Panama’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), aimed at boosting trade and infrastructure cooperation, has been revoked as the former opted not to renew the agreement amid geopolitical tensions and US pressure. Following the official visit of the US S
Ascenz Marorka, a smart shipping arm of France’s GTT Group, has formed a commercial partnership with Greek company Piraeus Marine Services to strengthen its position in providing one-stop maritime decarbonization solutions for shipyards and shipping companies in Greece.
A global scrubber ban seems to be a long way off for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) following the twelfth session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 12) held in London from January 27 to 31, 2025.
Canadian shipowner Seaspan has hit a new milestone with the completion of the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the Port of Vancouver in Canada.
With security in the Red Sea gradually improving, the Suez Canal is gearing up to handle global trade at full capacity, signaling the return of stability to this vital maritime corridor, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has revealed. Clearing skies, changing tides: The Suez Canal now The dark clouds a
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has shared details of several ‘transformative waterborne projects’ that have moved from the R&D phase to a successful scale-up stage.
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean and Hanwha Power Systems have formed a partnership with energy technology firm Baker Hughes to design and develop a new small-size ammonia gas turbine, with an aim to achieve carbon-free ship operations.
Despite ongoing concerns over unsafe and environmentally damaging shipbreaking practices, in 2024, 80% of the global vessel tonnage scrapped—totaling 255 out of 409 dismantled ships—was broken under substandard conditions on the beaches of South Asia, Belgian NGO Shipbreaking Platform has found. Not
Luxembourg-based shipping group CLdN has launched a new pooling service to enable potential partners comply with more stringent EU environmental norms.
Neoliner Origin, described as ‘the world’s first’ commercial sailing roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel, has been launched at RMK Marine shipyard in Tuzla, Türkiye. The 136-meter-long and 24.2-meter-wide sailing cargo ship is being built for the French shipping company Neoline. Construction on the ship
The Gemini Cooperation—a long-term operational partnership between shipping colossals the Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd—is all but ready to launch tomorrow, February 1, 2025, intending to “reshape” global container shipping. The two shipping industry titans revealed their plan
Denmark-based towage and marine services provider Svitzer has decided to switch to biofuels at the Port of Esbjerg in line with the port’s ambition to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Norwegian shipping player Arriva Shipping has booked a new 8,000 dwt battery hybrid dry cargo vessel to be constructed by the China-based shipbuilder Jiangsu SOHO Marine Heavy Industry. As disclosed, the vessel is slated for delivery in the third quarter of 2026. It is set to join its sister vessel
Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured an order from South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of very large ethane carrier (VLEC) trio.
