Container Ship Orders Record 790% Increase, The Highest Level So Far

At present, the number of container ship orders is hitting the highest level in history.  The Global container ship orders reached 286 vessels, an increase of 790% from 32 vessels in the same...

Damietta Terminal in Egypt Dispatched 17 LNG cargoes in H1

Damietta liquefaction plant in Egypt has dispatched a total of 17 LNG cargoes in the first half of this year it stopped operations in 2012 due to declining domestic production and restarted the...

ICS Welcomes Its First African Member State

The Nigerian Chamber of Shipping has become a full member of the ICS. It became a full member of ICS on Monday 2nd August, 2021. The Nigerian Chamber of Shipping has become a full...

Shipping To Draw Up Plans As China Enters Into Lockdown Again

Shipping will need to start to make contingency plans if cases of Covid-19 continue to escalate in China. When a Covid-19 outbreak was detected at Yantian Port in late May, operations at the...

BP Raises Oil Price Assumption

BP raises oil price assumptions, promises recovery after 25% Q2 output slump supply constraint underpins higher 2025 price outlook BP raised its 2025 oil price assumption to reflect expected supply constraints, says an article...

Baltic Index Edges Low Mirroring Capesize Dip

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index inched down on Tuesday as a dip in the capesize segment offset gains in smaller vessels, reports Yahoo Finance. Baltic Exchange freight index The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight...

MOL To Construct Series of 4 LNG-Fueled Car Carriers

MOL to build series of 4 LNG-fueled car carriers Progressing towards "90 LNG-fueled vessels by 2030" Mitsui O.S.K. Lines reached an agreement with Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co and Nihon Shipyard Co to build four...

CSSC Makes the Fortune Global 500 List

China State Shipbuilding Corporation ranked 240th in the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list with an operating revenue of US $46.844.6 billion, reports Xinde Marine News. CSSC carries out reorganization and integration After the implementation of joint...

Kirby Marine Wins $17M in Houston Oil Spill Bench Trial

On July 8, a federal district judge in Houston exonerated Kirby Inland Marine from any liability or fault in a May 2019 collision in the Houston Ship Channel, reports the Waterways Journal. Vessel collision The collision...

Ship Loses 10 Containers in High Seas

10 containers went overboard from a container barge in Andaman sea off the coast of Satun Province, Thailand, early in the morning Aug 2 or during the night Aug 1-2, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? 10...