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…
Alexander Sivak, Director, MediaCompass Company TRANS EXPO International Black Sea Transport Forum is a unique event in the transport industry of Ukraine, which for the…
A Taiwanese freighter collided with an unidentified Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) warship on July 31, according to the Taiwan Coast Guard. The two vessels…
Namibia has launched an expanded container terminal at the Port of Walvis Bay that is set to double the country’s annual container handling capacity. Works…
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin revealed its plans to fit scrubbers on a majority of its Supramaxes by the end of 2019. The…
Finland’s Tallink Grupp has launched an international name search for its new LNG-powered shuttle vessel. The construction of the new fast ferry is due to…
