The commercial and state fleets split, ending the unified global tanker market and returning to the conditions of secrecy and smuggling.

Op-Ed: How the world tanker market split due to the Ukraine war  

By John Helmer In the war at sea between the U.S.-NATO alliance and Russia, the Russian shipping company Sovcomflot says its future has never been better. The U.S. State Department directing the

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim at London International Shipping Week.

LISW 2023 sees most successful event to date

Global maritime leaders sailed full steam ahead into London in their thousands to attend the biennial London International Shipping Week 2023 (LISW23) which took place from 11th to 15th September. More than

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Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be nominated as next CNO

President Joe Biden has announced his intention to nominate Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti to succeed Adm. Michael Gilday as Chief of Naval Operations. “As our next Chief of

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Russia pulls out of Black Sea Grain Initiative

Wheat, corn and soybean prices all rose today on the news that Russia has not extended its participation in the UN sponsored Black Sea Grain Initiative. With Russia no longer on board,

USNS Harvey Milk hand over ceremony

NASSCO delivers the future USNS Harvey Milk

GD NASSCO delivered the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the second ship in the Navy’s 20-ship John Lewis-class fleet oiler program, during a July 11 ceremony at its San Diego shipyard.

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Maersk green-methanol engine retrofit could open door for many more

In a shipping industry first, A.P. Moller – Maersk is to retrofit an existing ship to a dual-fuel vessel able to operate on green methanol. It has signed an agreement with PrimeServ

Coast Guard briefs on Titan submersible loss

Titan submersible: Debris consistent with “catastrophic loss of pressure chamber”

Dashing any lingering hopes raised by sounds detected in the area, the latest media briefing from the Unified Command makes it clear that the OceanGate Expeditions Titan submersible imploded in the water

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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs JV orders hybrid-ready CTV at Strategic Marine

Singapore’s Strategic Marine shipyard has booked an order to build a BMT-designed, hybrid-ready StratCat 27 crew transfer vessel (CTV). The order has been placed by the LD Tide joint venture between France’s

Containership built to ABS class

State-of-the-art containership delivered to ABS class

Recently delivered to Singapore-based Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP (part of the AL Group), the ALS Ceres is the first in a series of six 7,100 TEU containerships and is the first Asiatic

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MTD: New education policies key to strengthening U.S. maritime workforce

With the shortage of U.S. professional mariners becoming more acute, the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (MTD) is calling for new educational policies to boost enrollment at maritime academies and other

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