GSB Tankers and Asahi Tanker have jointly established the Asia Chemical Tanker Alliance (ACTA) to manage the operation and ...

The aggressive fleet buildup seen at Medkon Lines of Turkey shows no sign of slowing with Alphaliner reporting it has bought ...

Australian energy major Santos has put its plans for the A$3bn ($1.87bn) Dorado oil and gas project in Western Australia on hold. Santos, as the Dorado JV operator, has decided not to purchase the ...

Among sweeping changes brought in by the new Donald Trump administration, a new chairman of regulator, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has been announced while Coast Guard Commandant Admiral ...

Greek Nasdaq-listed owner OceanPal has confirmed its exit from the capesize bulker segment with the sale of the 2005-built Salt Lake City. The 171,800 dwt ship, one of the three older bulkers ...

Dutch owner Mercurius Shipping has returned to China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for more stainless steel chemical tankers. The inland waterway shipping player has signed ...

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 ...

According to the class society, it played an important role in supporting a maritime system that enabled the slave economy from its founding in 1760 until the UK’s Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. ...

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 ...

A new study shows a way to calculate when a hull needs to be defouled, so that drydock time can be scheduled optimally, reducing costs and emissions. Researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute ...