Ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Norsepower to install the auxiliary wind propulsion system Rotor Sail Solution onboard the m/v Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger…
Larisa Yeroshkinа Shipping New technologies that are rapidly gaining the authority in the shipping industry are stimulating the education sector to modernize traditional training programs….
Swedish ferry operator ForSea, formerly HH Ferries Group, has decided to convert Mercandia 4 from a passenger and freight vessel to a pure freight vessel….
Transport Canada has issued a CAD 12,000 (about USD 9,000) penalty to a containership operated by Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and five other fines…
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS closed the second quarter of this year with an increase in its earnings despite challenges posed by Brexit. DFDS’…
A new research project has an aimed to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gases produced by shipping will see a German consortium develop a fuel cell…
The Port of Rotterdam has launched a new company through which it would offer Pronto, an application for standardized data exchange on port calls, to…
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,…
