The total number of secondhand boxships Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has added to its fleet since embarking on an unprecedented buying spree in August 2020, largely in lieu of chartering tonnage, has now reached what Alphaliner describes as a “mind-blowing” 461.
The AAPA has plans to revitalise US cargo handling equipment manufacturing to avoid a freeze in port development.
Nigeria has welcomed its first locally owned floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO Emem is owned by the Nigerian oil company Oriental Energy Resources (OER).
HIF Global and Acciona Nordex Green Hydrogen have signed a deal with Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology to explore the building of an e-methanol production and bunkering hub in the port of Salalah, in Oman's Dhofar Province
US ammonia power specialist Amogy has teamed up with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in a multi-year strategic partnership to manufacture its ammonia-to-power systems in South Korea.
Container shipping lines face a number of barriers that will prevent them from returning tonnage to the Suez Canal, plummeting spot rates is one of them.
Experts covering the Red Sea shipping crisis have advised caution over any swift return to the Middle Eastern tradelane.
Asiatic Lloyd has returned to its favoured Chinese shipyard for a pair of conventionally fuelled boxship newbuilds.
Authorities in Australia have seized a shipment of cocaine found concealed within the steel structure of a container's floor, another innovation in the game of cat-and-mouse between smugglers and customs officials.
Authorities in Singapore are investigating a collision between a ferry and a chemical tanker in the country’s waters.
