Taiwanese liner operator Yang Ming Marine Transport has approved plans to order a new series of 13,000 teu containerships as part of a wider fleet renewal and expansion strategy. The company’s board ...

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to take full control from Westfal-Larsen of Norwegian open-hatch operator Saga Welco. NYK had previously run Saga Welco for the past 12 years as a 50:50 ...

Cyprus-based shipowner Petros Panagiotidis is preparing yet another US-listed shipping vehicle, this time carving a tanker out of Robin Energy. The Limassol-based owner said the board has approved a ...

Greek shipowner Venergy Maritime is pressing ahead with its rapid fleet expansion, moving into the crude tanker sector with a reported order for suezmax newbuildings in China. Shipbrokers say the ...

Houston-based oilfield services giant SLB has begun curtailing operations in the Middle East due to the ongoing crisis in the region. SLB said that travel to and transit through the region have been ...

Marine fuel intelligence firm Tideform has relaunched its platform with a new AI-powered tool designed to help shipping companies navigate volatile bunker markets. The Copenhagen-based company ...

Landatu Solar has deployed a 12 x 12 m modular floating solar pilot in the Santurtzi dock at the port of Bilbao to test a sea‑adapted photovoltaic system under real wave, wind and corrosion conditions ...

Isabel Houghton, head of forecasting at Sofar Ocean, carries this important warning to shipping: getting weather predictions wrong when conditions are clearly severe, they hurt most when the outlook ...

Italian product tanker owner d’Amico International Shipping (DIS) has expanded its newbuilding programme in China, ordering two additional MR2 tankers at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding. The Milan- ...

The long‑standing S&P playbook – agree a price, inspect the engine room, sign the MoA and move on – is obsolete, according to a new report from OceanOpt. In 2026 every vessel trading into Europe ...

Belgian shipowner Transpetrol has been linked to a new order for two LPG carriers at South Korea’s HD Hyundai Samho. The contract, worth about KRW340.2bn ($230.7m), was disclosed by parent group HD ...

Ships willing to enter the danger zone continue to be struck in and around the Hormuz Strait on day 12 of the conflict between Iran and the US/Israeli coalition. The most severe attack today was ...