In this years record container ship market order boom, COSCO SHIPPING, which has been silent, finally launched to order 10 new Panamax container ships at COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Yangzhou), which is also the first time that COSCO SHIP

The Panama Canal Authority has extended for the second time ongoing maintenance on the waterways east lane at the Gatun Locks through July 17, pushing the maintenance window seven days past the original July 4-10 expected outage. The planne

Mission Critical Electronics (MCE) , a California-based designer and manufacturer of premium electrical power solutions for specialty vehicle, marine, network and industrial markets, is announcing its acquisition of ZeroRPM . A pioneer in a

Decarbonization is now one of the most critical challenges for the maritime industry apart from the global pandemic COVID-19 and oversupply of ships. The pathway is already there and industry players are taking the necessary steps to reach

CIMC Sinopacific Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of CIMC ENRIC, and China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) signed signed a contract for 4 sets of 2000m LNG fuel tank project. The four sets of LNG fuel tanks will be used in the four 7

We previously mentioned in our reports how coal could be the dark horse of the dry cargo market in 2021. We are starting to see this unfold as seaborne coal volumes are rising, and with smaller vessel classes occupied with booming minor bul

On the morning of July 12, China Merchants Industry successfully held the arrival ceremony of MOLs first LNG carrier Grand Mereya. This cooperation is the first for the two parties to open a new chapter in the LNG ship repair business, open

Vard Electro is pleased to announce the award of the contract for an innovative hybrid battery power system with Atlantic Towing to be integrated on their vessel Atlantic Shrike. Atlantic Towing is the first company to implement this multip

Seably, the global online marketplace for bespoke maritime training, is delighted to introduceCaptainJohn Carlo Gatti, the new Seably Director for Maritime Training Institutions. The youngest pilot to ever qualify as the Chief Pilot of Geno

Greek startup Harbor Lab welcomed in June its 300th vessel to its online disbursements platform. The achievement was realised 15 months after the software company launched its disbursements accounting (DA) processing solution for the shippi

The freight rate in the container shipping market is soaring, and Evergreen has set new records in June, the second quarter and the first half of the year. With the return of MV EVER GIVEN and the upcoming delivery of the worlds largest 24,

On July 9, Jinhui Holdings Company issued an announcement that Jinan Marine Inc. acquired a ship from BELFRI AS for 15.18 million US dollars (approximately 98.28 million yuan). Jinan Marine is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jinhui Shipping. T

The reliability and efficiency of ballast water treatment (BWT) systems will be critical to achieving regulatory compliance for shipowners in future - and any malfunctions could seriously hit commercial operations. Any shipowner knows that

Container xChange announced today it has acquired TankContainerFinder.com, the leading marketplace for tank container leasing and trading. The acquisition, agreed for an undisclosed amount, adds substantial new members to Container xChanges

1. Three major shipbuilding indicators From January to June 2021, the national shipbuilding completed volume was 20.922 million dwt, a year-on-year increase of 19.0%, of which sea-going ships were 5.784 million CGT; New ship orders were 38.