The Marcopolo 188 barge, loaded with hundreds of containers and towed by the tug boat Mega Daya 43, almost sank in the waters of Karimun Regency, Riau Islands (Kepri), [...]
The German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association (VSM) has issued a very strongly worded release, demanding Berlin and other European governments reduce their dependence on China for all things [...]
Container lines covering Indian trades have begun to penalise customers, and more severely spot customers, for failing to fulfill their bookings as committed. These charges are generally in the [...]
In August 2020 Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) embarked on an epic fleet build-up plan that is expected to result this week with its 200th secondhand ship purchase in less [...]
Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) reportedly plans to invest around US$3 billion to build a container port in Peru, as the Chinese government advances the Belt and Road initiative to [...]
Norway’s Torvald Klaveness has appointed Geir Frode Abelsen as managing director of Klaveness Ship Management to succeed Ernst Meyer following his appointment as CEO of Klaveness. Klaveness said Abelsen joins the [...]
French ocean carrier CMA CGM and PSA Corporation, a subsidiary of the global port operator PSA International, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand collaboration with new [...]
German terminal operator Eurogate Group, its affiliate Contship Italia, and German containerline Hapag-Lloyd will develop a new container terminal in the Egyptian Mediterranean port of Damietta under a 30-year [...]
Over 600 i-Kiribati seafarers trapped overseas due to the COVID-19 pandemic have now been repatriated, the International Chamber of Shipping announced Monday. The final six seafarers touched down in [...]
Liquimar Tankers Management Services and Evridiki Navigation were sentenced last week after being convicted at trial on all charges related to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, [...]
