The Panama Canal Expansion, One Photo at a Time

Documenting The Panama Canal Expansion, One Photo at a Time When the Panama Canal expansion was completed over the summer, tens of thousands of Panamanians...

Coscocs Forms Auto Shipping Partnership with FAW

China Cosco Shipping Group (Coscocs) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with state-run automaker FAW in Shanghai. Under the agreement, the Coscocs will become the...

Korean Shipyards Brace for Another Tough Year

The CEOs of South Korea’s top three shipyards have given their new year’s addresses to employees and have warned of another tricky 12 months...

New Year, New Outlook for LNG

by Karen Thomas January is traditionally a time to look forward.  And so LNG shipping turns its focus to the year ahead and to the...

Drewry: Breakbulk Rates to Rise by End of 2017

Multipurpose shipping freight rates to improve by end 2017 The multipurpose shipping market will see the first signs of recovery by the end of 2017,...

UFO Collision in Seas! Claims Five Skippers

The adventurers that seek races and records when circumnavigating the world once had only two worries – fierce storms and drifting ice.  But a...

Oil Spill and the Threat to the Ecosystem

Incident: The 147,000 tonne oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground on February 15th 1996 at 8.07 pm, despite being under the control of one of...

[Watch] Two Ships Collide Near Johor, Trigger Major Oil Spill

Two container vessels, one of them Singapore-registered, collided off Pasir Gudang on Tuesday, resulted in nearly 300 tonnes of oil spill.  Maritime and Port...

Swansea Shipping Container ‘Box Village’ Plans Unveiled

Plans for a "box village" built out of shipping containers in Swansea have been unveiled. The scheme would form part of the £300m University of...

Carnival Forecasts Average Bunker Price to Rise 32% in 2017

Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income for the full year 2016 of $2.8 billion, or $3.72 diluted EPS, compared to $1.8...