The European Union is preparing its most aggressive move yet against Russia’s shadow tanker fleet, with plans to give member states the power to board and inspect vessels suspected of breaching ...

The global shipping industry will find out today its green future with one of the most contentious Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meetings drawing to a close this evening at the London ...

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has sent a letter, co-signed by more than 110 companies, to the new minister of industry at the Department for Business and Trade, Chris McDonald, urging the government to ...

Kuang Ming Shipping, the dry bulk subsidiary of Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport, is returning to the newbuilding market with plans approved to order four vessels. The newbuilds, sized between ...

South Korea’s HD Hyundai has formally handed control to a new generation, appointing 43-year-old Chung Kisun as chairman of the nation’s largest shipbuilding group — a move marking both a dynastic ...

Global maritime charity Stella Maris has launched a novel campaign that celebrates seafarers’ cooking skills and resourcefulness to prepare nourishing meals at sea. The charity is asking seafarers to ...

Punit Oza on the business sector’s impossible tightrope. “When governments pull the trigger, companies take the bullet,” he writes. In the escalating trade conflict between the United States, China, ...

China’s Phoenix Shipping (Wuhan) has revealed plans to invest up to $60m to expand and modernise its dry bulk fleet. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed outfit said in a filing the investment will be ...

Italian energy services major Saipem has been awarded three new offshore contracts for the Shah Deniz Compression project operated by supermajor BP in Azerbaijan. The contracts were secured in ...

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has appointed Rajesh Unni, founder and chairman of Synergy Marine Group, to its advisory board as part of efforts to strengthen its strategic and risk management ...

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won two long-term contracts in Brazil with state-owned oil firm Petrobras. Petrobras hired the 2005-built Skandi Chieftain and the 2009-built Skandi Olympia on ...

German shipowner Oldendorff Carriers and fellow steelmaker Salzgitter have signed a long-term deal to lower carbon emissions from the seaborne transport of iron ore to Hamburg. Starting in January ...