Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. has concluded an agreement with ABB on suppling of power and propulsion package for the Asian country’s first domestically-built cruise ship….
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions two Chinese shipping companies, Dalian Haibo, International Freight Co and Liaoning Danxing International Forwarding Co, over claims they helped…
A 147-meter Ro-Ro ship was ordered by the Italian Railway Network from a temporary joint venture composed of Officine Meccaniche Navali, T. Mariotti, and Fonderie…
A number of companies have recently joined The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), increasing the organisation’s membership to 35 shipowners operating a combined fleet…
In Australia, a new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and CSIRO collaborative study has found that balloons are the highest-risk plastic debris item for…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Five Deeps Expedition lays the groundwork for previously unexplored areas…
Leading a 15-strong delegation to Hamburg and Lübeck, Kaspars Ozolins, Under-Secretary of State in the Latvian Ministry of Transport, and Ingo Egloff, Joint CEO of…
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new silver coin that recaptures the design of the 1949 Silver Dollar celebrating Newfoundland and Labrador’s transformation from…
In recent years, South Africa has downsized its domestic railway freight network with the closure of many branch lines, and now long line-ups of big…
Imports at the major retail container ports in US are expected to drop to their lowest level in almost a year this month. According to…
Oceana has released the results of a new seafood fraud investigation, finding that one in every five fish tested was mislabeled. Oceana collected more than…
Following widespread reports of subpar on-base housing conditions for U.S. Navy servicemembers, assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment Phyllis L. Baye has decided to…
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has announced that it will use marine gas oil (MGO) on all routes sailed by its expedition ships — the HANSEATIC nature, the HANSEATIC inspiration and…
After delivering a loss in 2018, Finland-based Containerships plc, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, expects an improvement in its results during 2019. The…
A prolonged power blackout has given Venezuela’s oil export volumes yet another hit. The nation’s exports have been in decline for years due to underinvestment…
Ship owner and operator Taiwan Navigation has decided to further expand its fleet with the order of two Kamsarmax units at a Japanese shipyard. According…
Shipping Finland-based shipping company ESL Shipping, part of the ASPO Group, has decided to reflag its new LNG-fueled bulk carrier Haaga to the Finnish flag….
Over the previous year, the Greek-controlled fleet slightly deflated in terms of number of vessels, deadweight and gross tonnage, while the Greek flag is no longer…
Florida-based tanker shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group ended the fourth quarter of 2018 in loss. The company delivered a net loss of USD 5.2 million…
All DNV GL classed vessels are now able to use the possibility of remote surveys for some inspections through the Veracity data platform, the classification…
