Should containership lines and ocean shipping alliances be getting hot and bothered by President Biden’s executive order aimed at increasing competition in U.S. economy? The only aspect of liner shipping specifically addressed
U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District reports that Donjon-SMIT salvors have brought the bow section of the capsized liftboat SEACOR Power to the surface. It was transported by barge on Saturday to the
Propeller Cap Swaps Recently, underwater repair and maintenance specialist Hydrex installed propeller cone fins on two chemical tankers: one in Antwerp and one in Rotterdam. Both operations were carried out with the
Paris-headquartered GTT and its partner, China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co. (HZ), have received a double Approval in Principle (AiP) from China Classification Society (CCS) and DNV for their “ballast-water-free” LNG bunker
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) reports that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has recently issued formal approval of its recently updated OMSA Alternative Security Plan (ASP). The new OMSA ASP is
In what is adding up to be yet another sign among many that the Biden administration is on board with tougher shipping decarbonization goals, the governments of the U.S., Denmark and Norway,
A massive explosion rocked Dubai’s main port of Jebel Ali yesterday after a fire broke out on a containership identified as the 1993-built, 210 TEU, Cormoros-flagged M/V Ocean Trader. Although any explosion
Arab language TV channels were this morning streaming video of the containership Ever Given under way following its release by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). The ship was in the headlines for
Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper reports that the Ismailia Economic Court today agreed to lift its order impounding the Ever Given, the giant containership that had blocked the Suez canal for nearly a
Containership leasing giant Seaspan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (“Atlas”) (NYSE:ATCO),, today reported that it has entered into long-term charters with Haifa, Israel , headquartered ZIM Integrated Shipping Services