Category: News

MARITIME NEWS 5-10-24

U.S. Container Imports Show Strong Growth Amid Global Unrest

Trump Presidency is Next Worry for Battered U.S. Wind Sector

Long Beach: Renewable Energy Project Powers Port with Hydrogen

Drewry: World Container Index Up 16% Last Week

April 2024 Containerized Imports Surpass March 2024 and April 2023

Panama’s president-elect vows to help fix canal water problems, build major train line

Belships ASA: Sale of two Supramax vessels

State-of-the-Art Ammonia Reforming Technology from Amogy Verified by ABS

CMA CGM inaugurates TANGRAM, the global center for training and innovation shaping the future of transportation and logistics

Bluestone Wins Major Contract for Two New Cable-Laying Vessels

NYK Group Launches Trial to Utilize 3D Models in Design of New LPG Tanker DX for Ship Design: Reduces workload by visualizing the completed ship in the early stages

Amazon unveils first electric seaport trucks amid push to slash tailpipe emissions

MARITIME NEWS 5-9-24

Peru Port Dispute Escalates as COSCO Insists on Original Terms

U.S. Container Imports to Maintain Strength into Peak Season

Record Containership Capacity Delivered in 2024 Obscured By Longer Voyages

Chinese Shipbuilding Giant Says Operation Not Affected by U.S. 301 Probe

FBX Index May 2024: Market summary

Allianz: Navigating troubled waters: risk challenges for shipping in 2024

Decarbonisation of shipping could create up to four million green jobs

Accelleron and HD Hyundai Marine Solution renew long-standing Service Agreement

ISWAN publishes action plan for addressing the maritime recruitment crisis

A.P. Moller – Maersk launches air freight gateway in Miami to serve U.S., Asia, and Latin America market

MARITIME NEWS 5-8-24

Maersk Continues to Reroute Ships Indefinitely as Houthis Threaten Escalation

London P&I Club Announces Leadership Change

Maersk Questions Rival’s Solvency in Battle Over South Africa’s Durban Container Port

We have passed the point of just talking about hydrogen. It’s really happening now’

Cheniere expects reduced maintenance outages at Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi LNG terminals

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering To Build 2 LNG Carriers for African Shipping Company

ContainerxChange: Rising volatility in China’s container market as sellers hold back inventory amid uncertainty

Multipurpose shipping hit by Panama Canal and Red Sea troubles

Marlink upgrades managed hybrid network across Simon Møkster Shipping’s offshore fleet

Hapag-Lloyd and IKEA collaborate to advance cleaner shipping

WinGD expands X-DF-A segment reach with AET’s first ammonia aframax order

MARITIME NEWS 5-7-24

Maersk Continues to Reroute Ships Indefinitely as Houthis Threaten Escalation

London P&I Club Announces Leadership Change

Maersk Questions Rival’s Solvency in Battle Over South Africa’s Durban Container Port

We have passed the point of just talking about hydrogen. It’s really happening now’

Cheniere expects reduced maintenance outages at Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi LNG terminals

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering To Build 2 LNG Carriers for African Shipping Company

ContainerxChange: Rising volatility in China’s container market as sellers hold back inventory amid uncertainty

Multipurpose shipping hit by Panama Canal and Red Sea troubles

Marlink upgrades managed hybrid network across Simon Møkster Shipping’s offshore fleet

Hapag-Lloyd and IKEA collaborate to advance cleaner shipping

WinGD expands X-DF-A segment reach with AET’s first ammonia aframax order

MARITIME NEWS 5-3-24

Uncertainty Looms Over Long-Term Container Freight Rates

Shippers Frustrated as Spot rates Rise Alongside Demand

U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter Program Faces Substantial Cost Overrun and Delay Until 2029

Nigeria secures $600m from Maersk for port development

Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®): Long term rates edge up globally as Red Sea conflict continues to cast uncertainty across the market

Global rice market stable but weather risk remains, Louis Dreyfus exec says

Commodity Tracker: 5 charts to watch this week

Tanker Orders Increase 32% Year-on-Year

MARITIME NEWS 5-2-24

Maersk Raises Financial Forecast for 2024 Amid Strong Market Demand, Red Sea Disruptions

John Fredriksen Becomes the Largest Shareholder of Edda Wind

ESPO Port Investments Study 2024: Europe’s ports have €80 billion investment needs for the next 10 years

How the OSV shortage is sparking a digital transformation

Drewry: World Container Index Rose Last Week

Shaping a safer and sustainable future for shipping

Trafigura orders four ammonia-powered ships, first one to come in 2027

Panama Canal: From Crisis to Opportunity: Rethinking Water Management in a Changing Climate

Tristar Eships to manage its carbon footprint with Wärtsilä’s Decarbonisation Services

Kongsberg Maritime hybrid technology to optimise energy use and cut emissions for Matson Navigation Company’s new LNG-powered container ships

MARITIME NEWS 4-30-24

Seafarers ‘Happier’ to Start 2024

China COSCO May Seek Arbitration Over Exclusivity Rights to Peru Mega-Port

Biden Administration Proposes New Offshore Wind Auctions Off Maine, Oregon

Time for “Fit for 55” implementation

Record-breaking container throughput at the Port of Gothenburg following import surge

V.Ships France to manage Dual Fuel Methanol Container Vessels for X-Press Feeders

Ocean Technologies Group Equips Crews for an Ammonia-Fuelled Future with New E-Learning Course

Strong Support for Maritime Dialogue Meeting in Washington

Corvus Energy to supply ESS for the first Net Zero Subsea Construction Vessel

China State Shipbuilding to build 18 LNG ships for QatarEnergy

Damen launches fully electric RSD-E Tug 2513 for Port of Antwerp-Bruges

China puts first 12,000-cubic meter LNG refueling vessel into service

MARITIME NEWS 4-29-24

Maersk Commits $600 Million Investment In Nigeria’s Ports

Containership Reportedly Damaged in Latest Red Sea Missile Attack

Hapag-Lloyd Launches Real-Time Container Tracking

China’s cargo, container throughputs at ports log steady growth in 2023

Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel

Port Houston Awarded Nearly $27 Million For Clean Truck Program

Asia’s first FPSO facility delivered in E China

Biden promise to rival China on shipbuilding faces a big economic problem

Shipping analyst: Red Sea crisis is preventing a freight rate and liner profit collapse

Why the electric freight and sustainable shipping sector is turning to the Middle East

DeepSea Technologies and G2 Ocean roll out groundbreaking AI voyage optimisation tool that does not require hardware installation

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

Wartsila says shipowners need to decarbonize at ‘right speed’

MARITIME NEWS 4-26-24

Red Sea Reroutings Drive Up Liners’ CO2 Emissions

Four Ships Trapped by Key Bridge Collapse Depart Baltimore

Georgia Ports CEO: We are Preparing for Growth

Rotterdam port forecasts slight recovery in 2024 cargo volumes as inflation eases

Port of Antwerp-Bruges: close cooperation between the chemical industry and energy transformation in Europe

Secure Intermodal Data Practices through the SPEAR Approach

Drewry: World Container Index Was Stable Last Week

Newbuilding LPG-fueled ‘LPG & Ammonia Carrier’ for GYXIS, Aquamarine Progress II, Delivered

The Carbon Impact Curve: Unpacking the Energy Transition’s Complexity

WE Tech Solutions Has Received Orders For Eight Large Container Vessels To Be Time Chartered Out To A.P. Møller-Mærsk Built At The Japanese Shipyard

One Sea Association and MASSPeople Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Drive Sustainable Maritime Innovation

Korean shipbuilding stocks rally: Real growth or bubble?

EU Net-Zero Industry Act: European shipowners welcome 40% production benchmark for clean shipping fuels in Europe

MARITIME NEWS 4-25-24

Biden Administration Sets Sights on Zero-Emissions Freight Sector

Hanwha Ocean Moves to Advance Ammonia Fuel in Shipping

Georgia Ports Authority, Wallenius Wilhelmsen sign terminal agreement in Brunswick

Samskip aims for sustainable supply chain

Wärtsilä secures China’s largest-ever methanol newbuild order

MSC Collaborates with GSBN to trial Integrated Safe Transportation Certification Verification Process, Boosting Safety of Lithium Battery Shipments

Signal’s technology resolves fundamental problems in energy performance and emissions compliance in an asset-light way

Interunity Group to Deploy ShipIn Systems’ FleetVision Across Full Fleet After Successful Pilot