Maersk, MSC, three others set to form liner association
Five liner giants MSC, Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, and Ocean Network Express plan to set up an association aimed at digitalisation, standardisation and interoperability in the container shipping…
Update: First Attempt to Separate Collided Ships Fails
The first attempt to pull apart the Tunisian Ro-Ro ship Ulysses from the hull of Cyprus-flagged containership CLS Virginia was unsuccessful, the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the Mediterranean…
European shipping firms panick over no-deal Brexit: ‘Okay, it could be serious’
With arms flailing and raised voices, a shipping manager and a customs chief in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge talk through all the things that could go wrong if the…
Ocean cleanup to rid 50% of plastic wastes begins
Snake-like ocean cleanup system On September 8, The Ocean Cleanup foundation will launch the world’s first ocean cleanup system from its assembly yard in Alameda, through the San Francisco Bay,…
Storm grounds seven ships off Taiwan Harbour
Seven ships are stranded outside the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan having succumbed to heavy winds and violent waves caused by a strong storm that hit Taiwan. All 88 crew members…
SAMSA: MSC boxship loses 13 containers off Durban, South Africa
A containership operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC, has reportedly lost a number of containers while sailing between Port Elizabeth and Durban, South Africa, says the South African Maritime Safety…
U.S. LNG exports to China slump as buyers look elsewhere amid trade war
exports of liquefied natural gas LNG to China in July fell to their lowest level in a year and are expected to decline further as the trade dispute forces utilities…
Survival of fittest for container shipping firms
The container shipping companies across the globe are faced with the perfect storm with the ever tighter environmental regulations coming into force and oil prices jumping, exerting further pressure on…
10 Missing after Cargo Ship Sinks off Shanghai
Ten mariners are reported missing following a collision between a tanker identified as Yong An and general cargo ship Shun Qiang 2, which sank taking down 13 members of its…
IMF raises Nigeria’s 2019 GDP growth forecast to 2.3%
As against its earlier forecast of per cent, the International Monetary Fund IMF has projected per cent Gross Domestic Product GDP growth for Nigeria in 2019. The fund had in…
