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Each year, on June 25th, the U.N. International Maritime Organization celebrates ‘Day of the Seafarer‘ as a way to raise awareness about issues

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) Charterers are prepared to break the bank to fix container feeder tonnage and, according to one shipowner, the market could

U.S.-based Crowley has taken delivery of its new 55,000-barrel articulated tug-barge (ATB) to serve in the Alaska Jones Act market. The Aurora/Qamun is a

By Sarah McBride (Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s tunneling startup the Boring Co. is working on much wider tunnels than publicly announced, which

By Parisa Hafezi and Humeyra Pamuk DUBAI/BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday the United States had agreed to remove all sanctions on

Oslo-based MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Songa Container AS and its fleet of 11 container smaller containerships for $210

Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another six ultra-large containerships in South Korea. The vessels, ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME),

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carrier vessel arrivals from Asia are being delayed by 20 days, or more, and there is no improvement in sight.

By Frank Coles (OpEd) – So there is no misunderstanding, I am not a raving lunatic, just a frustrated mariner. I get the complications of COVID, the

By John Konrad (gCaptain) Last week maritime influencer Lena Göthberg published the 165th episode of her popular Shipping Podcast, and the content was

Israeli liner shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) and e-commerce giant Alibaba.com will extend their cooperation agreement for

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group said the shipping industry’s regulator needs to act with ‘lightning speed’ to cut carbon emissions

Tokyo-based finance firm Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. will acquire all outstanding shares of CAI International (NYSE: CAI), one of the world’s leading marine

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Chronic congestion in Asia, particularly at Yantian, the US and Europe will force rates higher and will most likely

MADRID, June 17 (Reuters) – Spain has detained a tanker ship for illegally dumping fuel in waters off the Canary Islands and creating a 55-square km (21

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has concluded its 76th meeting (known as MEPC 76), held remotely from

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) has agreed to prohibit the use of heavy fuel oil in the

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

By Elizabeth Low (Bloomberg) — High-sulfur fuel oil markets are getting a boost as Chinese private refiners hunt for more straight-run fuel oil to use

By Barry Parker The IMO’s Secretary General, Mr. Kitack Lim, had laid down the gauntlet to delegates participating in the Marine Environment Protection