Activists demand Spain halt port calls of Maersk Line ships carrying arms The continuing effort by activist groups to interrupt…
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Shipping carbon tax will impact African economies and food security: report As the push towards the introduction of a global…
Latest shipping line opens on Chittagong-China maritime route A shipping line on the Chattogram-China maritime route started operation, with a…
DNV Maritime CEO: decarbonization is slowing down According to DNV, 93 percent of the global shipping fleet still relies on…
LNG terminal planned for Mexico to serve ships With the number of ships using LNG continuing to grow and spurring…
WSC presents fund plan The World Shipping Council, which represents the container and vehicle transport sectors, has refined its proposals…
For H2 2024: container shipping market outlook In a five-part series mid-year we take stock of shipping markets in the…
Shipping’s resilience buffeted by threats In 2024, the shipping industry has been caught in a maelstrom of challenges that threaten…
Ship recycling market picking up the pace The ship recycling has been on a rise last week, with India as…
LNG shipping: high supply suppresses rates LNG shipping is undergoing major shifts since the start of 2024. In its latest…
Clarksea index moves 35pc above trend Clarkson Research’s six monthly outlook for the global shipping markets, Shipping Review & Outlook,…
ETS: ‘Quite A Year’ for ship owners It has been “quite a year” for ship owners preparing for the EU…
Red Sea movements and financial security Recent Houthi attacks on vessels passing through the straits of Bab al-Mandab on their…
Global container equipment fleet growth picks up pace Growth in the global pool of shipping containers is picking up pace…
An ambitious global test bed for green ships sets sail With 90 percent of traded goods being transported across the…
2023 ends with two major shipping passages experiencing disruptions Shipping’s two major shipping passages, forged through decades of works and…
Maritime disruptions in the Suez Canal and Red Sea Attacks on container ships in the Red Sea and Suez Canal…
Newbuildings: more orders for dry bulk carriers More Dry Bulk carriers have been on the shipowners’ radar over the past…
FBX index November 2023: ramping up the uncertainty As if the container shipping capacity wasn’t sufficiently unpredictable, the past month…
New fuels, new challenges Shipping need’s for decarbonization has increased the needs for alternative fuels and the supply chains to…
Canada-India row: navigating the downside risks to dry bulk? The Impact on dry bulk shipping demand is likely to be…
Blank sailing trends will persist This analytical piece provides an in-depth examination of current trends in blank sailings across major…
Is the ship recycling market about to see more activity? The ship recycling market has been hampered by reduced activity…
Drewry: tanker shipping stocks volatile in 2023 So far, the year 2023 has been very volatile for stocks of crude…
Cargill kickstarts maritime decarbonization with biofuels, methanol US-based agricultural trader Cargill has ramped up a bio-bunkering program for its own…
Drewry: lng shipping equity index up 16.3pc during 2023 The Drewry LNG Shipping Equity Index increased 16.3 percent YTD (as…
Global container shipping outlook: pressure mounts amid flood of new capacity The container shipping market has become used to cyclicality…
Wind propulsion for RoRo, RoPax and Pax vessels The shipping world is looking for the right answers to the decarbonization…
Realities of a multi-fuel future Decarbonising the shipping industry is a complex challenge, yet a wholesale switch to green fuels…
Green shipping: a $1.9tn investment opportunity? Shipping is the most carbon efficient means of transportation (on a CO2 per ton-km…
Record cuts in container shipping costs in 2023 As many shippers/BCOs conclude their annual tender negotiations for new transpacific contracts…
Product tankers in Asia to keep benefiting from Australian demand Product tankers and more specifically, MRs are to keep benefiting…
Newbuildings still in demand Newbuilding activity has kept its momentum over the past week, while S&P deals seem to have…
Why skills development is vital for shipping’s green transition Moving towards a low-emission global economy will create tens of millions…
Some Current News from the Shipping Market All Around the World: A look into the Greek maritime fleet To Mark…
LNG delivering decarbonisation SEA-LNG is pleased to share its overview of LNG as a marine fuel in 2022-2023 with you.…
Shipping: navigating towards a greener future Nine out of ten goods traded globally are transported by ship. Without shipping, we…
Ship recycling market still under pressure The Ship recycling has remained under pressure, despite a few positive signs here and…
Fitch ratings: global shipping outlook worsens on lower container freight rates Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for shipping to…
Tankers expected to emerge as the “winners” of 2023 It seems that each calendar year since 2020 has each own…
Ports and Shipping Updates: Efficiency analysis – how do your ships stand up? Technology is expected to play a significant…
The digital journey shipping companies are making to recover from the pandemic years Shipping companies are focusing on the future…
Associations plead case for EU consortia block exemption regulation The joint submission from the World Shipping Council (WSC), the International…
Wastefuel technology converts municipal solid waste to e-methanol fuel With the shipping industry moving toward the broader adoption of methanol…
Container shipping profits will drop by 80pc in 2023/24: HSBC report After two years of unprecedented rises container freight rates…
