Seabourn Odyssey has been sold to Japans Mitsui Lines (OShea Butler photo courtesy of Seabourn Cruises) Carnival Corporations Seabourn Cruise Line in a surprise move today announced that it is selling its 14-year-old cruise ship, theSeabour

Overview BIMCO has launched the 25 by 25 pledge, a commitment by some of the worlds biggest shippers in the bulk sector to target moving 25% of their annual seaborne trade volume for at least one commodity using electronic bills of lading b

Leading digitalization and network technology providers sign MoU for research program designed to expedite digital transformation among mutual client base (Oslo, Paris and Houston) Marlink , the smart network and ICT solutions company, and

The 2M alliance has suspended one of its six Asia-Europe services, the AE1/Shogun loop, as MSC takes deliveries of five 24,000 TEU ships, according to Alphaliners latest report. The Shogun loop is the first Asia-Europe service that a major

The long-term cooperation and a joint journey to develop the energy-efficient and low-emission supply chain of clean petroleum and bio products started already in 2013. North European Oil Trade (NEOT) has currently six of Terntanks vessels

South Koreas Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co. won an order to build two liquefied natural gas carriers for 679.4 billion ($521 million) from Maran Gas, a subsidiary of Greeces largest shipping company, the Angelicoussis Group. The

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd (ONE) announces that it has ordered 10 large new container vessels with a carrying capacity of over 13,700 TEU to be delivered in 2025 and 2026. This new order is in line with the companys medium-term strategy

Antigua and Barbuda and the United Arab Emirates have become the latest IMO Member States to accept amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, which will expand the size of the Council, extend the term of its M

The United Nations High Seas Treaty is an international agreement aimed at regulating the use and exploitation of the worlds oceans beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. The treaty, first proposed in 2004, aims to provide a framework

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), a leading Japanese shipping company, and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore Marine Ltd and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, have completed the first bunkering to an LNG-fueled pure car and

ClassNK has issued four Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for GTTs following latest development projects in alternative fuels, which were handed over during a ceremony in Tokyo on 6 March 2023. - Concept of 12,500m3 LNG Dual-fuelled VLCC fitted

On 24 February 2023, the one year anniversary of Russias invasion of Ukraine, the US Department of State and the US Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on numerous additional individuals, entiti

MAN Energy Solutions supplies three salt-powered reactor systems for the production of biodegradable plastic to a leading Chinese chemical company. MAN Energy Solutions has completed the worlds largest salt-operated reactors for a new malei

On 25 February 2023 the EU adopted its 10th package of sanctions against Russia. The relevant EU Regulations and Council Decisions can be found here but of particular significance for members is Council Regulation (EU) 2023/427 which furthe

IMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas. The new legally binding international instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas