Container shipping's first dedicated crypto currency launched First-stage rollout of a new blockchain application to streamline ocean freight bookings
Stolt-Nielsen sees no improvement for chemical tankers until 2019 Chief executive looks to reduction in orderbook and an improvement in supply-demand fundamentals
Dorian LPG agrees lease financing amid newbuilding worries New York-listed VLGC owner stays in the black on strong operating performance last quarter
UK publishes review of maritime growth study Department for Transport launches Maritime 2050 initiative to plan for long term
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Power List 2018: Containers Lloyd's List Containers takes a look at those individuals who we think had the most influence on the industry in...
UK to boost funding for cadet training, say sources Doubling of Smart+ funding to make a 'massive difference' to the supply and demand of British seafarers
Daily Briefing Companies specialising in initial coin offerings are targeting shipping market participants as potential token buyers, but the ever-growing community of...
CSSC Holdings losses raise prospect of delisting Risks of delisting warning from Shanghai Stock Exchange mitigated by a proposed cash injection from investors
Twenty-twenty dispute resolution: Why and when to mediate Early dispute resolution can save time and money
Baltic Exchange applies changes to BDI New Baltic Dry Index, which will not include handysize, will be weighted according to ratios of time-charter assessments set at...
Salvage crews trying to remove oil from Sanchi Chinese authorities say decision has yet to be made on whether or not to salvage the sunken tanker
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Tsuneishi agree business venture Companies will jointly explore opportunities to improve vessel design capabilities, cost competitiveness and to score more orders in future
Chinese newbuilding price index continues to rise But brokers tell shipyards to cherish immediate opportunities rather than pin hopes on owners' continuing appetite
ONE starts accepting box shipping service bookings ONE, K Line, MOL and NYK will be operating on the same service simultaneously over the transitional period
HMM signs 5-year crude oil shipping deal with GS Caltex Shipping line will transport 19m tonnes of crude oil from the Middle East to South Korea between July 1 next...
Dominion's Cove Point LNG terminal begins production US group's facility in Maryland to supply liquefied natural gas to Japanese and Indian energy companies
Navios Maritime Midstream Partners favours cleaner fuels over scrubbers Tankers outfit reports profits dented by finance costs
Japan's NS United reports profit, eyes scrubbers The company posted profit attributed to its parent of ¥6.28bn for the nine months to December 31, a 96.2% increase...
MPC Container Ships adds another feeder boxship to its fleet Purchase of vessel for $10.5m follows deal for two secondhand boxships earlier in the week
GasLog Partners posts higher profit for 2017 Results lifted by addition of two more vessels to its fleet amid stronger-than-expected demand for LNG last year
Sea skills for the future More commitment needed to help British cadets secure employment on UK-flagged vessels
Landside LNG bunkering coming to Gothenburg Skangas has delivered LNG ship-to-ship in the port for the past two years.
Land-based LNG bunkering coming to Gothenburg Skangas has delivered LNG ship-to-ship in the port for the past two years.
Dry bulk 'funeral' inspired Evermore Global Advisors to invest in shipping Financial firm's David Marcus discusses the company's shipping bets and how others are now arriving to share in the dry cargo market recovery
Port of Corpus Christi VLCC ready by 2021 Project timeline predicated on approval of dredging budget for next fiscal year.
Cobelfret company gets larger slice of Euronav Chateauban ups stake in New York-listed tanker owner at least twice in recent months.
Kirby benefits from tax reform Tank barge owner beats Street consensus but dims 2018 outlook due to expected slowdown in inland business.
Clean tankers to turn up this summer, CEOs say Long-awaited turnaround in rates still predicated on inventories continuing to decline, fewer newbuildings.
Kirby's Q4 benefits from tax reform Tank barge owner beats Street consensus but dims 2018 outlook due to expected slowdown in inland business.
Eletson bonds down after missed interest payment on $300m debt
AMP confirms bulker sale but denies owning it
The shipping banks are back, but 'smart capital' will cost Lenders have regained their confidence - but gone are the days when relationship bankers could justify hefty loans on paper-thin margins
Pyxis hints at further investments following finance deal Valentis says Greek MR owner's private shares deal was a winner on two counts, and only one of them is trading liquidity
Fredriksen and Troim keep up dry fleet growth Rivalry in newcastlemax sector hots up with John Fredriksen's Seatankers inking latest pair in China
Restructuring yard's private and state owners scrap over restart Qingdao city-owned Huatong Group and former employees are fighting a $600m bid by private Yangfan Group to reopen bankrupt Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding
Shipping's cryptocurrency pioneers look beyond Bitcoin Amid first freight deals using buzz-heavy online currency, vision for industry sees other blockchain-backed financial tools playing a wider role
Dry bulk 'funeral' inspired Evermore Global Partners to invest in shipping Financial firm's David Marcus discusses the company's shipping bets and how others are now arriving to share in the dry cargo market recovery
'Nibbler' Evermore Global gets a taste for tankers with bites of Frontline
Growing irrelevance signals end of TSA after 30 years in existence US liner talking shop no longer fit for purpose as transpacific operators eye new solutions to volatile rates
Lego's lastest Leviathan is ship in a bottle set
Diana extends Hapag-Lloyd tie on panamax Ongoing charter of panamax containership comes as rates remain steady over the last 12 months.
