UPDATE: Adding insult to injury… shortly after this article was published MARAD removed the Maritime Day video from YouTube. by Captain John Konrad

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) Israeli container shipping carrier Zim, recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, rewarded investors yesterday,

By David Herbling (Bloomberg) — Two A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S vessels made maiden calls at Kenya’s new Indian Ocean port which began operating on

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) – The maritime shipping industry will fall short of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) – China said on Thursday an American warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea and was

President Biden delivered the keynote speech at the United States Coast Guard Academy’s 140th commencement ceremony on Wednesday in New London,

By Timothy Gardner, Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) – The Biden administration waived sanctions on the company behind

By CW4 Michael W. Carr, US Army Watercraft Master (Retired) I sailed out of Port Fourchon as Chief Mate on Crowley’s American Salvor. Reading of Seacor

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The Liberian Registry says its registered fleet has reached 200 million gross tonnes, making it the second largest ship registry in the world behind Panama. In

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest shipping company may never go back to in-person capital markets days, as the pandemic looks

By Nina Chestney LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Investors should not fund new oil, gas and coal supply projects if the world wants to reach net zero

Press Release – German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL has delivered main propulsion units for a 42-metre ferry to Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards Group.

Press Release – ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting), a leading global operational risk management company and a provider of industrial cybersecurity

Press Release – The Liberian Registry has attained a historic milestone, reaching a fleet size of 200 million gross tons.  This achievement further

Press Release – Vestdavit has bolstered its presence in the European market with the launch of a new subsidiary in the Netherlands that positions it for

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – As economies continue to rebound, global container trade is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, according

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that crews have completed the removal of diesel fuel from SEACOR Power’s fuel tanks as the operation now shifts to the

By Arsalan Shahla (Bloomberg) — Iran said it will soon export oil from a new port that allows it to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, as nuclear talks

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