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Dry bulk market is looking to increase gains on October iron ore contracts

Top Story - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
The “success” story that the dry bulk market has been displaying during the past couple of weeks is being materialized...

Tsakos Energy Navigation Announces a Three-Year Time Charter for Handysize Product Tanker

Top Story - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. yesterday announced a three-year time charter for a modern, double hull, handysize product tanker to a...

Bangladesh closure: "Will Green recycling be the future of the demolition market?"

Top Story - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Bangladesh closure since May triggers questions about the future of the demolition market though the main demolition countries still do...

Maersk Line appoints Asia Pacific Regional Head

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Maersk Line yesterday announced the appointment of Mr Thomas Knudsen as Regional Head of its Asia Pacific business, headquartered in...

Canadian First Nations Lead Way in Oil Tanker Ban

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
As the U.S. Gulf Coast still struggles to recover from the BP oil spill, a battle in the great white...

Scorpio Tankers Inc. Reports Executive Officers Stock Purchases

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Scorpio Tankers Inc. has been advised that certain of its executive officers purchased an aggregate of 63,575 shares of the...

Weak demand may pressure tanker rates

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Freight rates for dirty tankers to Asia are expected to trade near this year's lows with a lull in traffic...

IMO - Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers meeting

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
BIMCO Representatives will be attending the 15th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC),...

World's first LNG-fuelled coaster to be classed with DNV

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
NSK Shipping AS, a coastal vessel operator based in northern Norway, has recently placed an order for a state-of-the-art LNG-fuelled...

Oil Contango Doubles in 2011 Recovery Betting With Frontline Ship Demand

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Oil traders are showing increasing confidence that U.S. economic growth will rebound next year as they take advantage of the...

Wartsila Corporation publishes Shipping Scenarios 2030

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Wartsila has pioneered in the creation of the Shipping Scenarios 2030, which describe what shipping could look like in twenty...

ISSA quality standard 2010 wins World Customs Organisation endorsement

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
The International Shipsuppliers Services Association has received the finest endorsement to date of its efforts to improve the...

FleetWeather Ocean Services Announces Opening of Singapore Office

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
FleetWeather Ocean Services, Inc. (FleetWeather), a global provider of weather forecasting, routing, vessel performance monitoring and optimization services for the...

Shipping Corp FPO may hit market in December

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
The 20 per cent follow on public offer of Shipping Corporation of India, the largest domestic shipping liner, may hit...

Aker Solutions ASA: Skandi Aker named "Ship of the year 2010"

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
Aker Solutions' new deepwater intervention vessel, Skandi Aker, has been announced winner of the coveted international Ship of the...

GVF to Expand Deployment of Satellite Technology in the Maritime Industry

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 22:00
GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum, the leading non-profit association serving the satellite communications industry, today announced the formation of the...

Singapore Prime Minister, Chinese leader honor NOL in Chongqing

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 15:50
Global container shipping and logistics Group NOL dedicated its new Global Service Center in this western China metropolis today. Underscoring...

Maersk Line Is 'Cautiously Optimistic' on Box Demand in 2011

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 15:50
Maersk Line, the world’s largest container vessel operator, said it is “cautiously optimistic” about demand for shipping goods in cargo...

Korean Crew Members Captured by Somali Pirates Plead for Help

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 13:14
The captain of the Samho Dream is desperately pleading for help after five months of captivity at the hands of...

RFS Admiral Levchenko escorts ships off African coast

International News - Wed, 08/09/2010 - 13:11
The Russian destroyer RFS Admiral Levchenko has started escorting a convoy of seven civilian ships off the coast of Africa,...