The technology group Wrtsil has successfully retrofitted an inline shaft generator system on the Berge Toubkal, a cape-size bulk carrier owned by Singapore-based Berge Bulk. This is the marine industrys first-ever shaft generator retrofit,

The COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) yard has announced that it will retrofit the main engines aboard two LPG carriers from the fleet of Tianjin Southwest Maritime Ltd., the Chinese liquefied-gas carrier operator. In doing so, it i

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for the fifth straight session, dragged by weaker rates in panamax and supramax segments. The overall index, which factors in rates fo

Global ship manager pools expertise with independent ship broker to offer a unique package of services to assist ship owners and operators navigate and comply with regulations as shipping gears up for emissions trading debut. Wilhelmsen Shi

For the engineering innovations behind the Tuas Port Phase 1 (TPP1) Reclamation, Wharf Construction Dredging Project, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and project partners were awarded the 2022 World Federation of Engineer

To provide better access to the north Indian market, MSC will expand its current Sentosa service to connect the main ports of China directly with Indias key ports of Mundra and Nhava Sheva and with Colombo in Sri Lanka. Offering access to a

The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) and the Port of Himeji aims to promote collaboration and information sharing between the two ports on renewable energy and net zero carbon emission effort

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell to the lowest in nearly three years, pressured by weaker rates across vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for c

BIMCO has established a new subcommittee to develop a Dynamic Positioning (DP) Annex for the SUPPLYTIME 2017. The DP Annex is expected to be the next addition to the library of specialist pro-forma Annexes, which is being developed by BIMCO

The first ship loaded with 10,000 tons of Russian corn left Russias Zarubino Port and will arrive in the Port of Qingdao in East Chinas Shandong Province within days, the Global Times learned on Monday. The cargo volume is a historic breakt

Several Turkish ports were hit hard by a devastating earthquake that measured 7.8 magnitudes on the Richter scale, with at least one port suspended operations after docks collapsed, according to Turkish Maritime Authority and media reports.

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TIANJIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- North Chinas Tianjin Port handled over 1.73 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in January this year, up 7.2 percent year on year, the ports operator said on Monday. Tianjin Port saw its car

Halima / Source: VSLJOIN Six crew members died in an unidentified accident on a tanker off Lagos in Nigeria during the weekend (4-5 January). According to an unconfirmed report, the seafarers seem to be cleaning cargo tanks and, therefore,

Pre-berth waiting times showed clear signs of improvement towards the end of 2022 despite, increasing disruption due to transport sector strikes, and this trend is expected to continue through 2023. After more than two years of widespread p