On June 29, the long-term strategic cooperation meeting and strategic cooperation signing ceremony between China Post and Maersk was held in Beijing. The two parties signed a ten-year strategic cooperation agreement. The cooperation between

On June 30, CIMC and Yantai Guofeng Investment Holdings Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Yantai, Shandong. The two parties will take CIMCs high-quality assets and business in Yantai as the core, gradually integrate the adva

Hyundai Mipo Dockyards to build the 2100 TEU feeder vessel. It will be deployed on the Baltic shipping route and fly the Danish flag. Expected delivery by mid-2023. Copenhagen, Denmark A.P. Moller - Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have ag

There have been lots of pronouncements about MEPC 76 being a disappointment or low in ambition, in particular the outcomes of the short term measures. I wonder if the issue is that the headline numbers dont really tell the whole story and t

Two weeks ago, the shipping industry was poised to respond to the outcomes of the 76th International Maritime Organizations (IMO) Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting. For many, interest focused onthe introduction of the

Nor-Shipping 2022, Your Arena for Ocean Solutions, has extended the deadline for entrance into its always anticipated awards scheme. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting global plans for international travel, physical meetings and exhib

Dire development driven by the continued rise in Covid-19 cases and the spread of new variants in major seafaring nations, leading to increased government restrictions in important crew change hubs, and limited opportunity to perform crew c

Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index , which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped a five-session winning streak on Wednesday as demand for capesize vessels weakened. The overall index, which factors in rates for

On June 30, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Chinas largest private shipbuilding enterprise, announced that the company received 100 new ship orders in the first half of 2021, totaling over 5.5 billion U.S. dollars, and holding orders over 7.7 bil

The TU Delft Solar Boat Team has spent a year working towards their dream: realizing the first flying hydrogen boat with their project Hydro Motion. The 20 students have pulled it off: a seaworthy boat, fully equipped with a hydrogen system

In June 2021, five incidents occurred to ships while underway off Tanjung Pergam,Bintan Island, Indonesia. The incidents occurred on 2 Jun, 5 Jun, 26 Jun (two incidents) and 30 Jun, and in close proximity to each other in the eastbound lane

A consortium of 26 leading companies and associations, led by DNV, has launched the Handbook for Hydrogen-fuelled Vessels to address the uncertainties surrounding hydrogen as ship fuel. The MarHySafe joint development project (JDP) aims to

In June 2021, LGM Engineering and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding signed a general contract for the LNG gas supply system for four 190,000DWT dual-fuel bulk carriers. This is the second series of ship orders for LGM Engineering and Shangha

On June 28, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding held a christening ceremony for the 180,000DWT capesize bulk carrier SHANDONG DE TAI built for Shandong S

The other short term measure agreed at MEPC 76 is broadly termed CII, short for Carbon Intensity Indicator. For CII, there have also been suggestions that requiring an 11% reduction in 2026 is no better than business as usual and therefore