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Australian authorities are continuing their strict enforcement programs designed to ensure the welfare of seafarers arriving at their ports. At...

BIMCO started reporting from 30 September 2020, a series of articles, informing members of what to expect in the revised...

BIMCO is adapting the currently used SHIPMAN 2009 agreement for use with autonomous ships, but the lack of actual autonomous...

“There has been substantial industry lobbying of the EU Commission for an extension to the deadline for compliance to allow...

To remind, the joint venture was established by NYK Line, Engie and Mitsubishi Corporation as an LNG bunkering unit. The...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has confirmed an explosion aboard a tanker used for floating storage in the Oil...

There are currently 400,000 seafarers stuck at sea, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), due to government’s travel restrictions...

The average exchange rate of Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar during the first six months of fiscal 2020 appreciated...

Freight rates are about to face renewed downward pressure, on the back of a new wave of lockdowns around the...

The world’s largest containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the CMA CGM Jacques Saade is continuing her record-setting maiden voyage making her...

The United States has formally departed the Paris Climate Accord, becoming the only signatory nation to withdraw. As a non-member,...

Despite enough potential supply of tonnage primed for demolition, it seems that the conclusion of deals has been elusive over...

Oil futures prices have started to signal OPEC+ may have to do more to offset a second wave of coronavirus...

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Baghdad, a new building VLCC of...

While the shipping industry is known for the diversity of nationalities employed at sea, one area where diversity lags is...

Charterers in some instances have been preventing crew changes from occurring, according to INTERCARGO. The trade organization representing the dry...

In an interview with Mehr news, the Director-General of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department informed the road minister is to...

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President and CEO: Junichiro Ikeda), announced that charter agreements were signed for three icebreaking liquefied...

Classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has released its guidelines for membrane systems on liquefied gas carriers.   ClassNK said...