Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Stolt-Nielsen have taken direct stakes in low‑carbon fuel start‑up XFuel, backing a $20m Series A that aims to push waste‑based drop‑in bunkers from lab to commercial ...

Northern Lights has handed out a fresh round of CO2 shipping business to three of Japan and Malaysia’s biggest blue‑chip owners. The Oslo‑based CCS JV – owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell – has ...

When describing shipping to friends and family, there is often amazement at the sheer scale of it all, bafflement at all the acronyms, and kudos for how the industry keeps everything moving, whatever ...

China’s Shandong Marine has moved to expand its LNG carrier fleet, placing an order for four newbuildings at compatriot yard Jiangnan Shipyard, with the vessels set to be chartered to a unit of ...

Taiwanese liner Evergreen is piling on fresh tonnage with orders for 23 new container ships worth up to $1.47bn, continuing its multi-year fleet expansion drive. The latest newbuilding programme ...

Singapore-listed Rex International is pressing ahead with offshore development drilling in Oman after its unit Masirah Oil secured a jackup rig for work at the Yumna field. Masirah Oil said its parent ...

The government of the republic of Palau has reinstated Panos Kirnidis to head its ship registry, six weeks after taking the flag under state control after the US slapped sanctions on the private ...

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is moving back into the mid-sized containership segment with a fresh newbuilding order at China’s Yangzhou Guoyu Shipyard. Market sources say the world’s largest ...

As the Year of the Horse approaches, optimism is running through parts of the shipping industry — but so are concerns about the pace and scale of change now hitting the sector. For Captain John Lloyd, ...

Yuni, a new UK-based learning platform, has launched with the aim of bringing together professionals, organisations and educators in an open, practical and trusted environment for lifelong maritime ...

Veson Nautical has published its annual rankings of the top 10 shipowning nations with landlocked Switzerland noticeably climbing the ranks. Switzerland entered the top 10 list last year, in ninth ...

Chinese containership player Zhonggu Logistics has booked up to six 6,000 teu vessels at Hengli Heavy Industry, lifting its newbuilding activity for the first time in several years. The ...