In a sign of the times, Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), the world’s second-largest shipowner, will open a new office in Washington, DC. “As global challenges continue to evolve-ranging from ...

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from an undisclosed client for the 2010-built drillship Platinum Explorer. The company stated that the ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

Several Republican-led states, Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, and Mississippi, filed a lawsuit to challenge Biden’s offshore drilling ban. After moving into the White House, US president ...

The latest data from Alphaliner covering the world’s largest global terminal operators shows Hong Kong-based Hutchison Ports’ revenue leapt 11% last year to draw level with Singapore’s PSA ...

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the US has classified the Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company (Chipolbrok) as a controlled carrier of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and is ...

CMB.TECH will issue 95.9m shares to the remaining Golden Ocean shareholders, worth about $851m, at some 19% premium to the bulker owner’s closing price; however, Jefferies noted that the all ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

The newbuild will have a higher operational and fuel consumption efficiency, which meets the latest environmental regulations, the company added. Seacon has ordered bulkers at Tsuneishi Zhoushan ...

The former chairman of FESCO has formed a shipping line to provide links between West Africa and Russia. Andrei Severilov, who founded JSC A7 Holding last year, has just debuted A7 African Cargo ...

India’s largest private ports and logistics company, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has acquired the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) in Australia in a non-cash deal worth ...

Advantage, which sold its oldest 2009 Bohai-built VLCC last September for $51m, should see the newbuilds delivered during the third quarter of 2027. Hanwha Ocean had earlier this year picked up ...