North Vancouver, B.C., based Seaspan Energy is celebrating the new year with the launch of the first of three 7,600 cubic meter LNG bunkering vessels, the Seaspan Garibaldi, named after Mount Garibaldi,
Yara International subsidiary Yara Clean Ammonia has signed a three-year time charter contract with Tokyo-headquartered Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) for the 2010-built, 34,500 cubic meter ammonia carrier Green Pioneer. The vessel
The European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) has appointed its first female president. Karin Orsel stepped into the role for a two-year term on January 1, succeeding Philippos Philis on the conclusion of
Yesterday saw growing international concern over the situation in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks on merchant ships caused more vessels to avoid the area and sent ocean freight rates soaring. While
The world’s largest shipping association, Copenhagen-headquartered BIMCO, has appointed its director of contracts & support, Stinne Taiger Ivø, as deputy secretary general, effective January 1, 2024. She succeeds Søren Larsen, who will
Inchcape Shipping Services, a portfolio company of private equity fund Epiris, reports that it has taken a majority share in Leth Suez Transit Ltd AS (Leth). Leth, with roots that go back
As had been widely expected, following last week’s Houthi attacks on the Maersk Hangzhou, Maersk today officially notified customers that it is pausing all Maersk Red Sea/ Gulf of Aden transits until
Underscoring the continuing threats facing commercial shipping in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command has reported on two attacks by Houthis on the Maersk Hangzhou containership. In the second, ten Houthis died.
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Yokohama and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC). The collaborative agreement will focus on the development of a Yokohama green
Japan’s NYK Line says that, starting in FY2024, it will conduct full-scale trials of the long-term use of biofuels, considered as net-zero CO2 fuels, in its current HFO-fueled ships. Moving forward from