Ukraine announces “temporary corridors” to its ports
In a post on its Facebook page yesterday the Ukrainian Navy announced “temporary corridors for trading vessels going to / from ports of Ukraine.” As usual with such things, it’s worth reading
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Matson mobilizes for Maui disaster response
As the death toll from the wild fires devastating the Hawaiian island of Maui soared, Honolulu-headquartered Matson has mobilized to get emergency equipment and supplies to the island. The company said yesterday
Stolt-Nielsen names Udo Lange as its next CEO
London-headquartered Stolt-Nielsen, which operates the world’s largest parcel tankers fleet, has announced that, after 23 years as chief executive officer of the bulk liquid logistics giant, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen will now step
Containership deliveries reach a record high
Even as containership operators across the board report softening demand, new tonnage continues to enter the market. BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst, Niels Rasmussen, reports that new containership deliveries in the first seven
International Seaways orders LNG-ready tanker duo
New York City headquartered tanker giant International Seaways Inc. (NYSE: INSW) has entered into contracts to build two, scrubber-fitted, dual-fuel (LNG) ready, LR1 vessels in Korea at K Shipbuilding Co, Ltd. The
Why seafarers aren’t so happy
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report shows what its publisher, the Mission to Seafarers, characterizes as “a notable decline in overall happiness.” Of major concern, a shortage of available drinking water emerges
VIDEO: Ukrainian drone holes sanctioned Russian tanker
Ukraine has followed up on its drone strike on a Russian Navy warship with a drone strike, Saturday, on a sanctioned Russian tanker, the Sig. Interfax Ukraine quotes sources in the Security
Höegh Autoliners books 5-year U.S. auto export order
Although this may come as a surprise to Americans accustomed to seeing supermarket parking lots stuffed with things like Toyotas, some U.S.-built autos are hot exports items and Höegh Autoliners ASA reports
Himalaya Shipping bunkers two bulkers with LNG
Two LNG dual-fueled Newcastlemax bulkers have recently bunkered with LNG in Singapore. Why is that news? It’s often forgotten that just because ships are capable of burning LNG as fuel it doesn’t
VIDEO: Nearly 500 EVs reportedly aboard burning car carrier
As the fire aboard the car carrier Fremantle Highway continued burning off the Dutch coast, a spokesman for the vessel’s charterer, Japan’s K-Line, is reported as saying that there were there were