One of the best-known names in American maritime passed away on Sunday. Jim Lawrence, the founder of Marine Money and MTI Network, succumbed to cancer at the age of 70. Lawrence was also the ...

Japanese trading house Marubeni Corporation has announced a strategic agreement to invest an unspecified sum in Gearbulk Holding, the world’s largest operator of open-hatch vessels. “This is ...

Work-related fatigue among cargo ship crews is growing worse, despite international regulations and onboard monitoring aimed at ensuring sufficient rest for seafarers, according to a new study ...

In the latest twist in the trade war unleashed by Donald Trump, an American federal court has blocked the president’s sweeping tariffs. The Court of International Trade has ruled that the ...

Tailwind Shipping Lines, the containerline founded during the pandemic by the parent of German retailer Lidl, is expanding its footprint by debuting an intra-Asia service, in the process shifting ...

CMA CGM runs 29 weekly shipping services through seven ports in Vietnam. The Marseille-based company, which holds joint ownership in the Gemalink terminal at Cai Mep and the Vietnam International ...

The depressed liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier sector sees nearly 60 vessels, according to data from Clarksons Research.

One of China’s top shipyards, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, has commissioned a giant new facility to boost its production of LNG carriers. The new $2.5bn, 432 ha yard on Changxing Island north ...

China currently holds 70% of global shipbuilding capacity and nearly 90% of repair capacity. Japan’s share of shipbuilding volume was about 50% in the early 1990s, but has now fallen to around 10%.

Estonia has launched a €25m ($28.3m) government grant designed to encourage the reconstruction and greening of passenger and cargo ships, tugboats and other port and auxiliary vessels in ...

The Cypriot-flagged, 886 teu containership NCL Salten ran aground overnight only a few meters from a house on the shore in Norway’s Trondheim fjord. There have been no reports of oil spills or ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...