A passage through the Suez Canal is by no means plain sailing. It requires a raft of complex bureaucratic approvals, timely logistics, tight scheduling and close monitoring to ensure the smooth transit of between 50 and 70 ships daily along

The relationship between supply and demand had eased, and the freight rates of most routes has fallen Ningbo Containerized Freight Index: In the week ending Nov-12, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchang

A growing number of anchor losses, anchor dragging, and anchor removal cases prompted DNV, Gard and The Swedish Club to collaborate on an anchor loss awareness campaign back in 2016. Despite the awareness raised then on the most frequent te

One week after Glasgow, 174 governments will meet this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London to address the pressing carbon emission reduction challenges facing international shipping, in what industry is calling t

COP26 Key Takeaways As dust settles on COP26, it is time to reflect on what has actually been achieved. A number of agreements were reached, although not all are related to shipping. Perhaps the most important outcome is the pledge signed b

Marintec China, the largest and the most important maritime event of the year, was scheduled to be held on the 7-10 December 2021 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, it is announced today the 21st edition will have to be reschedu

Norwegian aquaculture player Norcod and Myre-based Vesterlen Havbruk have entered into a landmark partnership for the harvesting of all Norcods farmed cod volumes from its Frosvika facility in the municipality Mely in Nordland county. The a

On the evening of November 16, S.F. HoldingCo., Ltd. issued the 2021 Private Placement of A Shares and Listing Announcement. According to the announcement, 22 well-known domestic and foreign investors, including COSCO SHIPPING Investment Ho

OOCL will be strengthening our China to South-East Asia service network by introducing the newChina Straits Service 3 (CSS3)to be launched on December 18, 2021, from Qingdao. To supplement CSS1 and CSS2 which were launched in 2020, CSS3 wil

The Baltic Exchanges dry bulk sea freight index gained on Thursday, after falling for five straight sessions, as firmer capesize rates offset losses in the smaller vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, pan

HAROPA PORT welcomed the MSCMagnificafor the launch of the new line pearls of Northern from the port of Le Havre to visit some of Europes capitals. Historical customer of the first French port, MSC Cruises has great ambitions on the French

China Classification Society (CCS) is throwing its weight behind a new initiative to drive greater data-driven green global logistics supply chains. CCS made its pledge during one of Chinas prime shipping conferences the North Bund Forum in

A raft of respected business leaders, ocean experts and key industry stakeholders have been revealed as participants in the unique Blue Talks programme at Nor-Shipping 2022. Running from 10-13 January, the Blue Talks complement Nor-Shipping

Thome Offshore and Tasik Toba Subsea AS have jointly won Offshore Support Journals Safety award for their work in achieving the worlds first Infectious Disease Mitigation-Arrangement (IDM-A) notation by leading classification society ABS. A

On November 9, M.V. XIN WEN ZHOU, a containership serving on the COSCO SHIPPING FCE Indian Ocean Service Line, slowly berthed at the Yangpu International Container Terminal operated by Hainan Harbor Shipping Holding Co., Ltd. It is another