Shipping

Two of the world’s largest port state control regimes are launching a joint inspection campaign related to fire safety on board vessels. The Tokyo MOU

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Transatlantic container rates from North Europe to the US east coast have fallen below pre-pandemic levels after ocean

KYIV, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Petroleos Mexicanos shut down the country’s largest oil-exporting terminal because of a leak, adding to a string of

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean (NYSE: RIG) says it is seeing increased demand for its fleet of high-specification semi-submersible rigs and

Global long-term freight rates have fallen to a two-year low, with little respite on the horizon for carriers as new capacity hits the water, according to

By David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – A dock workers’ union on Canada’s West Coast and port employers have

By Ruth Liao (Bloomberg) — Traders are poised to shell out more than $200,000 a day to ship liquefied natural gas in the coming months as tankers grow

OCI Global, a global producer of nitrogen, methanol and hydrogen, has announced an agreement with X-Press Feeders to supply the common feeder carrier with

The European Commission has updated its list of approved ship recycling facilities, which now contains 48 yards located primarily in Europe and Turkey. The

Cargo liquefaction continues to be the number one cause of deadly accidents in the dry bulk shipping sector, according to industry association INTERCARGO.

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest shipping companies are plowing their pandemic windfalls into orders for new vessels on an unprecedented scale, making

By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY, July 30 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain

A Virginia businessman has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran by conspiring to engage in prohibited business

The Port of Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, has marked its first methanol bunkering. The milestone operation took place Thursday involving

PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) – French shipping group CMA CGM expects container freight demand to improve from next year but the

By Alex Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) this week unveiled plans for a major shake-up in the collection and return

KYIV, July 28 (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Friday of threatening civilian vessels in the Black Sea, and urged the

AMSTERDAM, July 28 (Reuters) – The car carrier burning off the Dutch coast since Tuesday night is carrying nearly 500 electric

By Lisa Baertlein and Anthony Deutsch LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM, July 27 (Reuters) – Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their