Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship managers and ship masters Lloyds Register (LR) has revised its periodical survey requirements for the first Special Survey of chemical and double hull oil tankers, in line with the Internation

Driving from Lingang New Area, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, across the 32.5-meter-long Donghai Bridge, Yangshan Port leaps into view. Giant cargo ships sit at the dockside, as neat rows of gantry cranes move along rails to lift and

The International Maritime Organization, UNs global regulatory body for shipping, will soon introduce its first set of emission regulations despite controversies surrounding its Carbon Intensity Indicator which comes into force in 2023. Fro

Washington, Singapore/Brussels, 16 December 2022 In its first in-person session in three years, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 79 (MEPC 79) addressed a broad array of issues, taking important steps forward on the path to im

Fleet Management (FLEET) congratulates its crew onboard managed tanker SILVER MUNA who rescued two men and pet dog from their powerless sailboat, more than 200 miles off the coast of Delaware. The Americans Kevin Hyde, 65, and Joe Ditomasso

What the hell just Happened? 12 months ago, we titled our closing report of 2021 A year to Forget. 2022 has been anything but and summarizing what just happened on one page is no easy feat. Early in January, we then titled a report called T

The car carrier sector is experiencing exceptionally firm market conditions, with operator profits strong and charter rates having surged to the highest levels on record. Support has been provided by the post-Covid car trade rebound gatheri

The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) signed today a long-term strategic collaboration to develop the mass scale use of cold ironing technology

On December 15, the 49,900 dwt methanol dual-fuel chemical/product tanker No. 4 STENA PROSPEROUS built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, a subsidiary of CSSC, was completed and delivered to Stena Proman of Sweden. The ship is the fourth

On December 15, 2022, CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding and Donghai Rescue Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport held a signing ceremony for four 4000KW medium-sized ocean rescue ships construction project. This batch of 4000KW medium

Chinas leading new-energy vehicle manufacturer BYD on Thursday sent 40 pure electric trucks on a bulk carrier via the port of Shanghai, which are destined for export to Chennai, India. This also marked the debut of the transport using bulk

Xiamen Port was listed among the top 10 maritime container ports with the best business environments in 2022 on Dec 9. So far, Xiamen port has made the list for four consecutive years. In 2019 and 2021, Xiamen ranked first, and in 2021 and

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The Baltic Exchanges dry bulk sea freight index rose on Thursday to mark its biggest one-day percentage gain since mid-September, underpinned by a jump in capesize rates. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and s

Copenhagen, Denmark As part of its strategy to decarbonize customers supply chains, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green* methanol Letter of Intent with U.S. based SunGas Renewables, Inc., a spin-out of GTI Energy, and a leader