The government of South Korea has imposed sanctions on a non-flagged vessel the country seized for illegally transporting iron ore produced in North Korea. Sanctions were also imposed on two ...

A rescue mission is underway in the Dutch North Sea after an explosion triggered a fire on board a German-owned containership. The 1,368 teu 2009-built Victoria L suffered a blaze in the engine ...

US president Donald Trump has signed a well-telegraphed executive order aimed at resuscitating American shipyards while also limiting China’s dominant influence on the sector. Acknowledging the ...

Matt Kenney, the head of Laureate Communications, warns readers on how Trump’s economic policies could sideswipe the most ambitious maritime transformation in a generation. Let’s begin with a ...

The documentary committee of BIMCO has approved revisions to its war risk clauses for voyage and time charters to reflect changes in the geopolitical challenges facing the shipping industry.

Stillstrom and the Panama Canal Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement an offshore charging technology to reduce emissions from vessels idling in and around the Panama Canal.

Stena Drilling, the Aberdeen-based business of Sweden’s Stena, has won a contract for one of its drillships with subsidiaries of Shell in Suriname. The contract for the campaign was awarded to ...

Donald Trump has done to the International Maritime Organization what he did to the Paris Agreement, in choosing to distance the US this week from ongoing talks over a global carbon levy on shipping.

Belgian marine services and dredging group DEME is expanding its footprint in the offshore wind sector with the acquisition of Norway-based contractor Havfram. The deal, worth around €900m ($ ...

Meanwhile, 10% tariffs – with, by the way, little evidence of a fully staffed, trained, capable and reliable US government department for collecting them – are spread all around. So, how ...

The project is anticipated to have an operational capacity of up to 960MW, which is enough to power the equivalent of around 950,000 homes. The total investment in the project is around £4bn ($5 ...

At a time when seafarer welfare is being brought into question more and more, one NGO that has fought for better conditions at sea has been forced to close down. The UK’s Human Rights at Sea ...