In May 2021, four incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia.No piracy incident was reported. Of the four incidents, three were actual incidents and one was an attempted incident⁴. The ReCAAP ISC is concerned with the

More than 20 international organizations are involved in Arctic-focused communications exercises demonstrating the scope, quality and range of satellite capabilities supporting governments and NGOs in the polar regions. Iridium Communicatio

The Round Table of Shipowner Associations and OCIMF have expressed their full support for the launch of Nigerias Deep Blue Project. Nigeria has today announced a significant investment in military and law enforcement infrastructure to secur

Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to strengthen its market-leading shipping practice with the hire of Master Mariner Mark Myles. Mark has more than 20 years experience in the shipping industry as a mariner and lawyer, and jo

On June 9, MARITIME GUARDIAN, a 55,000 DWT product/chemical tanker No.6, built by Guangzhou Shipyard International for IMC of Singapore and CSSC Leasing, completed cloud signing and delivery of the vessel under the connection between Shangh

On June 8, BOMESC issued a notice on the progress of signing major contracts. In June 2021, BOMESC signed an additional contract with GYGAZ SNC for the construction of offshore LNG modules worth about RMB1.732 billion, which is scheduled to

Benefiting from the continuous increase in freight rates, Yang Ming Marine Transports profit surged 50 times in April, setting a new monthly high. Yang Ming released its financial report for April, with monthly revenue of NT $21.698 billion

Many container shipping companies have been forced to draw contingency plans to mitigate supply chain disruptions stemming from operational delays in China as new COVID-19 related cases emerge in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. While Shenzhen has p

Ports in southern China impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns that are further disrupting the global box trade have seen a significant slump in container availability in the last two weeks, according to the latest data from Container xChange. Pear

Seventh WindEnergy trend:index Published: Wind industry in good spirits around the globe; Germany achieves best rating since beginning of WEtix surveys The data published in the seventh issue of the WindEnergy trend:index reflect the most p

Guangxi Beibu Gulf Shipbuilding and Offshore, a subsidiary of CSSC Guangxi Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, has won the design contract for 10 5,000DWT LNG-powered multi-purpose cargo ships and 10 59.6m LNG-powered cement tankers from

The technology group Wrtsil and the classification society RINA have announced a novel propulsion arrangement that offers full redundancy, less machinery, lower CAPEX, reduced operational complexity, and optimised fuel consumption to lower

On June 7, COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) successfully delivered the 113,000 DWT crude carrier STIRLING to the UKs UNION MARITIME. The ship has a total length of 250 meters, a molded width of 44 meters, a molded depth of 21.3 mete

Since the beginning of this year, benefiting from the global economic recovery and the improvement in international trade demand, the global shipping market has gradually recovered, and new ship orders represented by container ships have be

Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd, a leading Singapore based shipbuilder and part of Strategic Marine Holdings Pte Ltd, today successfully delivereda pair of 27m CTVs to WEM Marine Ltd,a UK-based offshore support vessel (OSV) provider with a gro