International shipping executives are being encouraged to make Singapore their base for a full week of high-level meetings, conferences and networking this September, as a concentrated run of major ...

Tankers carrying Saudi crude as well as a Chinese car carrier have turned back in the Red Sea over the past 24 hours after Yemen’s Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening the ...

The US Maritime Administration is set to sign a landmark agreement with the Port of Long Beach to explore small modular reactors for commercial ships and other port applications, pushing nuclear ...

The 4,310 ceu Chang Sheng Hong was sold at auction on Tuesday for around $42m, according to sources, an exceptionally high price for a 26-year-old midsize PCTC. The Shanghai United Assets and Equity ...

Indian vessel operator Seamec has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the diving support vessel (DSV) Seamec Anant from its parent company HAL Offshore. The vessel will be acquired for a price ...

Supermajor BP is following in Chevron’s footsteps and is removing some personnel from several Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of the approaching tropical storm Bertha. BP said that it evacuated some ...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to widen a conflict that is closing in on 1,000 days since the group first targeted Red Sea ...

A record two million cars are expected to be shipped around the world on vessels other than dedicated car carriers this year, providing a significant boost for container shipping as China’s vehicle ...

Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi and BlueNord have agreed to combine their businesses, making Vår Energi the largest independent producer of oil and gas in Europe. The transaction adds ...

Indian conglomerate Tata Group is seeking approval for a Rs100bn ($1bn) shipbuilding investment in the southern state of Kerala. Kerala chief minister V.D. Satheesan said the state government was ...

With MOL and IBM, and NYK and Microsoft, joining forces, Peter Schellenberger argues the AI-powered 24-hour operations centre will define the next generation of shipmanagement — and could double the ...

Dubai-based maritime technology player Marcura has acquired the business assets of US-based demurrage and marine claims management specialist Fairway Maritime. The acquisition strengthens Marcura’s ...