Leading publisher of maritime market benchmarks, the Baltic Exchange, has launched a new service for shipping investors which provides a snapshot five-year view of the financial prospects of dry bulk carriers. The Baltic Exchange Investor I

Korean Register (KR) and DSME have competed the worlds first ship to ship (STS) LNG loading for gas trial. The SM JEJU LNG2 has supplied LNG in the STS gas-trial to a 173.400 cbm LNG carrier. The demonstration test took place at DSMEs Okpo

2020 has been a year with challenges. A.P. Moeller - Maersk had to adapt to unfamiliar and uncomfortable situations and constant change. Therefore Maersk announced that employees below the executive level will receive a one-time Exceptional

On December 8, China Merchants Energy Shipping announced that it would provide guarantees for its affiliated joint venture. The announcement shows that the name of the guaranteed party is ORE WUHAN HK LIMITED, which is a wholly-owned single

The global container ship market is booming. Wan Hai Lines has not only increased its entry into the market this year, but also authorized the management team to evaluate the purchase of several second-hand ships at 360 million US dollars (

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, wins two classification contracts with Bangladeshs leading companies, Toggi Shipping Logistics Ltd (a SBU of Bashundhara Group) and Three Angle Marine Limi

Chinas Ocean Economic Development Index, which measures Chinas marine economy development, rose 2.3% to 134.3 in 2019. The countrys gross ocean product rose 6.2% to Yuan8.9trn ($1.32trn) in 2019. The trade volume increase between China and

The solidification of Hong Kongs shipping status was part of an upbeat consensus about the citys future at the Lloyds List Hong Kong Ship Finance Law online forum on November 24. The forum heard that Hong Kong is well prepared to take advan

The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index fell on Tuesday, as concerns over trade frictions between Australia and China on coal shipments sent capesize rates to a near six-month low. The Baltic dry index, which tracks rates for capesize,

Supported by strong demand from China market, Australian iron ore price has risen to a seven-year high, and it is expected to keep bullish by the end of this year, showed data from the Trading Economics. The price of Australian iron ore inc

Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Representatives of Rolls-Royces Power Systems business unit and the co

China Development Bank Leasing acquired 14 product tankers from Maersk Tankers for a total price of approximately 2.758 billion yuan. On December 8, CDB Leasing announced that the companys 14 wholly-owned companies (as the buyer) entered in

In order to combat COVID-19, Shanghai has implemented non-contact operations throughout the port, strictly controlling port shore-based workers access to living areas and other enclosed spaces of ships, so as to minimize contact opportuniti

Further to our joint industry submission letter to the Asian government leaders on crew changes in COVID-19 for calling upon leadership actions to saving some 400,000 stranded seafarers that urgently needed to be relieved, ASA coordinated a

The MaritimeSG Together Package will be extended to continue supporting the more affected sectors in the maritime industry to tide through this COVID-19 pandemic. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will extend relevant measu