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Singapore Conducts One-time Covid-19 Test Sweep On All Harbour Craft Crew

Singapore Conducts One-time Covid-19 Test Sweep On All Harbour Craft Crew

Singapore has conducted a one-time Covid-19 test of 825 crew onboard 98 harbour craft with all the results returning negative,...
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Port Worker Vaccination And Boxship Queues Highlighted At US Maritime Transportation Sub-committee

Port Worker Vaccination And Boxship Queues Highlighted At US Maritime Transportation Sub-committee

A meeting of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-committee saw the issues of stevedores as key workers for vaccinations,...
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Maersk Sues Glencore Over Bad Bunkers

Maersk Sues Glencore Over Bad Bunkers

Danish logistics giant Maersk has filed a lawsuit against commodity trader Glencore Ltd over contaminated bunker fuel supplied to two...
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Hamburg Sud Appoints Poul Hestbaek As New CEO

Hamburg Sud Appoints Poul Hestbaek As New CEO

Hamburg Sud has appointed Poul Hestbaek to be its new ceo, taking over from Dr Arnt Vespermann. The change will...
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Windship Technology Unveils ‘Tesla Of The Seas’ Solution, Teams Up With DNV GL

Windship Technology Unveils ‘Tesla Of The Seas’ Solution, Teams Up With DNV GL

UK-based Windship Technology has unveiled its zero-emission ship design and announced an investment partnership with DNV GL, one of the...
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SCMA And Baltic Exchange Asia Deepen Collaboration

SCMA And Baltic Exchange Asia Deepen Collaboration

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and the Baltic Exchange Asia have agreed to deepen their collaboration on cross-promotion...
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Hyundai Mipo Wins New LPG, Petrochemical Ship Orders

Hyundai Mipo Wins New LPG, Petrochemical Ship Orders

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), has received contracts from Oceanian...
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NYK Pens $50 Million Sustainability-linked Loan

NYK Pens $50 Million Sustainability-linked Loan

Japanese shipping major NYK has signed a sustainability-linked loan agreement worth $50 million with the compatriot Shiga Bank. This is...
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Saudi Arabia’s IMI In Talks With Prominent Chinese Shipbuilding Suppliers To Set Up Permanent Facilities In The Kingdom

Saudi Arabia’s IMI In Talks With Prominent Chinese Shipbuilding Suppliers To Set Up Permanent Facilities In The Kingdom

International Maritime Industries (IMI), the Middle East and North Africa’s largest maritime facility located on Saudi Arabia’s east coast at...
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MSC Aries Suffers Container Spill In The Pacific

MSC Aries Suffers Container Spill In The Pacific

A Neopanamax containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost 41 empty containers overboard in the Pacific...
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New CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Hamburg Süd’s Integration

New CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Hamburg Süd’s Integration

German container shipping company Hamburg Süd, part of Maersk Line, has appointed new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the...
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Maersk Tankers Signs Sea Cargo Charter

Maersk Tankers Signs Sea Cargo Charter

Maersk Tankers has become a signatory of the Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework that establishes a common baseline for...
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Peninsula Petroleum Launches LNG Bunkering Business As Part Of Global Sustainability Initiative

Peninsula Petroleum Launches LNG Bunkering Business As Part Of Global Sustainability Initiative

Global integrated marine fuel supplier Peninsula Petroleum Group (PPG) on Thursday (4 February) said it will be building a liquified...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Fined $18 Million For Cartel Conduct In Australia

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Fined $18 Million For Cartel Conduct In Australia

Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS has been fined A$24 million ( $18.2 million) for cartel conduct regarding the transportation...
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OPEC+ Focuses On Overproduction Despite Optimism Over Demand Recovery

OPEC+ Focuses On Overproduction Despite Optimism Over Demand Recovery

With Brent prices within spitting distance of $60/b and Saudi Arabia shouldering an extra load of production cuts, OPEC+ ministers...
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Last Day For Shipping Submissions On EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Last Day For Shipping Submissions On EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Today marks the last day on which interested parties can make submissions to the European Commission (EC) on how its...
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Panama Canal Hits LNG Transit Record

Panama Canal Hits LNG Transit Record

Panama Canal has hit a new record for the transit of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in January. The Panama Canal...
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StormGeo Opens New Office In Denmark

StormGeo Opens New Office In Denmark

Weather intelligence firm StormGeo has opened a new office in Copenhagen, Denmark to better support shipping companies in the region....
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Scorpio Sells Seven Bulkers To Star Bulk

Scorpio Sells Seven Bulkers To Star Bulk

Scorpio Bulkers has continued its fleet sell off with the sale of seven vessels to Star Bulk, as it pivots...
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Dr. Peters Group, Chemikalien Seetransport Create Ship Management JV

Dr. Peters Group, Chemikalien Seetransport Create Ship Management JV

Hamburg-based tanker shipping company Chemikalien Seetransport (CST) and Dortmund-based Investment Manager Dr. Peters Group (DPG) have established a joint venture...
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