Marcura buys two IT firms in drive for maritime expansion Dubai-based software firm seeks to improve online offerings for tramp shipping
Supramax earnings rocket East coast South America and intra-Asian trades support rates moving up
Decarbonisation coalition heading to the UN Focus to be on shipping's contribution to meeting the global 1.5 degree limit
Last Word: Soldiering on for the right reasons PIL managing director S S Teo holds on to Singapore's last locally-owned container shipping line for "old fashioned" reasons
Further boxship consolidation to make alliances less relevant Large shipping corporations, especially state-backed ones will become a dominant force on the industry landscape, says McKinsey Shanghai partner Steve...
Weak VLCC freight rates to persist through winter, says McQuilling Brokerage lays out bearish full-year forecasts on benchmark routes but Atlantic crude supplies could offer support
APL returns first profit since 2010 Average freight income per teu grows by 22% to $969, while volume is up 4% to 2.5m teu
Chinese appetite for global port assets remains strong Drewry says China's port operators will maintain an aggressive overseas investment strategy
CMA CGM mulls scrubbers versus LNG for 22,000 teu newbuilds Update: the French shipping line and the Chinese shipyards signed the shipbuilding contracts on Tuesday in Marseille
ABP calls for contingency plans in face of Brexit chaos Government should reduce dependency on the port of Dover, new paper argues
Offshore plant deal with Iran is off the table, says DSME MOU between DSME and Iran lapses in absence of final agreement
Insurers avoid worst of Hanjin fallout Little impact on hull and machinery and P&I markets, Clyde partner tells IUMI
Daily Briefing Winds of change are blowing through the marine insurance market
Countries should adopt Italian pilot liability model, argues top lawyer Compulsory insurance could be way forward, legal star tells IUMI
LOFs still fit for purpose, says Lloyd's agency controller Use of Lloyd's Open Form is in decline, but 45 signed in the year to date
Maersk Line strengthens sea-rail transport at Ningbo port Through bill of lading is provided to expedite customs clearance
US protectionism fears are overblown, says economist Economic change is driving inter-regional trade and shipping and China's Belt and Road initiative may negate US withdrawal from the...
DSME wins clean opinion in latest mock audit Shipbuilder tested for accounting transparency in its results for the first half
CMA CGM partners Infosys to upgrade IT systems in digitalisation push Seven-year partnership aims to make French line's IT systems more efficient and to improve its client services platform
German transport ministry makes second call to fund firms in port digitalisation push Innovative Port Technology programme to ramp up the development of German ports into innovation-centric digital hubs
International code of conduct needed for casualty investigation, IUMI told Government intervention in incidents frequently unhelpful
Diana Shipping secures 40% rate rise for new panamax charter deal Company expects to bring in about $3.21m in gross revenue from the charter deal
Indian authorities get $76m loan from Japan to upgrade ship recycling yards Japan International Co-operation Agency to provide the 'soft' loan
Robust cyber rules needed for digitalisation to reach full potential Shipping firms and regulators should work together to unlock digitalisation's full potential
Atlantic shipping bracing for Hurricane Maria Cruise and container lines prepare yet again for new hurricanes in western Atlantic.
Wells Fargo: Gazprom ends Ghana FSRU drama Signing of yet another import project for West Africa may eliminate need for rival FSRU projects.
Pacific Basin executive director joins Seabury Chairman of Hong Kong-listed bulker owner brings wide experience in Asia's transportation sector.
Skangas marks first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering Feat marks first for regional bunker fuel supplier as it readies for broadening of LNG bunkers market.
Restructuring drags down Olympic Subsea Norwegian offshore owner hurt by financial costs in second quarter.
Shin Yang Shipping sues over sale fees Malaysian owner wants GRM to pay for four vessels it bought last year.
India borrows $76m to upgrade Alang Government signs loan deal with JICA for environmental work at breaking yards.
Ernst Russ pushes up first-half earnings German group's 150-ship fleet performing in line with expectations.
Offen and DEVK pull plug on Marenave restructuring German company in peril again after Ernst Russ and other shareholders reject capital reduction that was key to rebuilding plan.
Billionaire Kuhne has 'many ideas' for Hapag German magnate plans to have a greater influence on the country's biggest containership owner.
Slick clean-up ship's certificate expiring Greece needs to replace a tanker being used to pump oil from sunken Agia Zoni II.
Palmali sues Lukoil for $2bn over tanker deal Turkish owner's UK high court claim against Russian oil group's trading arm Litasco relates to alleged breach of charter agreement.
SAL Heavy Lift shuts down SAL Offshore German group closes Dutch offshore operation in "challenging times".
Samsung Heavy brings in safety expert Peter Hayward to oversee operations following fatal crane crash in May.
Greece denies Agia Zoni II clean-up delay Deputy shipping minister Nektarios Santorinios says boom deployed within hours of tanker sinking; clean-up to take a month.
IUMI calls for better boxship firefighting systems Marine insurance body says recent amendments to SOLAS do not go far enough.
Private equity firm looks to exit Pan Ocean South Korea investor looks set to record tidy profit on stake in compatriot shipowner.
Tanker demo levels hit three year high But slowdown in bulker scrapping expected to push fleet growth up by 3%, says Banchero Costa.
Falcon Energy gets nod on bond extension Investors in struggling offshore company agree to push back redemption timeline until 2020.
Lighthizer outlines U.S. trade policy priorities U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer outlined what he sees as the top trade policy priorities for the United States on Monday at the...
DP World to acquire Dubai Maritime City, Drydocks World Dubai-based port terminal operator DP World said it has entered into agreements to acquire Maritime World LLC for a purchase consideration ...
Stakeholders air issues with CAAP, proposed update The Clean Air Action Plan, a wide-ranging joint initiative by the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles may have been a success in drasticall...
USCG, EPA tackle oil and chemical spills from Hurricane Harvey Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf coast , the U.S. Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have estimated t...
CSX's Piacente: 'We're happy with the changes that we made' A CSX vice president this week tried to assure customers that the troubled Class I railroad is now back on track after a series of challeng...
Commerce investigates titanium sponge dumping The Commerce Department has initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of U.S. titanium sponge imports from Japan and Kazakhstan, and ...
Essential oil maker pleads guilty to Lacey Act violations Young Living Essential Oils, based in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in a federal court Monday to charges that it violated U.S. regulations wh...
Executive Moves: XPO Logistics, 3Gtms and ICS Source: Pressmaster/Shutterstock XPO Logistics names chief executive officer of XPO Logistics Europe and managing director-supply chain, Eur...
Diana Shipping finalizes time charter contract with Unico Logistics Athens, Greece-based transportation services company Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a time ch...
Shipping companies reported to Danish police over fuel sulfur content infringements Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency has reported two shipping companies to the police for breaching the 0.1% sulfur content cap.
EU CO2 market reforms not enough to cut carbon: think-tank Proposed reforms too weak to make EU ETS effective: I4CE, Other policies will achieve EU's targeted emissions cuts, EU Governance Regulation could address policy overlap.
External: Wired Bunkering
ANALYSIS: Concern rising over bunker industry credit availability Attendees at events for London International Shipping Week showed increasing interest in the credit problems faced by both the shipping and bunker industries in an era of tighter lending regulation and high costs.
S Korea bunkering operations resume after weather conditions improve Bunkering operations along the south and east coasts of South Korea have resumed
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