Tailwind Shipping Lines, the container shipping arm of German retail giant Lidl, has placed its first vessel under the German flag, making inland city Heilbronn the home port of an oceangoing ship for ...

Greek tanker owner Pleiades Shipping has ordered two MR tankers at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI). The Kifisia-based company has signed up for a pair of 50,000 dwt vessels, with ...

French liner giant CMA CGM has been linked to a fresh containership order at China’s Hengli Heavy Industries, further extending what is already the industry’s largest orderbook. Shipbroking sources ...

South Korea’s Heung-A Shipping has returned to the newbuilding market, ordering up to six stainless steel chemical tankers in China. The Korean owner has signed for three firm 26,000 dwt vessels plus ...

Energy trader BGN has returned to South Korea for another round of VLGC ordering, signing a contract with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for two dual-fuel gas carriers that will take its owned LPG fleet ...

Global Ship Lease has made its first move into the newbuilding market, ordering 10 containerships in a deal worth about $917m as the New York-listed owner looks to reshape its fleet for the next ...

Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore and Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore have formed a joint venture that has entered a letter of intent with a selected shipyard to order a newbuild multi-purpose ...

Malaysian offshore marine support services firm Perdana Petroleum is investing $33.94m (RM134.49m) to build two new anchor handlers as part of the company’s fleet rejuvenation programme. The two ...

European shipping companies will not be forced to pay twice for carbon emissions under both European and International Maritime Organization regulations, European commissioner for sustainable ...

Trade imbalances have pushed the share of empty container shipments to record levels, with one in every three containers now moved without cargo – a sharp deterioration from one in four before the ...

The World Maritime University (WMU) has launched a large-scale research initiative titled Seafarer Abandonment: A focused investigation into regulatory implementation, following a sharp increase in ...

Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore has been awarded contracts by Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for two FPSO projects located in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin off Brazil. Under these ...