London-listed dry bulk owner Taylor Maritime is set to return at least $45m to shareholders after agreeing two more vessel-related disposals. The Ed Buttery-led company said it had sold one vessel ...

Dutch owner Wagenborg Shipping and UK-based Carisbrooke Shipping have teamed up on an ice-class multipurpose newbuilding programme in China. The partnership will see Wagenborg add up to ten 7,400 dwt ...

A tanker was boarded by armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden approximately 76 nautical miles south of Balhaf, Yemen on Tuesday in the latest attack on merchant shipping. The pirate action group, ...

Indirect technical talks between Washington and Tehran in Doha concluded this week with a narrow understanding to keep the Strait of Hormuz quiet for seven days – buying time for negotiations that are ...

Captain Debashis Basu says shipping has spent years sending seafarers more checklists, circulars and manuals, while failing to answer a simpler question: what do crews actually need at the point of ...

Oman’s Asyad Group and French liner and logistics giant CMA CGM have signed a framework agreement to develop and operate a new multipurpose logistics terminal in Sohar. The project is expected to ...

Greek owner Tsakos Energy Navigation has ordered a second LNG carrier at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The New York-listed tanker and gas carrier player said the vessel is expected to ...

Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping has moved to expand its tanker fleet with the acquisition of two chemical/oil tanker newbuildings. The Qingdao-based owner said its Singapore subsidiary has agreed to ...

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has been awarded a contract for one of its subsea support vessels in North America. DOF secured a charter for its 2017-built Skandi Involver with an unnamed client.

Plans to restart commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have been harmed after an Evergreen containership was hit yesterday shortly after completing a transit through the waterway, prompting ...

VLCC values continue to rise, even for 20-year-old ships, with brokers reporting that the 302,400 dwt Kawasaki-built Yamatogawa has been sold for $61.5m. The vessel’s next special survey is due in ...

A deadly explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial complex has raised fresh concerns about the pace of the country’s LNG recovery, even as authorities insist exports will not be affected. Thirteen ...