container shipping boom has seen containers pile up at ports

Container shipping: It looks like the party’s ending

Easing supply chain bottlenecks at major U.S. ports may be good news for consumers, but not so much for containership operators. As we reported earlier, after container shipping giant Maersk reporting record

Amogy's CEO, Seonghoon Woo

A Q&A with Amogy CEO on ammonia power for shipping

Seonghoon Woo is the CEO of Amogy, a company using “ammonia cracking” modules to convert ammonia into hydrogen plus nitrogen to decarbonize the heavy-duty and shipping transportation industry. Amogy recently became an

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Liberia streamlines ship mortgage procedures

The Liberian Registry, the world’s second largest ship registry, in response to the needs of shipowners and the ship finance and legal community, has announced a series of amendments to the Liberian

Green corridor

Initiative for Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway green corridor launched

Green shipping corridor announcements have been coming out of COP27, thick and fast. The plan to launch a green and digital transpacific corridor between San Pedro Bay ports and Singapore looks set

Putin talks about return to Black Sea grain deal

Poten: Increased Russian oil moves by Dark Fleet pose safety threat

In his latest weekly Tanker Opinion, Erik Broekhuizen, head of tanker research at New York headquartered Poten & Partners, says that, while Russian oil exports have thus far only been impacted by

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Drewry: Ship operating cost inflation is accelerating

Vessel operating cost (OPEX) inflation has accelerated in 2022 on mounting worldwide macroeconomic price pressures, despite some receding of COVID-19 related costs, according to the latest Ship Operating Costs Annual Review and

San Pedro Bay ports

San Pedro Bay ports and Singapore MPA in plans for Green Corridor

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and California’s San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have begun discussions to establish a green and digital shipping corridor between

lithium-iron battery paper

Insurers release white paper on lithium-ion battery transportation risks

A number of recent ship fires have underscored the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. Now insurance providers TT Club and UK P&I Club (both Thomas Miller managed

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Royal Caribbean reports a “better than expected” quarter

Cruise giant Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) today reported third quarter results that it says were “better than expected and above guidance for the quarter mainly due to higher load factors from

Gremex case ruling

Third company fined in U.S. ECA sulfur case

A U.S. Caribbean ECA offense that saw two companies hit with fines of $3 million back in 2019 has now brought a third company a criminal fine of $250,000. Ionian Management Inc.,

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