Shipping's climate strategy was a hard-won battle, but now the real work begins Following intense global pressure and scrutiny, the IMO can count the strategy as a political victory
Pick-up in dry bulk vessel orders leaves the market unfazed The rise in new contracting should not derail the recovery, say market participants, as demand growth is still higher than...
Why counter-intuitive boxship ordering makes sense The only way to be competitive in the Asia-Europe trades is to reduce slot costs through the operation of ultra...
Climate change agenda spearheads sales of barnacle-repellent paint Paint manufacturers claim investment into removing barnacles from ship hulls is paying off as climate change, port congestion, and fuel...
Young is beautiful for crude tankers Modern tonnage takes larger proportions of incremental tonne-miles, especially in VLCC markets
Renewal and bargain hunting drive tanker newbuilding interest Asian and Greek owners come out to book VLCCs, with Korean yards more favoured
Delo takes stake in Maersk's Russian port venture TIHL agreed to sell its shares last year subject to regulatory approval
Viewpoint: Another great depression Should we be surprised by increased mental illness afloat and a rise in seafarer suicides, considering the way we expect crews...
HPH Trust expects less than 2% fall in volumes from US tariffs It expects potential excess capacity in vessels to keep tariffs in check
ONE may order more 20,000 teu ships The 'hybrid' carrier wants to have the scale to match the top carriers but also the agility enjoyed by niche-market...
Shell charters AET's LNG-fuelled aframaxes AET chairman Yee Yang Chien noted that the International Maritime Organization has concluded a further round of discussions on limiting...
Disrupting the disrupters: Why systems solutions might not be solutions at all The international shipping industry has this week been debating whether competition between digitally driven companies will become counterproductive
Shipping faces multi-year riddle on CO2 limit Carbon pricing, shoreside power, slow steaming among the possible changes from limits on carbon dioxide emissions.
DYT Yacht Transport appoints new GM Florida-based yacht carrier promotes area sales manager Laura Tempest to leadership post.
Shareholders mull Fincantieri plan to delist Vard Vote to privatise Norwegian shipbuilder is set for 30 April.
Hutchison Port Holdings sees better results First-quarter earnings for Singapore-listed container port business trust improve on the backs of higher revenue and operating profit.
Pod propulsors are the driving force behind latest cruiseships Operators explore new opportunities with help of azimuth thruster technology
Shipping groups heap praise on IMO CO2 move 'Ground breaking' and 'ambitious' agreement wins universal praise as details still unclear.
IMO reaches historic CO2 reduction deal Shipping must cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2050 and improve efficiency
Pangaea Logistics to buy panamax bulker US-based bulker operator signs memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire 76,600-dwt Madeleine (built 2006) to complement its fleet of 20 bulk carriers.
Survey ship to search for Shackleton's lost Endurance South African vessel heading to Antarctica next year to look for explorer's sunken ship.
Diana Shipping fixes at higher rate Greek owner banking $14,000 per day for kamsarmax.
Aston orders first ships in series of 10 Russian owner renewing dry cargo fleet at Chinese yards.
PGS seismic fleet busier in first quarter Layup figure falls for Norwegian owner.
UPDATE: cargoship spilled oil in Mississippi Stretch of river closed after incident involving Pac Antares.
NYK sold VLCC Taga for more than $27m Indonesian interests coughed up more than originally reported.
Shih Wei posts $73m loss for 2017 Taiwanese bulker owner hit by non-operating charges last year.
Sudan joins queue for FSRU as it works on onshore terminal Sudanese natural gas buyer Sunagas is tendering for a floating storage and regasification unit as a quick start-up solution while it pursues a land-based import terminal project. Sunagas has gone out to pre-qualified bidders asking for offers on an FSRU or any solution that will allow it to supply gas for a planned Port Sudan power station on the Red Sea coast, which is being constructed by Sudan
First cargo date slides for Golar's Cameroon FLNG unit Golar LNG's first floating LNG (FLNG) production unit Hilli Episeyo is not likely to load a hotly anticipated initial cargo until the end of this month. Industry sources tell TradeWinds that a first loading off Cameroon has been put back from the first week of April to around the 23rd to 24th of the month as engineers try to get the liquefaction process running smoothly onboard the unit. The 138
PLN floats LNG proposals for Papua region Indonesian power provider PLN has gone out to developers with a request for proposals to provide a mix of onshore and offshore regasification plants and associated shipping for the Papua region. The proposed development is part of PLN's small-scale LNG import plans as it tries to switch its power-generation capacity from oil to cleaner-burning gas. Consultants following the business said PLN has
Shell's Prelude FLNG gears up to receive its first LNG World's largest floater nears another historic milestone at its new home off Western Australia
Orderbook at TMS Cardiff Gas inches up to five ships Christos Economou leads LNG charge by reserving two berths at Samsung shortly after inking trio at rival yard
EMGS ship utilisation plunges Seismic survey vessel owner down to 37% use in first quarter.
Norden-Frisia inks ro-pax deal German owner renewing fleet with new ferry at Pella Sietas.
Asian piracy levels down 48% in first quarter Fewer incidents compared to a year ago, while severity of attacks also declined, says ReCAAP.
Noble restructuring support passes 75% threshold Hong Kong commodity trader says it is still talking with shareholders and SGX.
Titan expands with Engie project portfolio Growing LNG bunkering incomer and sister outfit acquire LNG Solutions arm of French energy company
U.S. restarts pork trade to Argentina The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Office of the Trade Representative finalized an agreement with Argentina's Ministry of Agro-Industry...
IMO adopts greenhouse gas emissions strategy Shipping groups praised a greenhouse gas (GHG) strategyadopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the Marine Environment Pr...
Swissport shelves IPO plans Opfikon, Switzerland-based airport ground and cargo handling services provider Swissport International Ltd. has put its plans for an initia...
Mississippi governor closes 83 unsafe bridges Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday declared a state of emergency with regard to numerous bridges throughout the state that have been d...
Vancouver Island lands auto terminal A new terminal for imported automobiles in the Port of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in British Columbia plans to open next January. The Nan...
Oil spill shuts down lower Mississippi The U.S. Coast Guard has shut down a portion of the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans to vessel traffic following an oil spill, acco...
Air cargo soars in 2017, but trade war threat looms large Air cargo volumes at the 20 busiest airports in the world soared 6.8 percent to a combined 51 million metric tons in 2017, according to the...
Executive Moves: Day & Ross and Air Partner Day & Ross has promoted Doug Tingley to president of Day & Ross Freight. Tingley was most recently the company's vice president o...
Port of Vancouver USA makes waves in 2017 Port of Vancouver USA handled a record 7.5 million metric tons of cargo in 2017, nearly unchanged from the 7.49 million metric tons handled...
UPDATE: IMO GHG cuts present unprecedented challenge for shipping "Please remember, this initial strategy is not a final statement but a key starting point," IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim said.
IMO adopts plan for 50% cuts to shipping GHG emissions by 2050
Philippines intensifies operations to rescue sailors; Asia piracy ebbs - ReCAAP Ship masters and crew urged to exercise extra vigilance while transiting the Sulu-Celebes Sea and the eastern Sabah region.
OECD oil stocks could return to five-year average levels in April or May: IEA Global demand growth and key producers continue to rein in production.
TANKERS: Shell signs time-charter deal with AET for two LNG dual-fueled Aframaxes AET's two 113,000 dwt vessels are due for delivery from Q3 2018.
FUTURES 1: Crude slips after Trump's tweet, but drivers supportive Oil futures had surged this week against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions.
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