News Flash
GreenVoyage2050: States Accelerate Action To Decarbonize Shipping
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 08, 2021
Eleven States from across the globe are partnering in the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
Brazilian Soy Exports In March Should Reach 15 Million Tons: 250 Ships Waiting To Load
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Date: Mar 08, 2021
Brazilian soy shipments this month should reach 15 million tons, which could establish a new record...
Damen Sets Up Ship Financing Division
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Date: Mar 08, 2021
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group revealed plans to launch a specialised financial services d...
Shenzhen Gas Orders LNG Carrier At Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 06, 2021
Shenzhen Gas has ordered an LNG carrier at CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding as it expands its busi...
Keel Laid For Green Jade
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Date: Mar 06, 2021
CDWE, a joint venture between CSBC and DEME Offshore, held an official keel-laying ceremony for the...
Container Shipping Could Save $4bn A Year From 50% Take-up Of E-Bills Of Lading
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 06, 2021
A 50% adoption of usage of electronic Bills of Ladings by shippers in the next 10 years could save ...
Handysize 38kt Time Charter Average FFA Is ‘Perfect Timing’
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 06, 2021
Forward freight agreement (FFA) trades for a basket of 38,000-dwt handysize time charter rates will...
Exports From Astara Port Rises 82%
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 06, 2021
As announced by a provincial official, exports from Astara port in the north of Iran has increased ...
BW And Miros JV Unlocking Wave And Weather Data In Emissions Reduction
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 05, 2021
Technology company Miros and BW Group have developed what they describe as a “game-changing” ve...
CMA CGM Completes Deal To Buy A Stake In Algeciras Container Terminal
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 05, 2021
France’s CMA CGM Group has, through its CMA Terminals subsidiary, completed a deal to acquire a 5...
Shell Expands LNG Bunkering Network With New Vessel Charter
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 05, 2021
Shell today announced a significant milestone for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine fuels busi...
New BIMCO Ocean Towage And Barge Contracts Released
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 05, 2021
The latest editions of TOWCON, TOWHIRE and BARGEHIRE are now available on SmartCon. It has been ...
Seaspan Continues Ordering Spree With 8 More Boxships
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 05, 2021
Seaspan Corporation, a Hong Kong-based owner and operator of container vessels and part of Atlas Co...
UK P&I Club Joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
The UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the internationa...
Secretary-General Urges Countries To End ‘Deadly Addiction’ To Coal
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
Addressing members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, the UN Chief stressed that keeping temperatu...
SAL And Jumbo To Form Heavy Lift Joint Venture
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
German shipowner SAL Heavy Lift and Dutch firm Jumbo have announced their intention to form a joint...
Positioning For Offshore Wind Expansion In The US
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
With offshore wind taking off in the US Barry Parker reviews a report by classification society ABS...
Baleària LNG-Powered Fast Ferry Starts Sea Trials
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
Spanish ferry operator Baleària said its LNG-fueled fast-ferry Eleanor Roosevelt has kicked off se...
Sino-Global Starts Accepting Bitcoin As Payment
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 04, 2021
The US-based company Sino-Global Shipping America revealed it will now accept bitcoin as a form of ...
India Announces $82B Port Infrastructure Plan
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
India's government has announced a long-term $82 billion plan to invest in the nation's seaports. S...
Hapag-Lloyd Opens New Office In Kenya's Capital Nairobi
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
Hapag-Lloyd has opened a new office in Kenya’s capital Nairobi added to its main business in the ...
IMO Publishes Guidelines To Port State Control For On-Board Fuel Oil Sampling
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
The 75th session of International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Com...
Great Eastern Shipping, Foresight Lead List Of Contenders In SCI’s Privatisation
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
Great Eastern Shipping Co and the London-based Foresight Group are among the leading names that hav...
CMA CGM Takes An Equity Stake In TTIA Container Terminal In Algeciras
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
French shipping and logistics major CMA CGM Group has through its CMA Terminals subsidiary acquired...
FSL Trust Refinances 5 Tankers
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 03, 2021
FSL Trust Management, the trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust, has secured a deal with an unn...
Port Of Santos Approved To Berth 14,000 Teu Containerships
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 02, 2021
The Brazilian Navy has given the Port of Santos approval to receive vessels of 366 m in length, equ...
Pacific Hub Ports Concept Explored For Regional Crew Change And Repatriation
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 02, 2021
The concept of “hub” ports to receive, quarantine, test for COVID-19 and potentially vaccinate ...
DP World Starts Operations Of Multipurpose Terminal At Port Of Luanda
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 02, 2021
DP World has today begun operation of the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda. The...
TORM Purchases Eight MR Product Tankers With Chemical Trading Capabilities From TEAM Tankers In A Partly Share-Based Transaction
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 02, 2021
TORM on March 1, entered into an agreement to purchase eight 2007-2012 built MR product tanker vess...
Hambantota Port In Wholesale Bunker Supply Partnership With Sinopec
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 02, 2021
Hambantota International Port (HIP) has launched the wholesale supply bunker fuels with Sinopec whi...
61 MoUs Signed By DG Shipping Ahead Of Maritime India Summit 2021
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 01, 2021
‘THE ROAD SHOW & MoU SIGNING CEREMONY’ organized by the Directorate General (DG) Shipping o...
Container Line Schedule Reliability At Record Low For 6th Month Running
Categories: News Flash
Date: Mar 01, 2021
Container line schedule reliability fell to its lowest level for the sixth consecutive month accord...