Inter-basin Spreads Turn Positive Amid Shifting LNG Trade Dynamics

Mild weather forecast in Europe through January Japanese buying interest piques Inter-basin spreads returned to positive territory, signaling better economics for delivering LNG to Asia, as European prices came off faster amid mild weather...

CMA CGM Opts Wärtsilä LNG Technology for 12 Boxships

Wärtsilä will supply 60 dual-fuel auxiliary engines and additional systems for a series of 12 boxships being built for in China for CMA CGM. The series comprises six 13,000 teu vessels under construction...

SM Line Becomes Minority Shareholder in HMM

South Korean liner operator SM Line Corporation has become a minority shareholder in its larger compatriot rival HMM, with a 0.49 per cent stake, reports SeaNews. Minority stakeholder SM Line, which withdrew its initial public offering...

Piraeus Bank To Sell Bad Shipping Loans To US Unit

Piraeus Bank, one of Greece’s four largest lenders, has reached a deal to sell a portfolio of non-performing shipping loans to an entity affiliated with Davidson Kempner Capital Management, reports Reuters. The agreed price will...

China Tightens Lockdown Measures in Ningbo

State media in China is insisting that volumes at the world’s largest port have not dropped, even as lockdown measures across the city of Ningbo increase, reports Splash247. COVID-19 Outbreak  An outbreak of Covid-19 at a...

COVID Churns Out Two More Strains Despite Global Recovery

The first case of "florona" disease, reportedly a double infection of COVID-19 and influenza, has been recorded in Israel, reports msn. What is Florona? Earlier this week, a pregnant woman was infected with Florona, becoming the...

Asian LSFO Margins At A Record High

Asian 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel margins yesterday rose to the highest levels since March 2020. The margins of front-month Singapore 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel swaps against Dubai crude values. The Asian 0.5pc sulphur marine...

SCFI Hits Record High For The First Time

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index breaks through 5,000 points for the first time, reports Port News. The record break  The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), a bellwether of the box spot markets, broke through the 5,000...

These Assumption Will Add Fuel To The Fire

Making assumptions about anything can be dangerous. That’s especially true when it comes to making assumptions about preventing or managing a crisis at companies and organizations, reports Forbes. No Crisis Today, No Crisis Tomorrow A crisis...

New Year Roast of Famous Billionaires: From Elon Musk To Jeff Bezos

Here’s Business Insider’s new year roast of the world’s biggest billionaires from Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to our homegrown icons like Mahindra Group’s Anand Mahindra and Google’s Sundar Pichai, reports...