DNV Supports South East Asia’s Crew Change Programme

DNV is embarking on an instrumental role in helping to facilitate safe crew changes amid South East Asia’s COVID crisis as an auditor in the multi-party backed CrewSafe programme. CrewSafe is the creation...

Hapag-Lloyd To Expand Fleet With 10 New Boxships

Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest container shipping company, is currently in discussions with companies to purchase ten 13, 000 TEU vessels, reports Marine Monks. The $1 billion deal The company’s spokesperson told, “We can confirm that...

Inmarsat’s LISW 2021 Programme Details Revealed

Inmarsat has released details of its programme for London International Shipping Week 2021. The biennial week-long global shipping and maritime event is planned to be conducted in London, United Kingdom from 13 to...

ITF Calls for Release of Wakashio Crew Held for A Year Without Charge

ITF has demanded the immediate release and repatriation of the MV Wakashi crew held by Mauritian authorities now for over a year. Following the grounding of the MV Wakashio, Captain Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar...

Stena Line’s New Ferry Completes its Maiden Voyage

Stena Line is deploying two new large and modern ferries on the route between Ventspils in Latvia and Nynäshamn in Sweden this year. The first of the two vessels, Stena Scandica, arrived in...

GasLog Partners Inks Another Charter Deal With TotalEnergies

GasLog Partners has signed a time charter agreement with TotalEnergies. This deal extends the charter for ship GasLog Seattle to TotalEnergies.  GasLog’s New York-listed spinoff GasLog Partners has signed a time charter agreement with...

[Watch] Largest Dredger Arrives in Suez Canal

The Middle East’s largest dredger – the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy –arrived in the Suez Canal. Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only. This may not be construed as a news...

DSIC Bags Two 85,000 Dwt Bulker Order

The signing ceremony of the project of building two 85,000DWT bulk carriers was successfully held between China Shipbuilding and DSIC, as the joint seller, and Shandong Huachen Financial Leasing, says Xinde Marine News. About the...

Wisdom Marine Inks $116m Worth Acquisition Deal

Taiwanese dry bulker owner Wisdom Marine has inked a deal for the purchase of four dry bulk carriers worth $116 million, says an article published in Offshore Energy. Acquisition details On 23 July 2021, the company’s...

Asia Residual Fuels: Key Market Indicators For July 26-30

Asian residual fuel market is likely to garner support at prevailing levels in the near term on lower western arbitrage inflows into Singapore, says Platts. Tightening supplies of the upstream Singapore marine fuel 0.5%S cargo...