Challenges In Cargo Transportation and The Future Of Shipping

Digitalization of the shipping industry in a post-pandemic world will improve supply chain sustainability and efficiency. The transportation of cargo around the world is routine business for the shipping industry, but delivering about...

Suez Canal Transit Tolls To Rise 6% Amid Global Supply Chain Crisis

The Suez Canal Authority is increasing the fees it charges ships passing through the critical waterway. This move is expected to pile further inflationary pressure on global supply chains. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced...

COP26 Details the ‘Greatest Blocker’ To Shipping Decarbonization

Industry leaders will sound a warning that lack of investment in developing green technologies is the biggest threat to achieving decarbonisation targets, at one of the largest ever meetings of shipping executives and maritime...

PNE Marine Holdings Inks A Deal With LNG Bunker Barge

Polaris New Energy, a Northstar Midstream company, has placed an order for a second 5,500 cu m LNG bunker barge at US yard Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding through its affiliate PNE Marine Holdings as reported by...

Metaverse Delves Into Layers Of Virtual Reality

Last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg gave a meandering tour of the metaverse—the as-yet-hypothetical next phase of the Internet, a unified space that mingles digital and physical reality. The metaverse, which Zuckerberg has previously touted...

Chinese Chemical Corporation Accordant With Cheniere Energy

Venture Global also has been active on commercial front China's Sinochem has agreed to buy as much as 1.8 million mt/year of LNG from Cheniere Energy under a long-term deal. Receive daily email...

Fire Struck Cargo Ship Cleared To Be Anchored

Transport Canada has cleared the way for a cargo ship that's been moored off the coast of Victoria after several containers caught fire and more than 100 were lost overboard to move to...

Taiwanese Bulk Shipping Company Inks Contract With Tsuneishi Shipbuilding

A pair of 64,000 dwt bulkers have been booked for around $70 million by the Taipei-based owner. This order's delivery dates have yet to be revealed. Wisdom Marine, a Taiwanese bulk shipping company,...

How The Shipping Decarbonises As Regulators Thrash Out Climate Details

Many of the shipping industry’s top brass descended on Glasgow over the weekend to give their verdict on how the industry decarbonises. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been highlighted as the best starting...

[FAQ] What is The Tare Weight of A Container?

Other than the container number and the Container Safety Convention (CSC) plate fixed on intermodal containers, various other acronyms and short forms can be found displayed on them. Typically, all this information is found...