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Seaspan Launches First of Three LNG Bunkering Vessels to Deliver Low-Carbon Energy Solutions to the Maritime Industry

Seaspan Launches First of Three LNG Bunkering Vessels to Deliver Low-Carbon Energy Solutions to the Maritime Industry

Seaspan Energy is celebrating the new year with the launch of its first of three 7600m3 LNG bunkering vessels, the...
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Hanwha Ocean Makes Strategic Decision to Cease Winning Container Ship Orders

Hanwha Ocean Makes Strategic Decision to Cease Winning Container Ship Orders

Hanwha Ocean, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to stop receiving container ship orders. According to the shipbuilding industry on...
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Kalmar and Wallenius Wilhelmsen strengthen decades-long collaboration with new order including fully electric forklift trucks and reachstackers

Kalmar and Wallenius Wilhelmsen strengthen decades-long collaboration with new order including fully electric forklift trucks and reachstackers

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from leading Norwegian logistics service provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen to supply four...
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Clean tanker market to remain strong into 2024 amid firm jet, petchem deliveries

Clean tanker market to remain strong into 2024 amid firm jet, petchem deliveries

Strong projected demand for jet fuel in 2024 is set to support clean tanker markets globally, with growing deliveries of...
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River Rhine in Germany reopens to shipping after high water recedes

River Rhine in Germany reopens to shipping after high water recedes

The river Rhine in Germany has been reopened to shipping after being halted due to a rise in water levels...
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Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO cash premium slips below three-month lows

Asia Fuel Oil-VLSFO cash premium slips below three-month lows

Asia’s cash premium for very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) fell below three-month lows on Monday, extending a steady decline...
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Baltic index drops to over 1-month low on weaker vessel rates

Baltic index drops to over 1-month low on weaker vessel rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index slipped to its lowest level in more than a month on Monday...
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Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key

Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key

The flagship forecast launched in New York on Thursday indicates that last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth coming out of the...
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Global manufacturers struggle to regain momentum

Global manufacturers struggle to regain momentum

U.S. manufacturers are still struggling to emerge from the prolonged slump that began in the middle of 2022 as the...
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ACM mulls ship broking expansion

ACM mulls ship broking expansion

Oil tanker broker ACM Shipping Group is looking at growing its ship broking business and may expand into the dry...
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Asia spot LNG prices dip to 5-month low as stocks weigh

Asia spot LNG prices dip to 5-month low as stocks weigh

Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slipped to a five-month low this week, extending losses that began in mid-November...
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EU ETS prices under pressure but colder weather could boost demand

EU ETS prices under pressure but colder weather could boost demand

European carbon prices fell in the week ending Jan. 5 due to soft demand but with colder weather forecast for...
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Red Sea crisis may push shipping costs by 60%, insurance by 20%: GTRI

Red Sea crisis may push shipping costs by 60%, insurance by 20%: GTRI

The increasing Red Sea crisis may impact trade as it is expected to push shipping costs by up to 60...
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J.P. Morgan sees oil demand growth at its slowest in nine months in December

J.P. Morgan sees oil demand growth at its slowest in nine months in December

Early data indicates global oil consumption in December grew at the slowest pace in nine months, J.P. Morgan said in...
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Shipping stocks rise, biggest gainers in Europe at start of 2024

Shipping stocks rise, biggest gainers in Europe at start of 2024

Shipping companies have been the best performing stocks in Europe since the start of 2024, and were set for their...
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BTIG says dry bulk shipping firms on troubled waters in 2024

BTIG says dry bulk shipping firms on troubled waters in 2024

BTIG expects 2024 to be a tough year for dry bulk shipping companies; cuts its rating on three stocks Downgrades...
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War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop – but it is...
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LNG futures trade volumes in Q4 hit record high, 2023 volumes up 12.5%

LNG futures trade volumes in Q4 hit record high, 2023 volumes up 12.5%

LNG futures trade volumes on the financial exchanges during the fourth quarter of 2023 hit a record high, while the...
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Morgan Stanley sees lower oil prices in 2024 on oversupply concerns

Morgan Stanley sees lower oil prices in 2024 on oversupply concerns

Morgan Stanley sees Brent crude prices anchored near $80 per barrel in the first half of 2024 before declining towards...
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Japan’s Saudi Arabia crude oil imports increased in November 2023

Japan’s Saudi Arabia crude oil imports increased in November 2023

Japan’s imports of Saudi Arabia’s crude oil increased in November 2023, reaching 33.27 million barrels, or 42.7% of total imports,...
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