The digital journey shipping companies are making to recover from the pandemic years By Alexander Buchmann, Managing Director, Hanseaticsoft, part of Lloyds Registers Maritime Performance Services division Shipping companies are focusing on

Sometimes fault is not always one-sided as a recent dispute involving a naval architect and a class society demonstrated. The claim was handled by ITIC (International Transport Intermediaries Club) and originated from a shipyard. The yard w

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 came into force in August 2013 with an aim to ensure that seafarers are guaranteed equal and acceptable conditions no matter which flag they sail under. Under one of the MLC provisions, delegates fr

Approval is given to merging North and Standard Club after separate member meetings resoundingly back plans to create a market-leading global marine insurer and one of the largest providers of mutual cover in the maritime industries. Both c

Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd has announced its latest offshore fast crew boat, a 38m extra fast crew transfer catamaran vessel (FCTV). The new vessel has been designed in collaboration with One2Three naval architects in Sydney Australia, in

On June 2, Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineeringsigned a memorandum of strategic cooperation with Anhui Chizhou Jiuhua Shippingand Xiamen PortAuthority.The three parties will explore cooperationin ship construction, transpor

On June 2, at Nansha phase IV terminal,gantry crane captured the containers and placed them on IGV automatically in accordance with the instructions automatically issued by the information system. IGV then uses intelligent algorithm to auto

French shipping and logistics major CMA CGM has placed its first order for methanol-powered vessels in an effort to expand its energy mix and become carbon neutral by 2050 . The company revealed it decided to order a total of six 15,000 TEU

On June 6th, CMIJinling (Nanjing) Shipyard successfully delivered the third 5,800-meter hybrid ro-ro vessel for Finnlines Plc, a subsidiary of Italys Grimaldi.The project has come to a complete end with the smooth delivery of the vessel. Fi

Shandong Port Group (SPG) released the nations first emissions inventory among Chinas ports, aiming to support the countrys carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. The emissions inventory was released on Sunday, according to SPGs offici

Chinas shipping industry is bracing for an uptick in demand and freight costs as manufacturing activity in Shanghai roars back to life following the citys return to normal starting last Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported on Fr

Dalian iron ore futures climbed to a 10-month high on Monday, as shrinking stocks of the steelmaking ingredient at Chinese ports added fuel to a rally spurred by optimism around demand in the worlds top steel producer. Coking coal, another

As Shanghai springs back to life after two months of lockdown, congestion at the port is almost back to normal. At the height of reported Omicron cases, average waiting times for Tankers, Bulkers and Containerships at Shanghai stretched to

GREEK PM KEYNOTES OPENING CEREMONY WITH EU TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER AND USG PRESIDENT ALSO ADDRESING AUDIENCE Greek Prime Minister Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided this evening over the official opening of Posidonia 2022, as the worlds most pr

DNVs recently published D-INF (data collection infrastructure and vessel connectivity) class notation proves its worth as a powerful quality assurance tool in three first approval projects for digital infrastructure solutions developed by C