Proper ventilation is essential to preventing damage to the cargo and to ensure the safety of the crew and vessel in bulk carriers. To provide ships masters and crew with an understanding of different ventilation requirements for bulk cargo

Demand drivers and freight rates The major container shipping lines are among those who weathered the initial stages of this crisis the best with their new strategy of owning less and, instead, chartering ships to give them agility. They pu

The news of an effective vaccine offers some hope of a global oil demand recovery but, however it comes about, it will be slow and drawn out, and it will be at least 2022 before global oil demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Demand drive

Leading container shipping companies are continuing to weather the pandemic storm, and its economic shockwaves, with success pushing long-term contracted rates up for the second successive month. In the latest figures from Xenetas XSI Publi

Opening an office in London is a logical next step for BIMCO. To serve our members interest the best we can, BIMCO needs to maintain even closer relations with people, companies and organisations in one of the worlds key shipping hubs, says

Chinas foreign trade is gradually recovering, and overseas orders such as textiles and electronic goods are returning to China. But exporters have encountered another problem: there are no more containers. The flow of containers has slowed

Covid-19 has deeply affected the world especially shipping industry this year. Crew change,regional economic development, operational challenges and the future map of companies are the hot topics in shipping industry under such situation. X

On November 23, Guangzhou Port Group and Hainan Harbor Shipping Holding, New Golden Sea Shipping and CULines signed a two ports and two shipping strategic cooperation agreement. The four sides will create a logistics supply chain channel be

On Nov 15, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its five dialogue partners-China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand－signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, marking the bi

Members may recall that in June 2017, International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 98th session of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted resolution MSC 428 (98), which encourages national administrations to ensure that cyber risks are

(Marine NewsWire) Newmar Power is celebrating five decades of providing reliable power solutions for marine, telecom, public safety, rail, traffic and industrial applications. Newmars story began in 1970 with an electronics engineer by the

Seasonal factors are currently increasing demand, while geopolitical developments, in particular around Chinese coal imports, are pulling on the brakes. Demand drivers and freight rates The second half of this year continues to prove much s

U nusual times require unusual measure and new ideas. Sometimes a proven concept has to be reinvented entirely: From 1 to 4 December 2020, WindEnergy Hamburg will be held as the first purely digital event in the history of Hamburg Messe und

The resounding messages from the latest updates to forecasts for economic and trade growth this year is that the initial fall wasnt as bad as it could have been. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) now expects the global economy to contra

Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, successfully delivered 28,000CBM LNG Floating Regasification Unit (FRU). The unit is a small FRU with the largest regasification capacity in Type C tank. Upon delivery