Songa quietly lifts containership fleet
Energy at heart of geopolitics amid Russian gas imports to US As the investigation continues into whether Vladimir Putin helped Donald Trump become US president, a Russian LNG cargo helps Boston stay warm as energy plays role as a political weapon
FLNG and floating regas-to-power set to keep new chief busy
Majority of cold-stacked OSVs face being frozen out of market Pareto's Synnove Gjonnes whittles down the daunting list of 1,100 cold-stacked OSVs to about 450 ships that may come back - but only if the market normalises
PSD 2 crew continues fight for unpaid wages
Trump effect scuttles promise of Obama's signature deal with Iran The Iran nuclear deal sought to relax sanctions, but North Of England P&I Club deputy global claims director Mike Salthouse fears its days may be numbered
PHP slams NGO Shipbreaking Platform yard claims
Sanchi probe hopes 'black box' will lift lid on voyage Fears mount that voyage data and voice recordings will be limited as stricken vessel was fitted with first-generation recorder
Green beach bin adds fun to throwing rubbish away
Dynacom denies VLCC demolition sale
DHT Holdings lands period charters for pair of VLCCs Two crude tankers find one-year time charters on 'well-balanced' terms with oil majors
Champion bareboat charters bring MR tally to 21
Ex-Enzian chief Grunder linked to new tanker outfit Name of former Enzian boss on new German tanker company as Swiss operation put into liquidation
MOL wing pays healthy rate as MRs lead clean period charters
Avin purchases Ancora Investment suezmax
Allseas ends tanker hiatus with modern suezmax duo Bodouroglou company ends 12-year absence from sector by acquiring RS Tankers' last vessels
New Greek player appears on dry bulk horizon Despite growing consolidation in Greek shipping market, upstart ventures keep sprouting
Investors to take haircut on Orion bulker bought in boom
Ovenstone puts small MPP vessel on the auction block
Lorentzen set to reap rich rewards on sale of bulker Investors linked to the Oslo-based company confirm they are selling the second of three handysize vessels to take advantage of the rising valuations
GoodBulk tipped to clear out older capesize tonnage New York-listing hopeful secures speedy profit from oldest bulker with two secondhand sisterships said to be up for sale
Costamare and Peter Dohle kick off Blue Net Chartering One of worlds largest boxship tonnage provider today formed by two respected names.
Ticker tape greets Torm team in Times Square Product tanker giant celebrates its arrival as a US public company fresh from $100m fundraiser.
EUROGATE's box volumes slip in 2017 EUROGATE handled 14.41 million TEUs in 2017, slipping 1.4 percent from 2016, according to figures released by the container terminal operat...
Port of Rotterdam full speed ahead on digitization The Port of Rotterdam Authority has teamed up with IBM on a multi-year digitization initiative to transform the port's operational environm...
Companies unveil emissions reduction technologies near Port of LA Two emerging technologies - one geared toward reducing emissions of airport equipment and the other that could curtail emissions from draya...
Executive Moves: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Hoyer Group, CEVA and CSafe Global
Source: Pressmaster/Shutterstock U.S. Chamber of Commerce adds two to International Affairs division; Hoyer Group appoints chief financial o...
HMM inks $177m contract with South Korean oil refiner Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea's largest ocean carrier, signed a long-term crude oil shipping contract today with GS Caltex, an...
Knight-Swift reports 'encouraging' Q4 2017 results Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., the new parent company formed from the $6 billion merger of Phoenix-based trucking giants Knight...
ONE officially begins accepting bookings today Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE), the newly merged entity that brings together the container shipping divisions of Japan's three large...
Trade organizations voice support for Trump's infrastructure plan Trade organizations representing seaport authorities, truckers and soybean farmers have all weighed in on President Donald Trump's comments...
Miles named director for Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville Jeff Miles, who recently worked as a senior executive with the North Carolina State Ports Authority, has been picked to serve as director o...
Oil rises as dollar stays weak, Goldman sees upside Oil futures rose Thursday, pushing NYMEX crude $1.07 higher to $65.80/b, with the dollar still in the doldrums and Goldman Sachs forecasting a big rally in oil prices over the next six months.
Gibraltar bunkering resumes as weather improves: port authority Bunkering operations at the port of Gibraltar resumed Wednesday night.
IMO sulfur cap 'continues to cause headaches' for industry in lead-up to 2020: Panellists The impending sulfur cap on marine fuels as of 2020, imposed by the International Maritime Organization, continues to cause headaches for the bunker industry with only two years left to compliance.
US DATA: EIA says November fuel oil imports highest since July US imports of fuel oil in November increased by more than 40% compared with October.
US DATA: EIA says November residual fuel oil exports to Panama up 53.85% on year US residual fuel oil exports to Panama totaled 500,000 barrels in November, up 53.85% from 325,000 barrels in the same month a year earlier.
IFO 380 CST prices in the Americas rise to start 2018 on higher Brent, fuel oil
TANKERS: Hyundai Merchant Marine, GS Caltex ink $178-mil shipping deal Under the deal, HMM will transport 19 million mt of crude from the Middle East to South Korea over a five-year period from July 1, 2019.
TANKERS: Saudi Arabia's Bahri takes delivery of latest VLCC The Lawhah is the second of five VLCCs to be received this year from the South Korean shipbuilder.
Diesel, middle distillates fundamental to oil demand growth: Gunvor High maintenance globally in 2018 for the Middle East, Europe, US will cause demand for crude to dip in the first half of the year, Fyfe said.
Bunker supplier Aegean faces pressure to reshuffle board amid challenges The shareholder group has nominated Raymond Bartoszek, Donald Moore, David Kirshner and Tyler Baron to the board.
TANKERS: Americas freight rates move inversely to rising bunker fuel prices Reduced speeds can be negotiated on charter parties for laden voyages and thereby reduce bunker fuel consumption.
FUTURES: Crude holds steady after EIA posts build in US stocks "If the [crude oil] inventory continues building on from here, it will be a cause for concern," said Janu Chan, senior economist at St George Bank.
REFINERY NEWS: Japan's JXTG shuts Marifu CDU for turnaround until early Mar This is a scheduled turnaround.
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