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 ...

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 ...

Oslo-listed seismic data specialist TGS has been awarded an extension for one of its campaigns in the Gulf of Mexico. The extension is for an ongoing multi-year proprietary ocean bottom node (OBN) ...

Akrotiri Tankers is pushing further into the newbuilding market, branching out into larger crude tonnage. The Athens-based owner, run by Marielena Procopiou and Konstantinos Lampsias, has returned to ...

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 ...

Singapore-based Norse Shipholding has placed firm orders for four 1,800 teu container vessels at China’s Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group, as it looks to expand its feeder fleet. The deal also ...

With vessel tracking dominating headlines amid the ongoing Hormuz crisis, a quietly published experiment from the UK coastline raises a question with significant implications for global maritime ...

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 ...