Shipping News

By Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — The risk of a clash in the South China Sea lies with non-military ships, Singapore’s defense minister said, as

By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva LES CAYES/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew intensified en route to Haiti on Monday, bringing

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd said it would consider a drastic revision of its shipbuilding business due to its

Norwegian ship owner Ocean Yield has taken delivery of the MSC Eloane, a 19,500 TEU megaship built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessel has

By Katya Golubkova and Kira Zavyalova MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The privatisation of a 25 percent stake in Russian state shipping firm Sovcomflot may

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Tomorrow the IMO’s three-month so-called “light touch” enforcement of the SOLAS revision that all packed

The world’s first LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier has been delivered in China. The vessel, to be named Auto Eco, is owned by United European Car

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo shippers on key Asian routes, which hit the highest in about a

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — A strange thing is happening in China’s state-owned marine transport industry. The government shook up its

If you haven’t heard already, today, September 29, 2016, is World Maritime Day, an official UN day of observance for the important role shipping has on

Happy World Maritime Day! The International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day is an official United Nations day of observance in recognition of

Update (Sept. 30): Final preparations for moving the Transocean Winner rig onto the OHT Hawk are continuing Friday. The anchors have now been disconnected and

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, was told to improve its

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) – China Cosco Shipping Corp., owner of Asia’s biggest container-shipping company, said it could consider buying some

By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE, Sept 29 (Reuters) – The global shipping industry, ravaged by collapsing revenues, defensive mergers and the failure of

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union have agreed to discuss a possible extension to a

The Canadian Government has confirmed that it has in fact found the wreck of the HMS Terror, the second ship of the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition to find

Finnish shipbuilder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the most world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker to the Finnish government. The shipyard

  By Mahmoud Habboush   (Bloomberg) — Cosco Shipping Co., a unit of China’s biggest shipping group, agreed to build and operate a

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The South Korean court overseeing Hanjin Shipping Co.’s receivership is considering a sale process for the entire