On July 12, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers signed a shipbuilding contract to build a 65,000DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel with Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited of CSSC. Equipped with the worlds advanced dynamic

DESMI has installed, approximately, 700 OptiSaveTMsystems which altogether have generated accumulated CO2reductions corresponding to 1-million-ton CO2. This equals what a 16,000- hectare Rain Forest consumes a year. DESMIs Energy Saving Sol

On July 8, China Shipbuilding Trading and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry once again successfully undertook the new construction project of three 85,000 DWT Kamsarmax bulk carriers from Norwegian Golden Ocean. This indicates that DSIC has obta

On July 12, China State ShipbuildingCorporation issued an announcementand decided to hireShi Weidong asgeneral manager of the company. According to the announcement ofCSSC on July 9, JiJun proposed to the company to resign from his position

European ports and terminals call for more targeted shore power regulations. While recognizing the need for an ambitious deployment of shore power as a means to reduce the harmful emissions of ships in ports, The European Sea Ports Organiza

Swire Projects (the Projects business unit of Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd.) has entered into a long-term agreement with shipowner R. Braren for the charter of three handysize multipurpose (MPP) vessels. These vessels will service customer requi

Recently, The Marine ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) independently developed by Qingdao SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company has won the LR and CCSApproval In Principle(AIP) certificate for the first time in the world. The succes

The number of container ships waiting off Los Angeles and Long Beach is well off its highs, but the pileup of import containers waiting on Southern California terminal yards is rapidly reapproaching its peak. Long Beach just crossed a red l

Rates for Asia-bound very large crude carrier (VLCC) shipments out of the Americas have risen to their highest levels in eleven weeks on the back of heightened inquiry as demand from Chinese refiners continues to rally after the lifting of

The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project has launched a series of roundtables on the creation of National Action Plans(NAPs) to address GHG emissions from shipping, with the first event held in collaboration with the Government of Kenya on 12

Transport Canada has issued a new Ship Safety Bulletin No.15/2022 which clarifies the vessel requirements under the Interim Order for the Protection of the Killer Whale in the waters of southern British Columbia. This replaces Ship Safety B

Shandong Port Group (SPG), which is currently the worlds largest port conglomerate in terms of cargo capacity, signed an equity transfer contract with Malaysias Sime Darby Group in Weifeng, East Chinas Shandong province on July 3, which is

On July 1, a ceremony to commemorate automation upgrades at the worlds first traditional container terminal was held in Tianjin. Vice Mayor of Tianjin Municipality and Vice Chairman of the Municipal CPPCC Committee Mr. Sun Wenkui was presen

Chinas Yangpu port in Hainan province is planning to expand container hub port construction and build five new container berths as part of developing a regional container hub. Construction of the port expansion project is expected to start

Total container throughput of Chinas ports will continue to grow this year, providing support to the countrys foreign trade and the operation of global supply chains, according to a report released on Tuesday. Demand for logistic services i