Large bulkers specialist Winning International Group has expanded its push into the very large ore carrier segment, ordering another six 325,000 dwt VLOCs from CSSC Beihai Shipbuilding to support its ...

Solstad Maritime has upgraded its upcoming campaign with Prysmian by assigning the larger construction support vessel Normand Energy in place of the originally planned Normand Ocean. The vessel switch ...

Pierre Aury gives readers a renewable fuels guide. As the International Maritime Organization has decided to postpone by one year the approval of its proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) we have decided ...

Havila Shipping has secured more work with Equinor after the Norwegian energy major exercised fresh options on one of the owner’s platform supply vessels. The latest extension covers the PSV Havila ...

China’s Hengli Shipbuilding has confirmed a major newbuilding programme for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), detailing a 12-ship order that marks one of the most substantial commitments at the yard ...

New York-listed boxship owner Global Ship Lease (GSL) has moved to expand its fleet, striking a deal to buy three 8,600 teu vessels for a combined $90m. The vessels — Korean-built in 2010 and 2011 and ...

Russia failed on Friday in its bid for reelection to Category (a) at the IMO Council. Member states held a secret ballot to elect nations to the International Maritime Organization’s council, the UN ...

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has formally opened a next-generation Samsung Remote Operation Center (SROC) in Taiwan for long-time customer Evergreen, marking another step towards shore-based vessel ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis has signed a long-term charter deal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuild with a global trading company. Under the agreement, the Seoul-based shipping arm of ...

The maritime industry has a fuel problem. Despite a clear change in rhetoric in recent years regarding the need for shipping to decarbonise, 100% of the industry continues to rely, in some form, on ...

A new study from the University of Oxford estimates that disruptions at the world’s maritime chokepoints affect around $192bn worth of maritime trade each year. These disruptions result in estimated ...

Nuclear-powered containerships could unlock $68m in annual savings and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new Lloyd’s Register and LucidCatalyst report for Seaspan Corporation, the ...