Manson wins $26.4 million Plaquemines dredging contract Manson Construction, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $26,493,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La., with an
CLIA releases 2020 cruise industry environmental technologies and practices report The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) today released the latest Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies and Practices Report produced by Oxford Economics. The report highlights the progress that CLIA oceangoing cruise line
Huntington Ingalls makes legal team appointments Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has made two new appointments within its law department. Jeffrey Bauer was recently promoted to corporate vice president of litigation and investigations, while Paul C. Harris
DFDS climate plan includes AI on the bridge, methanol injection in four strokes Copenhagen-headquartered freight and passenger ferry operator DFDS has released details of its climate plan for the next ten years. Longer term, DFDS aims to be climate neutral by 2050. Meantime, its short-term
Swedish tanker becomes first foreign-flag ship to bunker LNG in U.S. Fure Ven, a dual-fueled vessel owned and operated by Furetank of Donsö, Sweden, has become become the first non-U.S. flagged vessel to bunker LNG in the United States, using LNG sourced by
MSC to install Jotun Hull Skater on 14,000 TEU containership Hull coatings specialist Jotun, Sandefjord, Norway, has signed a contract with MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) that is its first in the containership sector for its ground-breaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS), introduced
Panama focuses on course deviation before Wakashio grounding Panama Maritime Authority's preliminary investigation into the grounding of the bulker vessel Wakashio off Mauritius says it deviated from its...
UK changes shipping minister in government mini-reshuffle Government reshuffles junior ministerial ranks, with Witney MP Robert Courts replacing Kelly Tolhurst at the Department for Transport, although it...
Sediment levels in off-spec fuels cause concerns Off-spec fuel shares in 0.5% fuels have declined in recent months. At the same time, cases of severe impact, such...
Box lines urged to drop low-sulphur fuel fee Freight association accuses carriers of increasing the number of surcharges and fees, often with no real explanation or justification
From the News Desk: US extends sanctions as Iran ups the stakes Crude oil exports from Venezuela have plummeted since the imposition of new US sanctions guidance and new Lloyd's List Intelligence...
Greek owners call for EU relief for shipping Shipping companies are 'beating heart' of broader European maritime cluster, say Greeks, but need ship finance options from within the...
Industry commitment is slowly solving crewing crisis V.Group has taken over a 160-room hotel in Manila to provide an isolation facility for seafarers; shipowners have diverted vessels...
Maritime charity says legal duty to assist craft in peril is being ignored 'We have evidence of failures by commercial vessels to stop and rescue at sea, despite maritime law norms. It is...
Investment funds must cast net wider for terminal deals Partnering with existing operators can bring benefits to both investment funds and terminal operators wishing to expand
Ports can help ease supply chain shocks Maritime supply chains face a tough choice between globalisation and nearshoring but freeports could provide a middle path
The Lloyd's List Podcast: The road to decarbonisation Listen to the first of three special edition podcasts produced in association with DNV GL examining the tectonic shift shaping...
No end in sight of tanker earnings pressure, says BIMCO For the full-year, tanker owners will probably end up in the black, thanks to record-high earnings seen during a frenzy...
Two kidnapped after vessel boarded off Lagos An unknown number of pirates has boarded the Seatrade reefer ship Water Phoenix, taking two of its 18 crew hostage...
HMM and Samsung Heavy to develop smart ship technologies HMM has already adopted the shipbuilder's smart ship solution on five of its supersized containerships delivered this year as part...
Daily Briefing Free to read: IMO urged to intervene as Maersk Etienne impasse deepens | Shipping and the law on rescuing migrants |...
Maersk firms up Asia-Europe ocean-rail service Danish carrier says the intermodal product has drawn increasing interest from shippers looking for faster transit times compared with ocean-only...
Fire reignites on VLCC off Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Navy confirms the fire has reignited on the vessel New Diamond amid high winds. The vessel is about...
Mitsubishi says scrubber retrofit schedule remains on track Travel bans and social distancing measures have constrained shipyard operations but appear not to have held back Mitsubishi from delivering...
