.
Ezion Holdings faces cash shortfall Extent of problems faced by Singapore offshore vessel operator exposed at bondholders meeting.
WFS U.S. handling volumes skyrocket in 2017 Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world's largest air cargo handler, saw total volumes across its nearly 60 cargo locations in the U.S. ...
U.K. ports handle record 10.2m TEUs in 2016 United Kingdom ports saw a slight decline in overall freight tonnage in 2016, but handled a record 10.2 million TEUs of container traffic t...
Executive Moves: Trinity Logistics and Gebrüder Weiss Source: Pressmaster/Shutterstock Trinity Logistics names president and chief operating officer, while Gebrüder Weiss appoints branch manager...
DP World begins construction on Ecuador multi-purpose port Dubai-based port operator DP World has begun construction on the multi-purpose, deep-water port project in Posorja, Ecuador on Friday. The...
Radiant expands cross-border capabilities with SVT acquisition Radiant Logistics, Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based third-party logistics and multi-modal transportation services provider, has expanded its c...
Port of Corpus Christi approves channel improvement project The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) has approved a project agreement for the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Chan...
MPA bars two suppliers from renewing bunker licenses The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) did not renew bunker supply licenses of Panoil Petroleum Pte Ltd and Universal Energy Pt...
European Commission approves loan for insolvent Air Berlin The European Commission (EC) has approved a 150 million eurostate aid loan(U.S. $178.6 million) for insolvent airline Air Berlin to prevent...
Eimskip net earnings sink 43.6% in Q2 2017 Icelandic shipping company Eimskip's net earnings for the second quarter of 2017 sank 43.6 percent from last year's second quarter to 4.9 m...
Magellan to build new 250,000 b/d Texas crude, condensate pipeline by mid-2019 Magellan Midstream is starting work on a new pipeline connecting the two oil and condensate producing areas of Wink and Crane in the Delaware Basin, Texas and providing producers with an option to send those barrels to either refineries along the US Gulf Coast or for exports to global markets, the company said Tuesday.
Oil tanker leaving Port Arthur, Texas, may bode well for Cheniere LNG cargoes A crude tanker was able to leave Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday through the same Intracoastal Waterway that serves Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG export terminal, a sign that vessel restrictions following Harvey may be easing, meaning cargoes of liquefied gas will once again be on their way to overseas markets.
NYMEX RBOB crack eases as Texas refiners come back online The NYMEX RBOB crack spread against WTI fell Tuesday as the restart of refineries in Texas provided a sense of calm for the market following the upheaval caused by Hurricane Harvey.
US DATA: EIA says June residual fuel oil exports to Panama rose 82.6% on year US residual fuel oil exports to Panama totaled 946,000 barrels in June, up 82.6% from the same month a year earlier, Energy Information Administration data showed Tuesday.
Houston bunker deliveries resume: sources Bunker deliveries came to a standstill on August 25
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Aegean Shipping Management enters dry bulk sector with Kamsarmaxes This marks company's first move into the dry bulk sector and will also coincide with the creation of the spin-off Aegean Shipping Dry Bulk.
US to propose stronger UN resolution against North Korea - Tokyo has said it may seek an oil embargo - North Korea 'begging for war': US envoy - US envoy eyes resolution vote next Monday
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