Shipping

By Tarso Veloso and Ilena Peng (Bloomberg) Wheat futures climbed after a vessel preparing to load grain from Ukraine hit a mine in the Black Sea, further

LOS ANGELES, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Toymaker Basic Fun’s team that oversees ocean shipments of Tonka trucks and Care Bears for Walmart and other

by John Konrad (gCaptain) In the dynamic world of global shipping, the partial blockage of the Red Sea has become a critical test of strategy for major

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced new sanctions against one individual and three entities for helping the flow of Iranian financial assistance

by Yuliia Dysa (Reuters) A Panama-flagged bulk carrier that was heading to the River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea, injuring

By Brendan Murray and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) Half of the containership fleet that regularly transits the Red Sea and Suez Canal is avoiding the route now

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (Opinion) – Maersk Gibraltar is not a remarkable containership for 2023.  She pales at 10,100 TEUs (twenty-foot

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Maersk has scheduled several dozen container vessels to travel via the Suez Canal and the

By Jon Herskovitz (Bloomberg) — A dormant North Korean port near the border with Russia has sprung back to life, fueling what experts say is a

French shipping line CMA CGM is working plans to gradually increase the number of sailings through the Red Sea, however the timing and scope of its plans

Shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE) is claiming a new world record with the loading of 22,000 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) laden containers on board a

DUBAI, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the

Maersk is getting ready to resume transits through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden now that the multi-nation naval coalition Operation Prosperity Guardian is up

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) Liquefied natural gas cargoes recently loaded from the US and bound for Asia are changing course for longer voyages lasting

NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (Reuters) – An Israel-affiliated merchant vessel was struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle off India’s west coast,

The shipping industry is turning its attention to green and blue alternatives in order to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) targets

By Terje Solsvik and Gus Trompiz OSLO/PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Some of the world’s largest shipping firms, including Maersk and CMA CGM, will

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shippers and consignees whose shipments are traditionally routed through the Suez Canal can expect longer transit

By Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) Global shippers of crude and fuels are grappling with a spike in booking costs for some tankers taking lengthy diversions to avoid

by John Konrad (gCaptain) South African bunker traders are facing a unique challenge as an influx of ships, diverted from the Red Sea due to threats from