Shipping

A.P. Moller-Maersk has ordered another six of its largest methanol powered containerships yet, bringing its total methanol-fueled orderbook to 19 vessels. The

GENEVA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization forecast a slowdown of global trade growth next year as sharply

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — White House officials have asked the US Energy Department to analyze whether a ban on exports of

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – A recent Substack article in the “Misadventures in Shipping” series by analyst Edward Finley-Richardson notes that oil

As container shipping’s historic pandemic-fueled bull run comes to an end, ocean carriers are entering a period of “managed decline” where

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The containership charter market bubble appears to have burst, according to MSI’s Horizon report for

Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to spend its pandemic profits to expand and modernize its business. The German container shipping company announced Tuesday it has

By Jeslyn Lerh and Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) – BHP Group expects to receive three more bulk carriers powered partly by liquefied natural

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Two Matson Inc subsidiaries must face claims from rival container shipping company American President

Brooklyn, New York-based startup Amogy has opened up a new office in Norway with the goal of accelerating the commercialization of its ammonia-to-power

Consumers in the United States are shrugging off concerns about high inflation and interest rate hikes and continuing to spend, the National Retail Federation

London-based Lomar Shipping has acquired the Bremen, Germany-based shipowner and manager Carl Büttner for $160 million. Carl Büttner’s history in

PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff has been indicted by the national financial crimes prosecutor

American maritime unions the Seafarers International Union; the American Maritime Officers; the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots; and

Long-term contract rates in container shipping fell for just second time this year in September in what is now the latest sign that the sector’s

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill providing for the first significant update to the rate structure of San Francisco Bay’s

French shipping giant CMA CGM is launching a new incentive program that will give U.S. customers a chance to earn carbon credits for returning containers

By Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) —  Cheniere Energy Inc., the largest US exporter of liquefied natural gas, is preparing to add shipping capacity at its

The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), representing most of the U.S. domestic maritime industry including ship operators, mariners, shipyards, and