In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update.
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries of the modern maritime industry to critical public scrutiny.
Don’t be fooled by the word “pictorial” in its title. While it does include some first-rate pictures, this book is much more than that.
The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict.
Capital Link’s eighteenth annual International Shipping Forum will take place on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The forum is held in partnership with Citi and in cooperation with NYSE and Nasdaq. Held in New York City every year, the forum is known for its large attendance by ..
Among the grim news emanating from every quarter, which filled the morning newspapers recently, was the frightful threat of a shortage of tea.
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
Terminal Portuario Jinzhao Peru, a subsidiary of Chinese construction company Jinzhao, has been awarded a contract for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new large port in San Juan de Marcona in Nazca province in southern Peru. Eight people are confirmed dead while another two have gone missing after a commercial tanker capsized in rough seas off southwestern Japan on Wednesday, March 20. Japan’s Sumitomo Heavy Industries has adopted a resolution whereby one of its subsidiaries will withdraw from the business of building new general commercial vessels, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, February 14.
Jinzhao Peru secures US$405 million port construction project
Tanker capsizing leaves eight dead off southwestern Japan
Japanese firm to exit shipbuilding business after 127 years
Terminal Portuario Jinzhao Peru, a subsidiary of Chinese construction company Jinzhao, has been awarded a contract for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new large port in San Juan de Marcona in Nazca province in southern Peru. Eight people are confirmed dead while another two have gone missing after a commercial tanker capsized in rough seas off southwestern Japan on Wednesday, March 20. Japan’s Sumitomo Heavy Industries has adopted a resolution whereby one of its subsidiaries will withdraw from the business of building new general commercial vessels, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, February 14.
Jinzhao Peru secures US$405 million port construction project
Tanker capsizing leaves eight dead off southwestern Japan
Japanese firm to exit shipbuilding business after 127 years
US federal agencies as well as state and local agencies in Maryland have been deployed in response to an incident wherein a bridge collapsed after it was struck by a passing commercial vessel.
The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict.
To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the European Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector.
Ship leasing business Seapath, a company under New York-based conglomerate the Libra Group, has placed an order for six deck barges in a series to be built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida.
The Indian Navy has successfully gained control of a foreign-flagged cargo vessel that was held captive by Somali pirates for months following its hijacking in the Arabian Sea late last year.
Vietnamese news outlets report that one person is confirmed dead while two others have gone missing after a fishing vessel and a locally-registered cargo ship collided with each other off Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam on Friday, February 23.
Terminal Portuario Jinzhao Peru, a subsidiary of Chinese construction company Jinzhao, has been awarded a contract for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new large port in San Juan de Marcona in Nazca province in southern Peru.
The Philippine Ports Authority has awarded International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) a 25-year concession contract to develop and operate the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo province in the Philippines’ Western Visayas region.
Germany’s Niedersachsen Ports has begun operating a newly constructed jetty built specifically to handle the offloading of LNG from floating storage and regasification units (FSRU).
In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update.
Chinese shipowner COSCO Shipping has expanded its fleet with the recent acquisition of two river-sea capable container vessels in a series built by sister company Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry.
Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new Ro-Ro vessel to compatriot shipping company Senba Kaiun.
Pyxis, a Singapore-based maritime technology startup company, has unveiled a new port passenger launch powered entirely by electricity.
If push comes to shove between China and the United States, Australia’s international trade with Asia is at risk of becoming collateral damage.
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