Nanjing Tanker Corporation, a subsidiary of China Changjiang National Shipping Group（Belong to China Merchant Group）, has announced its intention to build 2 new LR2 product/crude oil tankers as part of its strategic fleet expansion. Thi

The board of directors of MacGregor Group AB has appointed Jonas Gustavsson Chief Executive Officer of MacGregor as of 1 August 2025. He succeeds Leif Bystrm, who is retiring. We are delighted to welcome Jonas Gustavsson as CEO of MacGregor

Relocating a factory is often described as one of the most complex and stressful challenges in industrial logistics. When operations are scattered across borderswith equipment distributed across 7 different sites in Germany, Austria, and th

Star Information Systems (STAR) has acquired Sharecat, a recognized provider of solutions for managing and improving technical data quality for complex industrial operations. STAR delivers advanced systems for maintenance, operations planni

Bohai Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. (BOSC) and Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings have taken their cooperation to the next level, reaching new consensus on two strategic projects: the establishment of a joint bulk carrier capacity pool and th

Last week, I had the opportunity to see firsthand the scale and ambition behind Hengli Heavy Industrys latest developments and its safe to say, they are redefining what a modern shipbuilding powerhouse looks like. From its mirror-polished e

Anemoi Marine Technologies, the UKs leading developer of wind-assisted ship propulsion systems, has won funding under the sixth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition. The 1.2 million project will include the development of a

On 12 August 2025, TAIZHOU Kouan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and KING SHIP (HK) LIMITED signed a contract for four additional 63,000 DWT multipurpose vessels, following the Hong Kong shipowners initial order for eight sister ships placed on 9 Ma

Global Trade Shift: China Leads the Globalization Wave, Maersk Optimistic About the Future! Recently, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) released its Q2 2025 financial results, showing robust performance with revenue growth of 2.8% year-on-year

Wasaline has signed a biogas contract with Gasum and a Fuel EU Maritime pooling agreement with Stena Line which enables Wasaline to use only biofuels in the future. This also makes the Vaasa - Ume route the first international green shippin

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited (2343.HK), one of the worlds leading owners and operators of modern Handysize and Supramax bulk carriers, has reported resilient results for the first half of 2025 despite the weakest dry bulk market in the pa

The long-standing carbon-neutral fuel deadlock will take centre stage at London International Shipping Week 2025 , as LISW25 International Partner Accelleron presents a new report with a quantified, comparative analysis of key conditions th

Achilles, a global leader in supply chain risk management solutions, has signed an agreement to bring Swire Shipping, a leading shipping company in Asia -Pacific, into the Achilles Maritime Network. This latest addition to the collaborative

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Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. , a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), delivered the first 9,000-CEU PCTC GRANDE TIANJIN to Italys Grimaldi Group on August 8. This remarkable achievement marks the 600th ve