Turkish carrier Akkon Lines is poised to become the country’s largest containerline, capping a remarkable rise in just eight years since its founding, according to Alphaliner. The ...

Rob Pearson, a director at Challenge Sustainability, has some advice for shipping. Sustainability has become a core part of how the shipping industry presents itself. But not all communication is ...

The standout dry cargo deal of the week comes from the newcastlemax sector, where Rio Tinto’s shipping arm has sold a pair of sister vessels, RTM Cartier and RTM Zheng. The 205,000 dwt pair, both ...

French owner LD Armateurs is stepping up its offshore push, acquiring a multipurpose support vessel to expand its subsea capabilities. The vessel, Siddis Mariner, acquired from Norway’s OH Meling for ...

Energy trader BGN is stepping up its presence in shipping, placing a fresh order for very large gas carriers in South Korea as it builds out its LPG and LNG footprint. The company has signed for four ...

Digital services provider StormGeo is adding real-time bunker pricing to its Bunker Management platform through a new partnership with data firm Tideform, in a move aimed at tightening fuel cost ...

China is showing the rest of the world how to electrify transport, whatever the mode. In the latest example of the nation’s pioneering transport electrification, the world’s largest pure electric ...

With the large Sea Japan exhibition due to get underway in Tokyo next week, the world’s third-largest shipbuilding nation has revealed that, like its East Asian rivals, its drydocks are more or less ...

Nearly 50 days into one of the most disruptive shipping crises in history, diplomatic signals and military escalation are running in parallel. Donald Trump has said the war in the Middle East is ...

As hull cleaning regulations tighten and port requirements fragment globally, owners face increasing difficulty aligning compliance, cost control and operational efficiency. With this in mind, Denmark ...

A supramax bulk carrier controlled by Lomar is set to host the maritime sector’s first at-sea pilot of methane removal technology, marking a shift from emissions reduction to active greenhouse gas ...

The shipping industry is facing a mounting insurance crisis as an ageing global fleet fuels a dramatic rise in claim costs, according to new data from the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) ...