Japan’s shipping giant MOL expects its huge fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to increase to 104 vessels by March 31, 2025. MOL revealed this in its first quarter report released this week. This […]
UK-based International Group of P&I Clubs, a global insurance company, says a growing shadow fleet is making it less and less viable to police the G7 price cap on Russian oil, Bloomberg News reports, citing […]
Aside from the Dali containership still pinned to a riverbed in Baltimore, the Andromeda Star could lay claim to being the most infamous ship of the year to date. The tanker (pictured), which was involved […]
State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy has signed a major shipbuilding deal worth $6 billion with China State Shipbuilding Corp for the construction of 18 271,000-cbm LNG carriers. The vessels will be built by CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua. The […]
Middle Eastern liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer QatarEnergy has signed a contract with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the construction of 18 supersize LNG carriers. The newbuilds under the deal, which the Chinese shipbuilding […]
Recent reports indicate that Iran intends to disrupt operations in the Strait of Hormuz, Dryad Global stated in its latest Maritime Security Threat Advisory (MSTA), which was released on April 22. “The most recent incident, […]
Containerships travelling between Asia and the Mediterranean emitted 63% more emissions in the first quarter than in Q4 last year thanks to the ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis, according to new data from Xeneta, a […]
Maritime cybersecurity risk is increasing globally, Aaron Roth, principal and head of federal strategy at security risk management company the Chertoff Group, and Adam Isles, the company’s head of cybersecurity, told Rigzone in a joint […]
Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday, sparking concerns about the conflict escalating further across the seas of the Middle East. Iranian state media reported that air defence batteries had been activated against unmanned […]
Littoral states around the Baltic are waging a diplomatic campaign to get other countries to back a greater crackdown on Russia’s shadow fleet passing through the region, concerned about the potential for environmental catastrophe with […]
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