By Peter Fuhrman Summary HK-listed China Merchants Port Holdings closes in on a major prize, taking over a now loss-making deepwater port in Sri Lanka. ...

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for the fifth straight session on Monday as...

Extreme weather events may have an impact on the trading of cargo vessels, for example during the recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in...

Along Japan's coasts are structures called tetrapods. These pyramid-shaped concrete wave breakers serve to reduce the strength of crashing waves to prevent erosion in...

Hazardous emissions from ship engines at Murmansk Commercial seaport have reduced by more than a half over a 7-year period, MCS refers to the expert report...

In response to parliamentary questions regarding the Singapore Navy’s capabilities to survey maritime traffic, in the wake of two recent incidents of ship collision...

On September 29, five workers were killed while attempting to refloat a partially submerged vessel in Jakarta, Indonesia. What happened? In an unfortunate incident, five workers...

Transporting cargo across the oceans is vital in a global economy - yet ships sully our already polluted planet. Some of the design solutions...

The newly expanded Panama Canal said on Wednesday it expected some 235 cruise ships to cross the larger waterway this winter high season. The canal's...

The term ‘overspill’ means that a loss has spilled over, or exceeded, the limits of liability available through the General Excess of Loss Reinsurance Programme which...

Union being pushed back alongside following the allision Transport Malta issued an investigation report, concerning the allision of the Antigua & Barbuda registered heavy-lift...

Maiden grounding of the Maersk Connector at Morecambe Bay, during pull-in of export cable for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm. Disclaimer: This video...

ABB has added ‘Fleet Intelligence’ to its ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations software, providing marine customers with a single and complete overview of their ship...

Freight rates for oil product tankers in Asia have been escalated recently owing to reduced availability of vessels and fuels were shipped to the United...

The age of persistently weak oil prices is nearing its end, with demand booming and a supply squeeze in the offing, according to Trafigura...

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 m3...

There is no need to delay the proposed implementation of new marine sulfur emission norms beyond 2020, as the refining industry has the ability...

Imagine alarms ringing out on more than 20 ships located near the Russian port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea, as their GPS systems...

According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens, the average confidence level expressed by respondents to the...

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