Hong Kongs financial secretary Paul Chan delivers 2023 Budget Hong Kongs maritime sector has long bemoaned the territorys lack of a long-term strategy for its development. This years budget speech, delivered yesterday by financial secretary

An innovative non-flammable maritime battery technology that promises long life and will be incorporated in a new zero-emissions offshore support vessel has received New Technology Qualification (NTQ) from ABS. Called Blue G, the vanadium r

Cairo, February 21, 2023 Chevron New Ventures PTE. LTD. (Chevron) and the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share best practices and expertise related to the redu

SINGAPORE 23 February 2023 Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. ( Yangzijiang , together with its subsidiaries, the Group ), a globally-leading shipbuilding group based in China, and a Straits Times IndexcomponentcompanylistedontheSGXMa

Here comes another top-10 list byContainer News. This time, we will see the largest container shipping companies in terms of owned carrying capacity. After checking the respective list of chartered carrying capacity , its time to take a loo

Following a competitive selection process, Professor Max Mejia has been selected by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Chancellor of the university, to succeed Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry as the new President

Gard chief executive Rolf Thore Roppestad Eleven months on from the first public announcement of the impending merger of PI Clubs North, and Standard, the merged unit officially launched on 20 February. In the interim there was much specula

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index jumped to the highest in more than three weeks on Wednesday, as rates for all vessel segments rose, led by capesizes. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax s

The Chairs of the Round Table of International Shipping Associations met in Athens last week to renew their collaboration, in the first physical meeting since 2019. The leaders of the major shipping industry trade associations: Paolo dAmico

On Friday 24 February, one year has passed since Russias invasion of Ukraine. During that year, dry bulk exports from Ukraine have dropped 77.8% compared to the same period a year earlier, causing a decline in global dry bulk volumes. Seabor

Previousreportssaid the BBC Maryland , hauling about 12,000 tonnes of thermal coal from Australias Newcastle terminal, was headed to Vung Tau in Vietnam after waiting five days without unloading at the eastern Chinese port of Changshu. The

When navigators talk, NAVTOR listens. The Norwegian maritime technology company has launched a breakthrough Auto-Routeing solution, addressing a major industry pain point and simplifying demanding tasks for busy bridge officers. Planning de

Shandong Port Group, the worlds largest port conglomerate in terms of cargo capacity, has made steady progress in building itself into a world-class sea port operator in the past year. The port conglomerates cargo handling capacity has reac

CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the full-freighter airline of the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, is stepping up its development with two scheduled services now available to China. The addition of Shanghai allow

He holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture from the University of Genova (Italy) andjoin RINA in 2002 in Italy, followed by various positions in project management, business development and technical support. His previous position i