The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant reduction in demand for cargo-carrying capacity across the globe. In response, Oslo-headquartered Wallenius Wilhelmsen made the decision to recycle four of its 123
The Canadian Coast Guard’s annual icebreaking season on the Great Lakes, which provides assistance to the shipping industry, is underway. Working in partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) District 9,
International freight transport and logistics insurer TT Club wants cargo owners to be more aware of safety issues arising from poorly packed containers and misdeclared goods. TT Club’s analyses consistently indicate that
Shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation has delivered Wan Hai 323 the latest in a series of eight new 3,055 TEU containerships being built for Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines. The ships are the
Shipowners waiting too long to install ballast water management systems (BWMS) by the deadline set by the IMO BWM convention may face problems. Classification society ClassNK has been periodically analyzing the retrofitting
High traffic, seasonal fog and COVID-19 related issues had already led to congestion and long waiting times for VLGCs transiting the Panama Canal, reports Norway’s Cleaves Securities. In an advisory note dated
Tensions are ratcheting up in the Middle East as Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced that it had stopped a South Korean-flagged ship “for environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf,” adding that
The crew of a Liberian flagged tanker have found what appears to be a limpet mine attached to the vessel’s hull while conducting ship to ship operations 6 nautical miles south of
The St. Simons Sound Incident response team is now well into the cut that will separate the stern section of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray. Meantime, the bow section of the
Stamford, Conn., headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) reports that it has purchased two modern high-specification SDARI-64 design, scrubber-fitted Ultramax bulk carriers. This follows the company’s recently-announced acquisition of a similar