Cold reception for reefers in China sees volumes, and rates, slip on main Europe to Far East trade The traditionally resilient trade in reefers from Europe to the Far East appears to be slowly succumbing to the same market forces as the res

In an era of ever-smarter shipping, one key area of vessel and fleet administration appears stuck in the dark ages. Pierre Domin explains why Stolt Tankers is rapidly transitioning to digital logbooks, unlocking a broad range of big data be

Bertrand Chen, CEO at GSBN Hong Kong incorporated Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has announced that COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers has joined the consortium as a member and successfully issued the first electronic bill of ladi

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that we will launch 3 new Southeast Asia to Australia Services. These services will be a direct replacement of our existing services in order to improve service reliability. ONE will continue to deploy

Four dry bulk sector rates since 3 January Welcome to 2023 and the first Baltic Asia Freight Report of the year. The decline in dry bulk freight rates in the first week of the year was no surprise to the market, due to lackluster activity a

According to Alphaliner, Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming is set to increase scrubber investment to retrofit scrubbers on the remainder of the lines eight owned 8,626 TEU units. Currently five of the carriers 8,626 TEU ships are fitted with the

2023 ushers in a new era for the shipping industry with the introduction of the carbon intensity regulations. These are just some of the many regulations that enter into force this year. Below, we look at a number of the more important dome

The airline industry has been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic and seaborne jet fuel cargo volumes suffered along with it. In comparison to pre-pandemic levels, available seat kilometres dropped nearly 90% in early 2020. Initially, air

Oslo and Paris, 18 January 2023.Marlink, the smart network solutions company, has signed an agreement with leading research institute Fraunhofer CML (Center for Maritime Logistics and Services) to identify Key Performance Indicator (KPI) da

Korean Register (KR) has launched maritime cyber security officer e-learning training in conjunction with maritime technology company SIRM Italia. The training will be delivered to Oltremare, a company in Assarmatori National Shipping Assoc

COSCO SHIPPING Tianjin, Hainan Harbor Shipping and Yangpu International Container Terminal are expected to jointly build a green low-carbon smart terminal, with the photovoltaic power plant project as a starting point. Chinese President Xi

On January 16, COSCO Shipping Holdings announced the acquisition of approximately 5.81% of COFCO Fortune. COSCO Shipping Holdings has acquired 180 million shares, accounting for 5.81% of the total share capital of COFCO Fortune, for RMB 5.5

US-listed Navigator Holdings has acquired a 17,000 cbm liquefied ethylene gas carrierNavigator Solarunder a 60/40 joint venture with Hong Kong-incorporated Greater Bay Gas. The joint venture has previously purchased a similar vessel in Sept

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the first of Japans first two LNG-fueled ferries, theSunflower Kurenai,owned by MOL and operated by its group company Ferry Sunflower Co., Ltd. entered service on January 13. The ferry se

On January 16, Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping(group) announced that it would invest 864 million yuan to order four 73,800 DWT bulk carriers from Jiangsu Haitong Offshore Engineering Equipment. According to the announcement, Fujian Guohang Oc