Retail imports set a new record this spring contributing to the continuing surge in volumes at the primary U.S. container ports. Driven by continuing consumer demand for goods, the volumes are on track to exceed the records achieved in 2020 despite the pandemic according to new...
Lingering fears, worries, and doubts about the ongoing crew change situation continue to dominate […] The post Seafarer Happiness Index: Lingering fears, worries and doubts over crew change...
There’s rising concern about the prospect of a major military crisis erupting across the Taiwan Strait as a result of China’s intention to force Taiwan to unify with the mainland. President Xi Jinping suggested in early 2019 that China must be and will be reunified, and...
South Korean shipping heavyweight HMM is considering new orders, including those for 13,000 TEU-class […] The post HMM sets sights on more ultra-large boxship newbuilds appeared first on...
As the shipping industry and regulators continue to debate the best approach to achieving decarbonization, the influential organization Danish Shipping is presenting a new way of looking at compliance. In a new report sent to the International Maritime Organization, the group that represents the Danish...
Italy’s Gas and Heat has been contracted to deliver LNG cargo and fuel handling system for a Shell-chartered bunker barge. The post Gas and Heat tech ordered for Shell-chartered bunkering vessel...
Leading Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd for the design of a cargo containment system (CCS) of the world's largest capacity (40,000 m3 class per tank) developed for use on a large liquefied hydrogen carrier. Hydrogen is...
With the In focus column, Offshore Energy delivers a weekly snapshot containing the most relevant energy transition items. The post In focus: Recent developments in the energy transition race...
[By Peter Cook] In his authoritative tome Seapower, Geoffrey Till observes that navies “have to work alongside rather than regard themselves as distant from and somehow superior to many other maritime stakeholders with their grubby little concerns.” Mariners indeed need to be “all of one company,” as...
The path to lower CO2 emissions from ships could be shorter by choosing a fleet-based approach to efficiency requirements, a new analysis prepared for Danish Shipping by CE Delft shows. The post...
