Captain Stylianos Mourtzanos writes that shipping’s decarbonisation challenge is now less about technology and more about governance architecture, specifically, how multiple regional systems interpret ...

Only 33 out of 94 (35%) of the world’s major shipping companies have committed to being net zero by 2050 or have joined the International Maritime Organization (IMO) targets of a 50% absolute ...

New York-based Foremost Group has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two 180,000 dwt bulk carriers. Details of the contract ...

Chinese owners AVIC Leasing and Zhejiang Jinpu have signed up for fresh dry bulk tonnage at compatriot yards. The leasing arm of Aviation Industry Corporation of China has returned to New Dayang ...

Chinese leasing houses BoComm Leasing and SPDB Leasing have each ordered one 98,000 cu m VLEC at Jiangnan Shipyard. The two vessels will be chartered to Pacific Gas, the gas shipping unit of Shandong ...

The 2019-built windfarm installation vessel Zhen Jiang has suffered a water ingress incident off Jiangsu and the operations of the ship have been suspended. The incident happened when the vessel was ...

China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), the major controller of state-owned enterprises, has made a decision to transfer 10% equity shares of Cosco Shipping Group ...

Malaysian Bulk Carriers (Maybulk) has offloaded its 2018-built kamsarmax to Japanese buyers for around $30.1m. The Petaling Jaya-headquartered firm said its unit Kekal Shipping sealed a deal for the ...

Low profile Chinese owner Royal Marine Holdings is selling its post-panamaxes. Despite falling prices and Covid-19 , Royal Marine is determined to sell and focus on its woodchip carrier fleet.

China’s ICBC Leasing has officially signed the shipbuilding contracts with CSIC-affiliated Beihai Shipbuilding Industry yesterday for the construction for six 325,000 dwt VLOCs plus options to ...

VLGC owner BW LPG is planning to list in the US, the company revealed in its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. No further details about the move were disclosed by the Oslo-listed unit of Singapore’s ...

It’s time to start thinking about 2024. As we enter the glide path towards the end of 2023, Maritime CEO’s gathering at the Yacht Club de Monaco in mid-October was well timed to gauge the pulse of how ...