30 Oct Daily Briefing 30 October 2024
It’s time for shipping to be more proactive, says IMO secretary-general | Maritime London sees trends favouring UK capital, despite...
It’s time for shipping to be more proactive, says IMO secretary-general | Maritime London sees trends favouring UK capital, despite...
Asia's largest shipbuilders are flush with orders from Western shipowners, and the prices that newbuild slots now command rival the peaks last seen in 2008, according to Clarksons. But despite the ordering boom - or perhaps because of it - the overwhelming majority of the...
Longer routes due to the Russia-Ukraine war and Red Sea crisis will remain in place, but voyages are unlikely to...
An exclusive in the Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Russia has been providing details of ship movements to enable Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. The middlemen between the Russians and the Houthis are the Iranians. A brigadier from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds...
The International Energy Agency’s recent world energy outlook provided the first detailed forecasts to indicate the impact that electric cars...
The expected Israeli reprisal attack on Iran executed on the night of October 26 was less ambitious than many Israelis had hoped for, but may nonetheless succeed in bringing a halt to the series of tit for tat exchanges between Israel and Iran. With no attacks...
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index increased 6% versus the prior week, its largest weekly gain since late June. However, ‘gravity...
VELA, a French startup launched in November 2022, reports it has completed a significant funding round of €40 million ($43 million) which will be used for Austal to build the world’s largest sailing cargo trimaran. The company strives to provide a sustainable cargo service crossing...
Are shipping’s progressives pushing forward or paused in political purgatory? | Grace Ocean and Synergy settle civil suit with US...
On Wednesday, the crew of the 58-year-old cutter Resolute offloaded nearly 4.4 tonnes of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Florida. Along with the drugs, the crew brought five suspects to face justice in U.S. courts. The $115 million haul came from two enforcement vessels, Resolute and the...