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NorthStandard Achieves Stronger Results and Growth Amid Global Shipping Challenges
During a year of intense global shipping challenges, NorthStandard projects improved underwriting performance and increased free reserves. NorthStandard’s premium income...
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Pan Ocean expands with 10 VLCCs as aging fleet and geopolitics test outlook
Pan Ocean is accelerating business expansion as it decided to acquire a large number of SK Shipping’s very large crude...
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Red Sea shipping reopens, but renewed Houthi threats keep route uncertainty high
Container carriers are now restarting services via the Red Sea amid a continued reduction in Houthi attacks on maritime shipping,...
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Costamare Bulkers Holdings Limited Primed for a Strong Performance Moving Forward
Costamare Bulkers Holdings Limited reported unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter (“Q4 2025”) and year ended December 31, 2025....
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Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Global B30-VLSFO prices gain on VLSFO price
ARA and Gibraltar Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price and Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has gained over the last week. Rotterdam’s conventional...
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Drewry: World Container Index Down 1% Last Week
For many years, World Container Index (WCI) has been the go-to, independent, global reference for index-linked contracts. If your organisation...
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Hapag-Lloyd/Zim takeover embeds Top 5 carriers’ preeminence
Hapag-Lloyd’s planned $4.2 billion takeover of Zim will help it stay relevant in an increasingly consolidated container shipping market. What...
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Baltic Dry Index Bounces
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, snapped its three-day losing streak on...
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Lloyd’s Register verifies GT Wings’ performance assessment methodology for AirWing™ Jet Sail
GT Wings, provider of unique wind propulsion systems to the commercial shipping industry, has secured Lloyd’s Register verification of sea...
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Wallenius Marine awarded Ship Management contract for seven newbuildings
Wallenius Marine has been awarded responsibility for ship management of seven out of 14 of Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s new Shaper class...
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Shanghai bunkering blueprint targets LNG and methanol
The Chinese government plans to develop 1 million cbm/year of LNG and 1 million mt/year of biofuel and methanol bunkering...
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Teekay Tankers Says Tanker Demand And Supply Fundamentals Remain Supportive
Teekay Tankers Ltd. reported the Company’s results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. As a result of...
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Why a German shipping deal alarms Israel’s government
What do we know about the deal? Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest container shipping line, has signed a deal to...
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IMO welcomes entry into force of the Beijing Convention
The United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, known as the Beijing Convention on the...
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Maximising Lubricant Value
Lubrication onboard With thousands of litres of highly refined, and specifically formulated hydrocarbons flowing around a vessel at any one...
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New analysis warns there is no obvious compromise to the Net Zero Framework
A new insight brief by the UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group for the Getting to Zero coalition, titled “Uncertainty...
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Vale set to re-enter shipping with a bang, plans to order 30 large ore carriers
Large newbuilding announcements are often interpreted as exogenous supply shocks, raising concerns about oversupply and pressure on freight rates. Vale’s...
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Eltronic FuelTech becomes part of G&O Maritime Group and strengthens the group’s position as a leading niche supplier to the maritime industry
G&O Maritime Group is strengthening its maritime activities through the expansion with fuel‑system specialist Eltronic FuelTech. By bringing together several...
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India backs UN statement condemning Israeli actions in West Bank
India joined more than 100 countries and international organisations in endorsing a joint United Nations statement criticising Israel’s ongoing moves...
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Wärtsilä Gas Solutions strengthen its market leadership with latest LNG Cargo Handling and Fuel Gas Supply systems order
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, will supply its Cargo Handling and Fuel Gas Supply systems for two...
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