Responding to the UN Secretary-Generals call for urgency and ambition on climate change, the entire global shipping industry is giving full and unequivocal backing to a moon-shot proposal submitted by governments, to catalyse the complete d

BIMCO and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) have identified a need for and therefore proposed - an alternative method to determine an accurate reference speed in connection with a carbon reduction framework currently under de

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) today released its February 2021 Report and presentation slides on the situation of piracy and sea robbery in Asia. In February 2021, three incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in As

COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (zhoushan) Co., Ltd has appointed energy and marine engineering consultancy AqualisBraemar to perform DP and BLS system FMEA on a shuttle tanker the Chinese shipyard is building for Norwegian shipowner Knutsen

On 9 March 2021, Singapore ratified the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation. It is the first country to do so shortly after it signed the Convention on 1 March 2021. Ratifying the Convention will suppo

Leaders of the Round Table of International Shipping Associations - BIMCO, INTERCARGO, International Chamber of Shipping and INTERTANKO - met virtually last week to debate key issues facing the maritime industry today. At the meeting, the a

Vestdavit keeps design and delivery on track with unique boat-handling system supplied for cable-layer Nexans Aurora at Norwegian yard Newbuild cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora will be making waves in more ways than one when it hits the wa

On March 8, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings released its annual performance bulletin for 2020. In 2020, the company achieved a total revenue of 171.258 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 13.37%; Net profit attributable to shareholders of t

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd Anglo-Eastern Ship Management (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd Anglo-Eastern is a leading global provider of ship management services. We have been working with shipowners and our clients for over 40 years, driven by ou

The COVID-19 pandemic had caused enormous impact on Tokyo MOU activities in various aspects, including a notable decrease of the number of inspections due to restrictions of ship-shore interaction. Recognizing the necessity and importance o

StormGeo , the leader in weather intelligence, ship routing and fleet performance management solutions, announced today the launch of Strategic Power Routinga service that optimizes the power output of a vessel in varying weather conditions

China will construct a Polar Silk Road and actively participate in the development of Arctic and Antarctic regions, it said in its new 2021-2025 five-year plan published on Friday. The plan said China would participate in pragmatic cooperat

DNV, the worlds leading classification society, granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for a new design of intra-Europe 1,900 TEU feeder container ships. Young Jun Nam, CTO Executive Vice President at HMD, and

The market looked forward to resuming work, and most freight rates fell Ningbo Containerized Freight Index: In the week ending Mar-5, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE) quotes 2152.9 points,

Digitalisation has taken on a new urgency in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular when it comes to digital data exchange in ports, and for facilitating trade and logistics in general. BIMCO and other maritime NGOs are inviting