Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CKHH) said Panama state on Monday took over the administrative and operational control of PPC’s terminals at the two ports – Balboa and Cristobal. The move comes after Panama’s Supreme Court of Justice ruled last month against Panama Ports Company S.A. (PPC),

Over the past week, no incident of piracy or armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC.

Please be advised that to ensure schedule reliability, the M/V Santa Ursula v.603S/607N will omit her Cape Town call.

Please be advised, M/V Brooklyn Bridge v.180S/N will phase out from LUX service after her Santos S/B call.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on 12 more "shadow fleet" vessels linked to Iranian petroleum exports. It is the latest in a long string of actions aimed at Tehran's sanctioned oil trade, which is a financial lifeline for the Iranian regime. 

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland on national security grounds, noting the increased activity of other powers in the region. Greenland's rich deposits of rare earth elements also come up in the heated debate over the island's ownership.

Amid industry debate on whether Hapag-Lloyd is over-paying for the Israeli carrier, Zim, Alphaliner offer some explanation for the high price.

Jeremy Nixon, who has been CEO of Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) since it was founded in 2018, will move aside at the start of July, with Till Ole Barrelet, formerly head of Emirates Shipping Line (ESL), taking over. Nixon will stay on as a senior advisor.

Commercial insurance market Lloyd’s will transfer management of the Lloyd’s Agency Network to Lloyd’s List Intelligence (LLI) from April, bringing one of shipping’s longest-running portside information networks under the control of the maritime data provider.