Farm-fresh Goods to Europe by Sea
Marine shipping company Nippon Yusen will carry fresh Japanese agricultural goods to Europe in special containers for a tenth the price of air freight, in a move likely to bring needed business to ocean...
Storm Closes Liverpool Port
Liverpool Port was forced to shut down after Storm Doris battered Northern England.
What happened?
UK port owner and operator Peel Ports was forced to close the Port of Liverpool after Storm Doris battered northern England...
Next Generation DVB-S2X Technology for Global Xpress
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communication services, has announced a significant advance in the on-going development of its Global Xpress (GX) high-speed, global, mobile broadband platform.
In conjunction with VT iDirect,...
Ship Crew Stuck at Haldia Served Food
Food was provided to Chinese crew members who have been stuck on-board a Chinese cargo vessel in India since December due to legal issues.
What happened?
The Chinese Consulate in India and the Kolkata Port Trust...
On Board the Most Remote Cruise in the World
By Caroline Elderfield
The sea was a restless mass of blue-black slush. Icebergs, which the previous day had held an innocent, mesmeric beauty, now crowded in with frigid menace. Winter had arrived early in the...
Greek Tanker Engineer Found Guilty of Pollution Cover-up
Greek Tanker Engineer Found Guilty of Pollution Cover-up in Charleston Federal Court
The chief engineer of a chemical tanker that docked in North Charleston in 2015 has been found guilty in a jury trial of...
Bahri and Bunge to Form Ocean Freight Joint Venture
Bahri Dry Bulk Company ("BDB"), a subsidiary of the Bahri Group, the national shipping arm of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Koninklijke Bunge B.V. ("Bunge"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited BG 1.27%,...
Strategic Partnership by Transas and Japan Radio Company
Transas, the innovative, digital solutions company, and Japan Radio Company (JRC), a leading global marine electronics company, today announced their new strategic partnership.
The two industry-leading companies will work together in research and development, product...
BOC to Finance Shipping as Global Nationalism Threatens Trade
Bank of Cyprus’s chief executive officer John Hourican said that as the largest Cypriot lender was about to engage in financing of Cypriot and Greek shipping, roughly 17 per cent of global tonnage, it...
Demand is Picking up in the Dry Bulk Market
Pacific Ocean dry bulk trades are starting to push the freight market to new heights recently, offsetting part of the limited activity in the Atlantic market. According to the latest weekly report from shipbroker...