While a continued downward trend in Somali piracy has prompted leading shipping organisations to reduce the geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean, vessels transiting these waters must...

Environmental issues are a growing concern for the maritime industry. Every industry should care about the sustainability of the environment and act responsibly. But stakeholders are often overwhelmed with multiple regulations created by...

Energy investors are being tested once again. The price of oil has plunged by 15 per cent, suffering its longest stretch of sequential declines since 2019. A recent news article published in the Financial...

Asia has been the laggard of crude oil demand growth this year, but the world’s top-importing region looks set for a modest rebound in imports in August. Usually when Asia’s imports strengthen it’s...

A.P. Moller-Maersk’s (MAERSKb.CO) laudable environmental haste could land the Danish shipping giant with a first-mover disadvantage. The $53 billion firm is splurging $1.4 billion on eight container vessels powered by carbon-neutral”methanol. Customers may well absorb...

Our weekly Cancelled Sailings Tracker provides a snapshot of blank sailings announced by each Alliance versus the total number of scheduled sailings. Weekly reports include port waiting time events for Los Angeles and Long Beach,...

UK P&I Club describes the key considerations for carrying containers aboard bulk carriers. Carriage of containers in bulk carriers Container shipping demand is exceptionally high, especially on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trade routes. The demand for...

Of the 168 ships of 11800 TEU or more ordered in 2021, 117 will have a scrubber equipped directly by the shipyard 71% of 2021's large container ship orders will come with a scrubber the world's...

An article in the Washington Post talks about the 7 steps you can take to keep Facebook and Instagram from gathering so much of your personal information outside of their apps. Steps to stop Facebook...

the dual impact of Covid-19 and IMO 2020 has permanently changed the global marine fuels market, but it’s affected individual bunkering regions in different ways transparent marine fuels provider who successfully navigate the...