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China’s Yangpu Zhongxin Shipping has signed a contract for five 114,000-dwt LR2 product tankers at Yangzhou Longhe Shipbuilding, according to...

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has completed a transfer of ownership from founder Captain Gianluigi Aponte to his children Diego and...

Wallenius Lines has agreed to acquire SOL Group’s shares in Wallenius SOL, becoming sole owner of the joint venture, according...

The United States will begin blockading all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports from April 13, sharply escalating risk...

South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders—HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries—are set to deliver a...

Dutch wind-assisted propulsion specialist Econowind is pushing into the deepsea segment with a 30-metre 5-series VentoFoil suction wing for oceangoing...

Caroline Pontoppidan has been elected chairwoman of Danish Shipping at the organisation’s annual general meeting, succeeding Torben Carlsen of DFDS...

Operaciones Portuarias Canarias S.A. (OPCSA) has ordered four additional diesel-hybrid Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes. The order was booked in...

CK Hutchison’s Panama-based subsidiary, Panama Ports Company (PPC), is preparing to initiate arbitration proceedings against Maersk over the takeover of two strategic...

Angola has launched an international tender for the concession of the management, operation and maintenance of the Caio deep-water terminal,...

COSCO Shipping Development has taken delivery of Guo Yun Hai, an 80,000-dwt multi-purpose grain carrier built by Dalian COSCO Shipping...

Gasunie subsidiary Hynetwork and Fluxys Hydrogen have signed an agreement to develop a cross-border hydrogen pipeline between the Netherlands and...

Petrobras has signed agreements with Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda to acquire a 50% stake in the Tartaruga Verde field and...

Kongsberg Vanguard LP has secured a federal contract to design the Canadian Coast Guard’s Mid-Shore Multi-Mission vessels, launching a programme...

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges reopened the River Scheldt to shipping on April 10 after an oil spill during a bunkering...

A container fire on board the London-registered vessel Ever Lenient at PSA Pasir Panjang Terminal has been extinguished, Singapore’s maritime...

Ocean Network Express will launch its Mediterranean Africa Express (MAX) service linking Far East Asia, Northern Europe and West Africa...

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a fifth...

Even if the current war in the Middle East is resolved peacefully in the coming weeks, shipping in the region...

“By the end of the first quarter of 2026, the global shipping order book hit a 17-year high, reaching 191m...