Felixstowe port workers strike to compound supply chain woes Some 1,900 port workers have gone on strike from 21 –…
World’s longest green corridor planned between Singapore and Rotterdam Efforts are underway to form the world’s longest green corridor to…
Congestion shifts to US East coast ports Congestion at US West Coast ports hit the headlines last year as it…
Containers lost at sea increased 400pc in 2020 – 2021 According to figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC) 3,133…
Carbon taxes in the shipping industry—assessing Japan’s proposal There are growing calls for a carbon tax on shipping emissions. Jim…
Navigating decarbonisation – contractual considerations With mounting global efforts to combat climate change, the shipping and offshore sectors are subject…
Carbon capture could be of interest to the maritime industry The nascent industry of carbon storage and utilization could be…
Ship repairs proving costlier and more difficult scheduling-wise Performing scheduled maintenance or ship repairs is proving to be yet another…
Industry partnerships key to decarbonizing the commodity value chain The COP26 summit in Glasgow in November highlighted the increasing pressure…
Carbon neutral shipping – it all comes down to green hydrogen, and lots of it With decarbonisation much in the…
Shipping ton-mile demand increasing The current situation in the shipping markets has been favorable of increased ton-mile demand. However, the…
Russian seaborne lng exports reached 30.3mn tonnes The current situation in Ukraine is having a direct impact on the shipping…
Higher energy-yield with superior fuel combustion While deliberations on meeting the IMO’s goal of cutting GHG emissions from shipping by…
Why Mexico is ideally placed to become a zero-carbon shipping fuels hub With the International Maritime Organization calling for a…
Shipping decarbonization With the shipping industry gradually expected to move towards cleaner fuels, ordering a newbuilding vessel can be a…
5 alternative container ports for avoiding congestion The Los Angeles-Long Beach ports complex was the poster child for supply chain…
Baltic index falls as capesizes hit lowest in seven months The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index declined on…
Covid-era shipping stocks: the (super) good, the bad and the ugly Shipping stocks have never been for the faint of…
Designated ‘net-zero’ lanes could push the shipping industry to clean up its act The world’s ever growing global economy runs…
Japan’s bunker supply expected to tighten in Nov Bunker fuel supply in Japan is expected to tighten in November as…
Greece wants ‘realistic’ EU Green policy for shipping EU shipping power Greece has told the European Commission that adding the…
LNG shipping rates climb to multi-month highs on demand for vessels Freight rates to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose…
Decarbonisation a defining financing factor Shipping companies that do not have a strategy to decarbonise are likely to be pushed…
The port, as an infrastructure of maritime services has evolved its functions over the years to become a complex logistic…
It is heartening to note that the cargo handling activities at the two ports located in Karachi – Port Bin…
PIAC Performance Indicators Units 2017 2018 2019 2020 PIAC Fleet No. of Planes 36 32 32 30 Route Km 360,937…
Scrubbers for the future Almost as long as scrubber technology has been commercially available for shipping, questions have been raised…
Shipping moving towards zero-emission period More needs to be done, in order for shipping to transition to the zero-carbon era.…
Newbuilding ordering activity in slowdown mode Newbuilding contracting has slowed down over the past couple of weeks, a development attributed…
ICS reaction to EU ETS shipping extension The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released a statement following the European…
Newbuilding contracting picks up pace Proman Shipping announced signing for a further two firm 50k MRs, with delivery of both…
LPG shipping stocks – what lies ahead? The year 2021 has been volatile for the LPG shipping industry. VLGC rates…
Checks and balances on container rates In shipping there have been clear winners and loser in the global war against…
Lockdowns hinder the demolition market once again The ships’ recycling market has sustained a halt over the past days, as…
Dry bulk market dynamics shifting Demand for second hand dry bulk tonnage has been rising of late, with shipowners’ focus…
Prior to the pandemic, Pakistan’s ports handled a total trade volume of approximately 110.69 million tons during 2019. In 2020,…
Global Maritime Industry Scrap prices should rise in order to attract more tonnage says shipbroker An underwhelming demolition market has…
Lack of tonnage prevalent in the demolition market Alack of tonnage is becoming evident in the ship recycling market, as…
Moody’s: global shipping industry’s strong performance in 2020 set to continue Although the container shipping industry was hit hard by…
Bio-lng fuel seen as ‘prime pathway’ to carbon neutrality The gradual introduction of bio-LNG alongside synthetic LNG is expected to…
New quality standard and ngo for dry bulk sector launched Supported by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Bimco,…
Global Maritime Industry Ocean shipping companies lead the fight against the empty container build-up The willingness of shipping lines to…
Dry bulk market expected to rebound during 2021 The dry bulk market could be heading towards a renewed wave of…
Shipping bodies call on Jeff Bezos to take a stand for stranded seafarers at industry round table The leaders of…
Newbuilding activity showing signs of “life” Most of the activity these days is centered around the S&P market, with ship…