Shipping

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has announced an agreement to disembark the stranded crew members of the bulk carrier Anastasia in Japan. The cargo ship has

By Christian Wienberg, Kyunghee Park and Morten Buttler (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest container carrier said trade disruptions that have sent

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – South Korean ocean carrier HMM has posted its first annual profit for five years, despite a decrease in its

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Companies that violate U.S. supply-chain rules around inundated American ports may be penalized, according to a key

DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Nearly four years into their odyssey at sea, the five-member crew of oil tanker MT Iba is tantalizingly close to

Hong Kong-based containership owner and operator Seaspan has announced it has entered into an agreement with a major shipyard for the construction of two

(Bloomberg) — China plans to allow some stranded Australian coal shipments to unload despite ongoing curbs on imports, a move aimed at showing goodwill

The dry bulk company formerly known as Scorpio Bulkers has made its official debut today under its new name, Eneti Inc. The name change was set to take effect

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) reminding all people traveling on commercial vessels to wear a mask in accordance

Hapag-Lloyd says it has concluded its first ever green financing deals for six ultra-large containerships currently on order. The two transactions include a

By Camillus Eboh and Libby George ABUJA/LAGOS, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s navy plans to strengthen its measures to root out and punish

French shipping group CMA CGM has announced plans to expand its U.S. headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia and launch a new startup incubator that will focus on

Australia has convicted Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen with criminal cartel conduct and fined the company $24 million. The conviction

By Yimou Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10062, East China Sea, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Yang Ming has taken charge of the fourth in the series of ten 12,690 teu neo-panamax vessels three

By Brendan Murray, Ann Koh and Richard Weiss (Bloomberg) — Soaring freight rates and delivery delays have sparked a global backlash by companies

The crew of a Qatari-owned ship has launched a hunger strike after 11 months without pay and more than a year abandoned on board the vessel, according to the

The 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13,000 years of human

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The U.S. has gone to court to seize 2 million barrels of oil that it claims came from Iran, as Joe Biden’s

Sixteen people have pleaded guilty in relation to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center that resulted in them unlawfully