Shipping

Two of the world’s leading global container carriers MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM are now fully plugged in to the TradeLens

By Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating FSO tanker off Yemen’s shore that is

The world’s first natural gas-powered containership has also just set a new world record for the highest number of full containers loaded on a single

By Rami Amichay HAIFA, Israel, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The ship-to-shore crane paused above the cargo ship just arrived from Dubai, then set its load down on

By Irene García Pérez and Libby Cherry (Bloomberg) –French shipping giant CMA CGM SA has found a window of opportunity to refinance its debt due in

Tokyo-based shipping company Asahi Tanker Co. has placed an order for the world’s first electric-powered tankers. The two tankers, which were ordered at

HMM’s twelve new 24,000 TEU megaships carried a full load of containers during their maiden voyages from China to Europe, the South Korean shipping

For the past day and a half, visitors to the official International Maritime Organization website, www.IMO.org, have been greeted with the message “This

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – U.N. shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Thursday its website and intranet had been disabled

French shipping giant CMA CGM has provided an updated on the malware attack that forced the group to shut down “periphery” servers to prevent it

French shipping giant CMA CGM says it has been hit with a ransomware cyber attack. “The CMA CGM Group (excluding CEVA Logistics) is currently dealing

SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Commodities trader Trafigura on Friday proposed a carbon levy of $250-$300 per tonne of carbon-dioxide (CO2) equivalent on

Today is World Maritime Day, and a search of Google News reveals that the IMO has failed during what – because of the fact that more than 300,000

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In the fifteen years of running gCaptain, we have reached out to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),  several

PARIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Shipping group CMA CGM has agreed to buy a 30% stake in French airline company Groupe Dubreuil Aero as it continues to extend

The world’s largest LNG-powered ship has joined the fleet of French shipping giant CMA CGM. The CMA CGM Jacques Saadé is the first of a series of nine

By Ira Breskin – A tanker charterer should carefully vet a nominated vessel by conducting prudent risk assessments to reduce liability. In fact, it is

By Sheela Tobben and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) –Some of the world’s biggest oil traders are getting ready for the possible resurgence of a

By Florence Tan and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Oil major BP has provisionally chartered a supertanker to store crude oil off

by John Konrad (gCaptain) According to a new report by Forbes, M/V Wakashio salvage and oil recovery efforts are failing on many fronts. These failures have