The standout deal in the capesize segment this week has come from CMB.TECH’s dry bulk arm, Bocimar, which is in the process of offloading three newcastlemax bulk carriers. 

Giant black pipes inserted into the funnels of ships to contain emissions will be seen in Europe for the first time, following UK government funding to get California-based STAX Engineering’s carbon capture kit to British ports. 

The Japanese shipping group Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded a joint development agreement with Tokyo-headquartered ITOCHU Corporation for ammonia bunkering demonstrations.

TThe U.S. Coast Guard has set its precautionary warning in place for all offshore mariners and beachgoers as Hurricane Erin is expected to remain offshore.

New report on the status of zero-emission shipping fuels finds that methanol is now ready for low-carbon operation and ammonia is now ready for piloting.

Norway’s ship owning company Ocean Yield AS has reported an EBITDA charter backlog of $4.3bn at the end of the second quarter of 2025 and an average remaining contract duration of 9.9 years.

Oman-based Asyad Shipping Company SAOG has reported on Sunday that the second very large crude carrier (VLCC) was successfully received on Friday August 16, 2025.

One result of the increases in U.S. tariffs on imports is that the air cargo industry is seeing some freight that previously went by air go instead on to ships, according to Joseph Smith, Director, Aviation Services for investment banker Cassel Salpeter & Co, based in Miami, Florida.

Ammonia as a frontrunner in shipping’s fuel of the future stakes is very much back in the headlines with news of a first green ammonia bunkering operation concluded recently in China, and Japanese companies

Baltimore’s already bruised maritime sector was dealt another scare on Monday evening when a Greek-owned coal carrier suffered a spectacular explosion as it departed the port.