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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

Udo Lange has been named next CEO of Stolt-Nielsen

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

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

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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

Seafarers Happiness Index shows that seafarers aren't so happy

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

Drone strike on sanctioned Russian tanker

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

Aurora class vessels could carry U.S. auto exports

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 dual fuel bulker

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

Fire could have broken out in battery of one of EVs on board carrier

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

Spanish Minister comments on FuelEU

Europe’s FuelEU aims to kick start shift to greener fuels

Europe’s FuelEU legislation has now been adopted by the European Council and will come fully into effect from January 2025, though some requirements will come into effect from August 31, 2024. The

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