Digital platform RightShip is setting up a dedicated taskforce for services to ports and terminals to bolster operations standards for safety, sustainability and crew welfare issues worldwide Named RightPORT, the team is a single source of

Unit45, based in Rotterdam, has developed a new diesel-electric reefer in collaboration with its client H.Essers, which is a Belgian logistics solutions provider. This newly developed diesel-electric reefer was designed with a 900-litre tan

On the afternoon of January 19, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and Shanghai Zhenghua Heavy Industries ZPMC (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. held a Regional Strategic Cooperation Agreement Ceremony in Singapore. The

The vessels were constructed between 2011 and 2013 at shipyards in South Korea and China. Danish shipping companyTORMhas signed two separate cash deals worth around $233mfor the acquisition of seven LR1 tanker vessels. The firm struck a dea

The Grimaldi Group announced it has exercised its option for the construction of five additional ammonia-ready 9,000 CEU car carriers from China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu, part of China Merchant Industry Holdings (CMI). Grimaldi an

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a large ammonia fueled 210,000 DWT bulk carrier jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and MITSUI CO., LTD (MITSUI). Ammonia is expected to be used as a ship fuel for decar

Chinas exports of both low and high sulfur fuel oil fell 6% year on year to total 18.04 million mt in 2022, according to data from the General Administration of Customs Jan. 28, as bunker demand in the downstream market declined. Exports ro

On January 28, Hengli Heavy Industry Park opened in Dalian Changxing Island. At the ceremony, Hengli Heavy Industrys first ship was steel cutting. It has signed the first batch of ship construction orders with shipowners, and signed strateg

Wan Hai Lines has apparently gotten over US$32 million after finalising the demolition sale of 10 elderly boxships, as the recycling of container vessels accelerates. Ship brokers report that after an open tender, the Taiwanese liner operat

Maersk has announced its intention to unify its brands by integrating Hamburg Sd and Sealand. The Danish shipping company believes that by integrating the aforementioned firms into the Maersk brand, it will be able to ease its customers log

GTT announces that it has received, at the beginning of 2023, an order from its partner the Chinese shipyard Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co for the tanks design of two Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers (LNGC) on behalf of the company CMES LNG

NYK is delighted to announce the order of its fifth liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG / liquefied ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI). The ship will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shi

Investors in middle aged dry bulk tonnage may be cheered by the impact of sustained higher recycled steel values, according to research commissioned by the Baltic Exchange. Analysis of the dry bulk carrier values undertaken by consultancy Z

USA-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is further reinforcing its position as the prime protective tank coating company in Turkeys maritime sector with a series of high-profile deals. The manufacturer, which already holds 80 per cent of

Cold reception for reefers in China sees volumes, and rates, slip on main Europe to Far East trade The traditionally resilient trade in reefers from Europe to the Far East appears to be slowly succumbing to the same market forces as the res