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Interocean Group forms a joint venture with Azerbaijan based Green Line Shipping
Aberdeen-based Interocean Energy Services FZCO, an Interocean Group company, announced a new joint venture with Green Line Shipping LLC in Baku, marking a strategic step in the Group’s continued expansion across
Port of Long Beach reports second-busiest July on record
A final push by shippers to move goods before the start of new tariffs lifted the Port of Long Beach to its second-busiest July on
Neoline expanding its regular transatlantic service with a new stop in Zeebrugge
Neoline, a Nantes-based shipping company and pioneer in wind-powered maritime transport, has announced the expansion of its regular transatlantic line. The extension is being carried
Container freight rates rise for third consecutive week
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI), the benchmark widely referenced by procurement teams, increased 4% to $4,526 per 40ft container, driven by higher rates on
The French government confirms the Port of Brest as a major hub for the construction of floating wind turbines
Following the announcement of France’s ambition to roll out floating wind power on a massive scale, with 45GW planned by 2050, BrestPort has received €58
Finland’s Aino Icebreaker to be built by Davie’s Helsinki Shipyard
Helsinki Shipyard has been selected to build Finland’s new icebreaker called Aino. The procurement by the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency marks the beginning of a
ACL ranked top ocean carrier in “Logistics Management Quest for Quality” awards
ACL has been recognized as the top-performing ocean carrier in Logistics Management’s 43rd Annual Quest for Quality Awards, as announced in the publication’s August 2025
APM Terminals and Hapag-Lloyd partner to drive future growth at Maasvlakte II terminal at Rotterdam
Hapag-Lloyd has signed an agreement with APM Terminals to acquire a 25% stake in APM Terminals Maasvlakte II B.V. As partners, both companies will support
Federal green light for Port of New Orleans mega container terminal project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the Port of Orleans the federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), the first
Clean Arctic Alliance underlines major environmental impacts of ships sailing from Asia to Europe via Northern Sea Route
The Clean Arctic Alliance has expressed serious concern over reports that the container vessel Dubai Tower, operated by Chinese company Sea Legend, has departed from
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World Shipping Council pleads for more collaboration to mitigate Covid-19 challenges (Forum)
Ocean carriers are taking all available measures to improve the speed and efficiency of cargo movement including employing all available vessel tonnage says the World
The ongoing seafarer crisis: do charterers have hearts? (FORUM)
Widely regarded as the senior statesman of world shipping journalism, Michael Grey* offers in our FORUM section, another impassioned commentary and an urgent suggestion for
Tailwinds of 2020 (Forum)
Shipping has faced some historically significant challenges this year, we opened the year with IMO 2020, the greatest change in fuel regulation in this
Collaborative technologies for maritime transport at economies of scale (Forum)
by Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Adam Roark, AWS Transportation & Logistics, Amazon, Michele Sancricca, AWS Transportation & Logistics, Amazon, Almir Zerem, RISE,
Melting sea ice makes Canada more, not less dependent on Icebreakers (Forum)
Climate change leads to more sea ice and higher risks for commercial marine shipping For more than ten months of the year, Canada’s Arctic is
New technology may weaken seafarers’ professional judgment (Forum)
By Guro Kulset Merakerås A good sailor has traditionally been a person who makes decisions that ensure that their ship, cargo and crew are
Montreal, a hub of excellence in intelligent transport and logistics (Forum)
Open letter by Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, published following the recent interview with Jean-Philippe Décarie in La Presse. As a
Three reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters
Summer minimum sea ice extent in the Arctic reached the second-lowest level on record in 2020 (NASA) By Mark Serreze. Research Professor of Geography and
How the Global Pandemic Put Container Shipping in the Spotlight (Forum)
By Claudio Bozzo, Chief Operating Officer, MSC Shipping is one of the oldest industries in the world. Today, around 90% of goods are transported by
Shell sets course for net-zero emissions shipping, backing hydrogen and fuel cells (Forum)
In a new report published September 29, Decarbonising Shipping: Setting Shell’s Course, Shell highlights the important role that hydrogen and fuel cells could play in
The wind carries a shipping revolution with Oceanbird (Forum)
Innovative Swedish technology will make it possible to power the large ocean-going vessels by wind, reducing emissions by 90 percent. Oceanbird is a concept for
Too easily forgotten heroes under COVID-19 (Forum)
Widely regarded as the senior statesman of world maritime journalism, Michael Grey* offers, in our FORUM section, an impassioned commentary on seafarers as the too easily
Sustainable fuel is not science fiction (Forum)
Copenhagen, 20 August 2020 Nel, Everfuel and Haldor Topsøe join Ørsted, Mærsk, Copenhagen Airports, DSV Panalpina, SAS and DFDS to establish one of the world’s
Greenpeace launch protest against Shell’s Brent oil field decommissioning plans (Forum)
Greenpeace activist Jennifer Ganster North Sea – Greenpeace activists from Germany have launched a protest in the North Sea to call out Shell’s plans to
Port of London Pilot, Ms. Ivana Carrioni-Burnett, shares a new personal insight during the COVID-19 crisis (Forum)
Photo : Ivana Maria Carrioni-Burnett 10 August 2020 by Ivana Maria Carrioni-Burnett London. UK. Reporting for Human Rights at Sea , Port of London Authority Pilot, Ms.