Shipping

By Nick Savvides in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – US President Joe Biden will today take aim at shipping’s exemption from competition law,

The Canadian government is taking steps to ban Russian-owned or registered ships and fishing vessels from Canadian ports and inland waters. The move comes a

The first cargo of liquefied natural gas has departed the new Calcasieu Pass LNG export plant in Cameron, Louisiana. The cargo was loaded onto the LNG carrier

Supply chains are back in the news, perhaps a welcome distraction from the coverage of events in Ukraine. Late last week, the Biden Administration followed up

Biden Administration is stepping up it’s scrutiny of container shipping alliances and enforcement of competition laws. The U.S. Justice Department and the

Norwegian shipbuild VARD has been contracted for the design and construction of a new series of six 85-meter “robotic” vessels for U.S.-based Ocean

COPENHAGEN/LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Ocean Network Express (ONE) on Monday suspended container bookings to and from Russia hours after Maersk

The UK Secretary of State for Transport is calling on UK ports to prohibit vessels linked to Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. “Prohibiting

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The escalating crisis over Ukraine has catapulted the cost of shipping oil by sea.  Freight rates for hauling crude

The Suez Canal Authority will increase Suez Canal tolls by as much as 10% on some vessel types effective March 1, 2022, just one month after tolls were raised

MOSCOW/LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Buyers of Russian oil have faced difficulties over payments and availability of vessels after imposition of

By Elena Mazneva, Feb 27, 2022,(Bloomberg) –European leaders talking up plans to wean the continent off Russian natural gas are facing a harsh

By Joe Brock and Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Australia will allow plastic trash to be shipped overseas and burned as fuel

After three days and 64 rounds of bidding, the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday concluded the nation’s

The International Chamber of Shipping is calling on shipping stakeholders and governments to help prevent Russian and Ukrainian seafarers from becoming

By Alex Longley, Archie Hunter and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought turmoil to commodities markets as the conflict

By Aleksandar Vasovic MARIUPOL, Ukraine, Feb 24 (Reuters) – A residential area of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine was hit by shelling on

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of nearly $450 million in new grant funding for

ANKARA, Feb 24 (Reuters) – A Turkish-owned ship was hit by a bomb off the coast of Ukraine’s port city Odessa on Thursday, Turkey’s

By K. Oanh Ha and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Omicron is ripping through cargo ships, raising concerns that a surge in cases, coupled with China’s tightened