HAMBURG: Hapag-Lloyd has signed a contract with the Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles for the construction of eight new container ships. The ordered units will each have a capacity of 4,500 TEU and are scheduled
RIYADH : Saudi ports supervised by the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) said that transshipment containers rose by 8.22% to 162,250 TEUs, compared to 149,930 TEUs a year earlier. Mawani recorded a 2.97% decline in
MARSEILLE : CMA CGM has made significant progress in increasing the number of women working at sea, reporting that its She Sails programme has doubled its women seafarers in just one year. The number
WASHINGTON : A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S.
LONDON: The annual review of the car carrier sector from Clarksons Research, Car Carrier Trade & Transport 2025, has been released onto Shipping Intelligence Network. Summarising the report, Steve Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons
LONDON: The Documentary Committee of BIMCO has adopted a FuelEU Maritime Clause and an ETS Clause for incorporation into Memoranda of Agreements (MoAs) for the sale and purchase of ships. The FuelEU Maritime Regulation
VICTORIA B.C.: Helm Operations announced that it has reached 400 customers and more than 10,000 vessels and assets running on Helm CONNECT worldwide, marking a major milestone for one of the maritime industry’s most
LONDON: Drewry’s World Container Index increased 2% to $1,957 per 40ft container this week. Drewry’s detailed assessment for Thursday, 11 Dec 2025 Ocean spot market freight rates against 6,700 global port pairs If you
LONDON: The Baltic Exchange’s Dry Bulk Sea Freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell to a near one-month low on Friday, and logged a weekly decline, as vessel rates
WASHINGTON D.C.: The World Shipping Council (WSC) joined political leaders and transport industry representatives at the United Nations launch of the Decade of Sustainable Transport, highlighting the essential role of ocean shipping in cutting