Singapore-based owner Jaldhi Overseas has moved to bolster and renew its chemical tanker fleet with six stainless steel newbuilds from Japan and China. The shipping arm of India’s Bothra Group ...

Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is rolling out a new player in the dry bulk sector through a merger of three of its shipping and shipmanagement subsidiaries. Asahi Shipping ...

DHT Holdings, a New York-listed tanker giant, has confirmed the sale of two Chinese-built VLCCs. DHT said in a statement that it sold the 2011-built DHT Lotus and the DHT Peony for a combined ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

The move indicates CMT, which owns and operates its bulker fleet through Singapore and Hong Kong subsidiaries, is making room for newbuildings booked for construction at fellow yard CSBC ...

Malaysia-based offshore marine group Nam Cheong has secured multi-year offshore support vessel charter contracts from leading regional oil majors worth up to RM317.1m ($72m). The agreements cover ...

Norwegian shipping investor Blystad Group has seen its platform supply vessel secure employment for up to six months in UK waters. The 2010-built Songa Commander, commercially and technically ...

Saipem was granted an option to amend the bareboat charter in March, together with an option to purchase the vessel, which has now also been firmed up. If exercised within 180 days of the initial ...

The International Labour Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) has been updated, following lengthy negotiations last week in Geneva. Under ILO’s Special Tripartite Committee on the ...

Seaway 7, the renewables unit of Oslo-listed Subsea 7, has signed a contract to charter a turbine vessel for work on the Dogger Bank wind farm off the UK. This comes after Seaway 7 signed a vessel ...

New York-listed tanker giant DHT Holdings has fixed one of its VLCCs for seven years. The Svein Moxnes Harfjeld-led supertanker specialist has secured employment for the 2018-built DHT Appaloosa ...

French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Egypt’s October Dry Port (ODP). Officially launched in November 2023, ODP is Egypt’s first dry port and the first ...