The government of South Korea has imposed sanctions on a non-flagged vessel the country seized for illegally transporting iron ore produced in North Korea. Sanctions were also imposed on two ...

A rescue mission is underway in the Dutch North Sea after an explosion triggered a fire on board a German-owned containership. The 1,368 teu 2009-built Victoria L suffered a blaze in the engine ...

US president Donald Trump has signed a well-telegraphed executive order aimed at resuscitating American shipyards while also limiting China’s dominant influence on the sector. Acknowledging the ...

As news emerges that the US has pulled out of this week’s big green talks at the IMO, Matt Kenney, the head of Laureate Communications, warns readers on how Trump’s economic policies could ...

Meanwhile, 10% tariffs – with, by the way, little evidence of a fully staffed, trained, capable and reliable US government department for collecting them – are spread all around. So, how ...

Stena Drilling, the Aberdeen-based business of Sweden’s Stena, has won a contract for one of its drillships with subsidiaries of Shell in Suriname. The contract for the campaign was awarded to ...

Donald Trump has done to the International Maritime Organization what he did to the Paris Agreement, in choosing to distance the US this week from ongoing talks over a global carbon levy on shipping.

The project is anticipated to have an operational capacity of up to 960MW, which is enough to power the equivalent of around 950,000 homes. The total investment in the project is around £4bn ($5 ...

The documentary committee of BIMCO has approved revisions to its war risk clauses for voyage and time charters to reflect changes in the geopolitical challenges facing the shipping industry.

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won a contract award for subsea mooring installation services in the Asia-Pacific region. The contract will utilise the 2010-built construction support ...

At a time when seafarer welfare is being brought into question more and more, one NGO that has fought for better conditions at sea has been forced to close down. The UK’s Human Rights at Sea ...

Windcoop, a French cooperative, has placed a landmark order in Turkey for a sail-powered boxship. Tuzla-based RMK Marine, which is also building the wind-powered Neoliner Origin roro, will build ...