Coronavirus scare delays Anthem of the Seas sailing by one day Royal Caribbean today delayed the next sailing of its Anthem of the Seas from Bayonne, N.J. by one day. The cruise line made the move after morning TV newscasts showed passengers being
KNOT orders LNG-fueled shuttle tanker duo at DSME Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) is ordering two new LNG fueled shuttle tankers for long-term time charter to ENI . The two new 124,000 DWT LNG fueled shuttle tankers will be built
Efforts to reopen Intracoastal Waterway continue The Coast Guard was yesterday continuing to monitor salvage operations involving the rock barge, ACL 01700 which sank after a grounding on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Mile Marker 99 in Berwick,
Canaveral Pilots team with Glosten and Ray Hunt on electric pilot boat project The Canaveral Pilots Association has partnered with naval architecture firms Glosten and Ray Hunt Design on a pilot/demonstration project for the design, construction, and operation of an electric pilot boat. The boat
Coronavirus: Shipping prepares for the worst but hopes for a swift bounce back It will take a while for shipping to get back on its feet. Rates have tumbled and will continue to...
Qatar summit speakers take the long view Global association heads will be taking the longer view to identify the key challenges and solutions for an industry in...
Growing LNG demand will find new trades for steam turbine ships, says Livanos GasLog Partners envisaged as an 'opportunistic' vehicle that may acquire vessels in cases where owners are struggling to profitably employ...
ICS calls for action after 50% spike in Gulf of Guinea kidnappings ICS has welcomed Nigerian initiatives, but said 'now is the time to see real results'
The week in charts: Baltic capesize index crash and EU proposes 40% carbon intensity reduction The Baltic Exchange will carry out a review into the weightings of the routes used to compile its capesize index...
Le Havre offers incentives to regain lost box traffic Le Havre has seen as many as 52 boxship calls diverted from the port since December because of strikes
Top Ships confirms sale of MR2 pair The latest sales will reduce Top Ships' fleet to 10 medium range two tankers and two suezmaxes
Hellenic Bank appoints new head of ship finance Mr Spanakis is expected to continue the conservative growth strategy that has characterised the bank's first years as a lender
The Interview: Dr Aleka Sheppard Dr Aleka Sheppard founded the London Shipping Law Centre in 1994, in what she now admits to be an outburst...
Soft LNG prices fuel small-scale demand LNG bunkering demand is building momentum, with almost 90% of shipbuilding contracts placed for ocean-going vessels in South Korea, China...
Cyclone Damien to add to dry bulk market woes The upgraded category of the cyclone makes it comparable to Cyclone Veronica, which severely hit the dry bulk market last...
Daily Briefing Free to read: China to halve tariffs on US goods amid coronavirus fears | Carriers could feel impact of virus...
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How 'smart' can ports be once the human element is factored in? Aecom vice-president Mark Sisson said that one aim of information technology is to 'take as many people as possible out...
Cosco VLCCs attract charterer interest after sanctions lifted CNOOC provisionally agreed a rate of Worldscale 45 to load 260,000 tonnes of crude on Cosrising Lake from West Africa...
CNOOC's force majeure is a fresh blow to struggling LNG market The recent coronavirus outbreak has also introduced uncertainty regarding demand for LNG over the near-term, particularly in China, said GasLog
Sulphur cap complications offer cautionary tale Lowering the sulphur limit for shipping emissions is a beneficial feat for global human health and a major achievement for...
Coronavirus outbreak may have long-term impact on supply chains Cargo owners and third-party logistic services see a return to more local manufacturing as coronavirus shows fragility of just-in-time logistics...
Shipping decarbonization hinges on owners of cargo, not ships Momentum builds for decarbonization of ocean shipping but it's far from a done deal.
US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan airline The Office of Foreign Assets Control added CONVIASA and its aircraft fleet to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for supporting Maduro regime.
FreightWaves Flashback - February 1967 This week's flashback shines the spotlight on the USS Saratoga.
US will start trade agreement negotiations with Kenya The East African country is "an important strategic partner of the United States, and there is enormous potential for us to deepen our economic and...
What's in your laptop? With smartphones and other mobile devices vital to how companies conduct business, corporate compliance officers strive to prevent unlawful exports of controlled data.
Commentary: Digitization needs vroom to grow Darren Prokop writes about the future of data in for-hire transportation. Data is information and can become knowledge.
FUTURES 3: Crude down a tad as market waits on OPEC+; RBOB up on Bayway Oil futures were testing session lows in early US trading Friday on a stronger dollar and Russian coyness about joining OPEC+ production cuts.
ARA fuel oil stocks up 13% on week to 1.115 million mt: Insights Global Stocks of fuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub, as measured by Insights Global, rose 13% to 1.115 million mt in the week to Wednesday, following three weeks of declines.
China's bunker hub aspirations hinge on infrastructure development China's push to become a regional bunkering hub following the approval of a tax rebate on domestic fuel oil for bonded bunkering will hinge on its infrastructure development, market sources said.
Singapore's residue stocks drop 7.9% on week on higher exports Singapore's commercial onshore residue stocks slipped 7.9% week on week to 21.685 million barrels as of February 5 amid higher exports, according to Enterprise Singapore data released Thursday.
Cosco's first VLCC booked for West of Suez loading after US sanctions The US Treasury said on January 31 that those Cosco affiliates have been removed from the Office of Foreign Assets Control's list of Specially Designated Nationals.
TANKERS: W Africa-Asia VLCC rates drop to 5-month low on coronavirus, Cosco "China has significant reserves in crude oil, hence the situation is yet not critical for them and they can afford not to import as much," a broker said.
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