BIMCOs Director of Contracts Support, Stinne Taiger Iv, has been appointed Deputy Secretary General at BIMCO from 1 January 2024. Stinne Taiger Iv Iv joined BIMCO in early 2022 to lead the Contracts Support department. The Contracts Clauses

The World Shipping Council, the International Chamber of Shipping and BIMCO today expressed their thanks to the 12 nations that have jointly condemned the ongoing illegal attacks on ships in the Red Sea and unlawful detention of vessels and

On 2nd Jan, CSSC Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs successully held the signing ceremony for 3 units wind assisted RORO vessels. The newbuildings will be equiped with six Flettner rotors, two methanol

On 29 December 2023, Wisdom Marine Group headquartered in Taiwan, China and Synergy Group headquartered in Singapore announced their joint venture, Wisdom Synergy Ship Management (WSSM). WSSM headquartered in Singapore is poised to redefine

Chinas first domestically built large cruise shipAdora Magic City successfully started maiden commercail voyage on the first day of new year. Adora Magic City departed from Shanghai and will sail to Jeju Island, Nagasaki and Fukuoka before

photo：Shandong Port Chinas first indigenously developed automated container terminal in Qingdao, Shandong province, began operations on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward by the nation in achieving core competitiveness in the p

A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) announced on 27th Dec that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Yokohama and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC). This collaborative agreement will focus on the development of gre

As of 18:00 on December 28, the cumulative container throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port in 2023 has increased by 5.5% year-on-year to 35.05 million TEUs，making it the worlds third port with an annual container volume of more than 35 millio

The 65000 DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel was named as XIANG TAI KOU and delivered to COSCO SHIPPING Specialized today. The vessel DP2 vessel is with a length of 231.1m, a breadth of 46m, and is with the notation of Ice Class B. XIAN

Maritec Pte Ltd has tested seven samples from four different suppliers representing HSD and Bio Distillate grade deliveries in Indonesia with flashpoint as low as 35C for the period of 10 December 2023 to 19 December 2023. SOLAS Chapter II-

On 27th December, a 62000 DWT multi-purpose heavy lift vessel YU AN was delivered successfully to Chinese－Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company (Chipolbrok) atTaizhou Kouan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. With length of 199.90m, breadth of 32.26m, d

The Port of Singapore registered a record three billion gross tonnage1 (GT) in annual vessel arrival tonnage. The three billion GT mark was crossed with the arrival of the 8,628 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), 98,799 GT Singapore-flagge

Through Advisory to Shipping No. A-54-2023, the Panama Canal announced today that it will increase the number of daily transits to 24 starting in January, for the benefit of its customers. Currently, 22 vessels transit daily, divided into 6

In order to strengthen China-Indonesia service network, COSCO SHIPPING launched new NIS and SIS service. The shipping company plans to put nine 6000TEU container vessels on these routes. The new route services will start on the last Friday o

Lloyds Register (LR) has joined forces with Zodiac Maritime, HD KSOE and KEPCO EC in a joint development project for the research and development of nuclear-propelled ship designs, including bulk carriers and containerships, with the partie