On June 6, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Premier of the State Council, visited the Ministry of Transport and presided over a symposium. He urged port to ship the backlog of

Thordon Bearings has today welcomed the announcement by classification society ABS to award Approval in Principle to the sterntube-less ship concept developed in cooperation with the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design Research Institute (SDARI),

Recent Developments Following two slow COVID years, Russias invasion of Ukraine, and the market upheaval that has followed, freight rates have risen up to rarely-seen levels. In the three months since 24 February 2022, the Baltic Exchange C

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. for the sixth time earned recognition from VFPA (TheVancouver Fraser Port Authority) and was conferred the 2021 Blue Circle Awards. The award ceremony was held on May 31, 2022 in Vancouver, and President Clo

Beijing issued additional oil product export quotas of 4.5 million mt to four state-owned oil giants to ease the inventory pressure amid relatively slow recovery in domestic demand, sources with knowledge of the matter told SP Global Commod

POSIDONIA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SETS SMART SHIPPING AGENDA More than 30 martech startups from around the world are displaying their solutions and platforms at this years Posidonia Exhibition currently being held at Athens Metropolitan Expo C

Womens International Shipping Trading Association (WISTA) was established in 1974 and is a global, professional network for maritime professionals with 3,500 members in more than 50 countries. WISTA Norway was founded in 1988 and is one of

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