French cruise company Ponant has revealed its plans to acquire Paul Gauguin Cruises, the operator of cruises in French Polynesia and the South Pacific. The cruise…
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has signed a new agreement with the Maritime Administration of the Republic of Cyprus (the Cyprus MA). The deal,…
Anastasiya Yarmolyuk Shipping Unik Yachts is an engineering and shipbuilding company from Mykolaiv, which does ordinary things extraordinarily well, from an expedition motor yacht to…
Larisa Yeroshkina Shipping Traditionally, researchers used to judge about the Black Sea environmental health depending on pollutants concentration in water. However, after the EU adopted…
Turkish tour operator ANEX Tour has decided to enter into the cruise section by acquiring Saga Sapphire from Saga Cruises. The cruise ship would be…
Cruise operator Genting Hong Kong (GHK) has concluded an agreement to dispose of up to a 35 percent equity interest in its cruise brand, Dream…
Local customs officers have discovered a further 1.5 tons of cocaine on board a containership at the Port of Hamburg. The cocaine was found during…
A breaking wave is said to have injured four Filipino crewmen on a bulk carrier off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on August 6. The vessel…
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has released a request for proposals for a long-term lease of Terminal 46, a 50-acre deepwater marine terminal. Located on…
Valery Voinychenko, Freight News Reporter, Ph.D. in Economics The third final part of the overview dedicated to the problem of fundraising for constructing new or…
German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd revealed its plans to implement a penalty of USD 15,000 per container for misdeclared hazardous cargoes. The company said that the…
Spanish shipping company Baleària will start providing fast ferry service between Port Everglades, Florida, and Bimini, Bahamas, after the previous operator pulled out of the…
Dubai, UAE: The fourth annual The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference, which is taking place on Tuesday 22nd October at The Atlantis, the Palm, in Dubai,…
Saudi Arabia is leaving no stones unturned to capture a good chunk of the freight, supply chain & logistics market and establish itself as the…
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has taken another step in its plan to cut emissions as it joined the Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR)…
Singapore-based company Samudera Shipping has concluded a contract for selling two of its loss-making bulk carriers. Namely, the company’s subsidiary Foremost Maritime Pte sold the…
Anastasiya Yarmolyuk Shipping The shipping industry is on the threshold of major changes, due to the entry into force of the EU Directive 2016/802 of…
The newly-rebranded Greek ship owner Performance Shipping has acquired its first Aframax tanker and the fifth vessel overall in the fleet. The delivered unit is…
Despite challenging market conditions, Chilean multinational company SAAM reported a profitable first half of the year. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the…
The Panama Canal is to implement speed limits to protect whales, dolphins and other large aquatic mammals, during their nearby seasonal migration. Starting August 1…
