The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held an extraordinary session of its Council (C/ES.35) on 10 and 11 March to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The IMO Council

A giant container vessel has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, the largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern United States. Ever Forward remains aground in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay as of Tuesday afternoon,

Photo taken on Feb 27, 2022 shows smoke rising in the sky in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Photo/Xinhua] The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has already had a huge impact on global supplies of commodities, highlighting the role the two countries play in

China Petroleum Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) says it started the construction of the worlds largest LNG storage tank. Sinopec informed via social media that the worlds largest LNG storage tank has been accelerated at Qingdao LNG terminal

Europes biggest shipowner body is throwing its weight behind a controversial proposed amendment to the EUs Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to recycle EU-flagged ships at non-OECD shipbreaking facilities in

Marlink, the smart network company, is partnering with MSC, the worlds largest container shipping line, to support the shipping companys ambitious digitalisation goals, using Marlinks hybrid network solutions and advanced, secure IT managem

On 28 July 2021, the worlds largest container vessel set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation, Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS). This consolidated s

The World Shipping Council (WSC) together with prominent maritime nations and organisations representing all shipping sectors continue to work for the early adoption of an industry financed and IMO led research and development fund as a cri

Nor-Shipping 2022 has confirmed that it will close sales for exhibition stands on 18 March, with just a handful of spots left within its 22,000 sq. m facilities in Lillestrm. Your Arena for Ocean Solutions, taking place 4-7 April, is set to

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd . announced the launch ofZIM Ecommerce Baltimore Express (ZXB), a new and speedy e-commerce service, in March 2022. ZXB will operate on the following route: Yantian Cai Mep - Baltimore New York Boston Ya

CNC announced the launch of a new Japan China Vietnam (JCV) service. CNC is the Intra-Asia short sea specialist of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics. The weekly JCV service will add a direct connection from Japan t

On March 15, the worlds largest LNG bunkering ship AVENIR ALLEGIANCE successfully refueled about 7,000 m3 LNG for the large container ship CMA CGM SYMI stopped at Yangshan deep-water port under the remote monitoring of Shanghai MSA and the

On March 2, loaded with 905 TEUs, the vessel Gold Star BRIGHT departed from COSCO SHIPPING Ports Dalian Container Terminal to Australia, a member country of RCEP, marking the launch of the first container shipping service route by Dalian Co

The annual turnover of Greeces Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) in 2021 was 154.2 million euros (168.9 million U.S. dollars), 16 percent more than in 2020, the company said on Monday. Profits before taxes amounted to 49.2 million euro

Chinas index of export container transport edged down in February, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) went down 0.2 percent to 3,504.56 in the period, said the exchange. The sub