GCaptain Articles

Global Shipbuilding

Global Ship Order Book Hits 17-Year High as Tanker Orders Surge

Panama Canal

El Niño Watch Puts Panama Canal Back in Focus After Dramatic Drought Recovery

Strait of Hormuz

MOL Awaits Safety Clarity Before Resuming Hormuz Transits, CEO Says

IMO Warns Hormuz Toll Would Set ‘Dangerous Precedent’

Hormuz At Near Standstill as Iran Warns Ships to Keep to Its Waters

China Tankers Join Line to Test Hormuz Exit and Iran Truce

Global Trade

Container Rates Rise Again as Fuel Costs, Hormuz Uncertainty Ripple Through Global Trade

Hellenic News Articles

South Korean Shipbuilding

HD Korea Shipbuilding racks up $1.45b in fresh orders

India’s shipbuilding boom offers Korea cost relief and new production base

China Seeks Shipbuilding Cooperation with South Korea

Hanwha Ocean secures two VLCC orders from Oceania, boosting Korea shipbuilding

Chinese Shipbuilding

China’s first 180,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier completed in Jiangsu

U.S. Trade

March U.S. Container Imports Climb as Global Supply Chain Pressures Mount

U.S. Port News

Port Of Los Angeles Secures Approximately $70 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Record Amount For Harbor Maintenance

Florida’s Port Everglades hosts first shore-to-ship LNG bunkering

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Up 1% Last Week

Strait of Hormuz

Two-week US-Iran ceasefire not enough to end ocean container shipping disruption or surging freight rates

Resumption of Iraqi flows via Strait of Hormuz?

Hormuz traffic may climb to 25% of pre-war total over next week: CAS

Decarbonization

First-time Collaboration between MOL and Shell on an Innovative Book and Claim Initiative for Marine Decarbonization