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

Daejeon, South Korea, 16 December 2022 In the first of its kind for a shipyard,DNV has awarded a Statement of Fact (SoF) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for applying blockchain technology to its own SAS (Samsung Autonomous Ship) and SVESS

The shipping industry can overcome geopolitical challenges and thrive, said the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Greek Branch at its 17th Annual Forum. The recent event, Moving Forward with the World in Turmoil, was held on December 7 at

With the aim of enhancing its Intra-Asia network, Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to announce thelaunch of a new weekly direct service, South China Philippines (SCP) service, which connects ports in South China to the Philippin

The ABS-led consortium, including CE Delft and Arcsilea, published two of up to six reports studying alternative fuels and decarbonization technologies for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). In an industry first, ABS offered a 360-

On December 15, the second 174,000 m3 large-scale LNG carrier WU DANG built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and China Shipbuilding Trading for COSCO Shipping and PetroChina Internationals LNG transportation project was delivered. WU DANG is