Shipping suffers wave of spills, fires, collisions and lives lost After decades of safety improvements, a deadly stretch of casualties for ocean shipping.
Career Tracks: Air, land and sea ArcBest, Crane Worldwide, Fullen Dock & Warehouse, Grupo TMM, Premier Manufacturing, Southeastern Freight and United Airlines announce promotions and hires.
IOC chartered fully laden VLCC again on fire; Navy, Coast Guard in salvage operations "The fire had been doused on Sunday but reignited last evening," the Indian Navy spokesperson said over the phone.
Maersk hikes rates on Asia, Middle East to US, Canada routes Prices for twenty-foot equivalent unit containers have been increased by $300 per unit, while forty-foot equivalent unit containers have risen by $400 per unit, the company said Sept. 7.
Major container lines void 29 sailings in Oct-Nov in anticipation of weak demand Major container shipping lines have announced a host of blank sailings in October and November on the Asia-to-US, Asia-to-Europe and Intra-Asia trade lanes in anticipation of weaker demand in the fourth quarter on account of China's seven-day Golden Week holiday in October.
August containers volume at 12 major Indian ports down 13% on year Container volumes in August at 12 major ports in India fell 13.4% year on year to 763,000 twenty-foot-equivalent unit, which was 2% higher month on month, Indian Ports Association data showed, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
European HSFO values near 2019 prices, bucking expectations The spread between physical prices for 3.5%S FOB Rotterdam barges in 2019 and 2020 reached as close as $4/mt year on year on Sept. 1, assessed at $257/mt, before the spread widened again.
Bunker barge avails tight in west Japan, Korea as port operations resume after Typhoon Haishen Typhoon Haishen, described as "large," struck the Korean Peninsula on Sept.7, moving north at 50 km/hour having passed through Japan's Kyushu region, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
US crude stocks expected lower as USGC recovers from Laura US crude oil inventories likely edged lower in the week ended Sept. 4 as refinery demand picked up following Hurricane Laura, an S&P Global Platts analysis showed Sept. 8.
Global oil demand, GHG emissions may already have peaked: DNV GL Global oil demand may have peaked in 2019 ahead of COVID-19, but the world is nowhere near being on track to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, consultancy DNV GL said in its fourth annual Energy Transition report Sept. 8.
OIL FUTURES: WTI falls 8% as demand outlook dims amid COVID spread The energy complex settled sharply lower Sept. 8 amid a focus on demand growth concerns fostered by the continued global spread of COVID-19.
Ocean Network Express blanks five trans-Pacific sailings in August-September The company has also voided four sailings at Mundra and Nhava Sheva port in India due to delay in West and Sout.h African ports
China's Zhoushan port supplies 420,000 mt bonded bunker fuels in Aug, up 57% on year The sharp rise in volume was due to the competitive bunker price at Zhoushan compared with Singapore and South Korea.
Taiwan flips into net LSFO importer in Q3 on low margins, plant shutdown Taiwan will likely export less than 30,000 mt of LSFO cargoes and import 160,000 mt of LSFO in Q3, sources said.
Jacksonville hosts first LNG bunkering operation of foreign vessel in the US The operation was for the Fure Ven, a duel-fuelled vessel owned and operated by Swedish shipping company Furetank.
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Q2 container volumes fall 13% on year; recovery likely in Q3: CMA CGM Going ahead, the third quarter results should mark a new improvement, the carrier said.
VLCC owners set to mull slow steaming to cut costs as crude haulage demand remains weak "It's been a summer with a chronic lack of demand for crude slowly chipping away at tanker earnings," Farnleys said.
Singapore aspires to be key LNG bunkering port through strict standards: minister "We are working to make Singapore an attractive and trusted location for LNG bunkering," Chan said.
Methanol bunkering to aid shipping's decarbonization ambitions: industry experts The discussion has now pivoted to decarbonization, with methanol potentially set to play a bigger role, Raitt said.
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