Over the last decade, overall containership fleet growth has been driven by demand for larger ships – a trend that is not expected to be…
Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has taken delivery of the 14,000 TEU containership ONE Cygnus from Japan Marine United Corporation’s shipyard at Kure,…
Denmark has kicked off the process of becoming one of the first in the world to have a digital register of shipping. According to the…
After booking record cargo volumes for the calendar 2018, South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) continued the trend at the Port of Charleston in fiscal year…
Greece’s financial crimes unit (SDOE), in cooperation with coast guard and drug enforcement officers, has seized a record-breaking amount of amphetamine Captagon pills at the…
Tallink Superfast, a subsidiary of Finland’s AS Tallink Grupp, has signed a loan agreement with the KfW IPEX-Bank for the financing of a new LNG-powered…
The RoRo cargo vessel Coyhaique, which grounded near the Chilean Port of Aguirre in the early morning hours of July 3, is listing heavily and…
India and the Maldives have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of passenger and cargo services by sea, has received approval from The…
A search operation has been launched for a 37-year-old man who fell overboard from the cruise ship Carnival Victory. The incident occurred on July 4…
Norway-based shipping company Ocean Yield has taken delivery of the very large crude carrier (VLCC) Nissos Santorini. The vessel was delivered from the South Korean…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 70 million (USD 78.9 million) loan with the Finnish-Swedish consortium Kvarken Link Oy. The aim is…
Port operator Hutchison Ports officially launched operations in the new port of Veracruz on July 1. The first operation of Hutchison Ports Internacional de Contenedores Asociados…
One crew member was reported deceased while fifteen more were injured in an LNG tanker explosion at the port of Aliaga, Turkey. At the time…
The Port of Virginia has become the first port in the United States to join SEA\LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread…
Abu Dhabi Ports and the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) have signed an agreement to pool their combined expertise to enhance the maritime sector across the…
Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises has signed a deal with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku for the construction of its third Icon-class ship. Under the agreement, the new…
Eleanor Roosevelt, described as the world’s first fast ferry for passengers and cargo, has begun to take shape at the Armon de Gijón shipyard, Spanish…
Greek dry bulk shipping company Globus Maritime Limited has reached an agreement for a USD 37 million loan. The funds would be used to refinance…
The Cayman Islands government has selected Verdant Isle Port Partners (VIPP) as the preferred bidder for a project to construct a new cruise berthing facility…
Helsinki Shipyard Oy and Russia’s river cruise company Vodohod have concluded a contract for the construction of two luxury cruise expedition vessels. According to the…
