News: International Shipping

NEW DELHI : Asia's naphtha prices ​tumbled to their lowest since early March as the Abu Dhabi National Oil ‌Co (ADNOC) resumed exports in...

SHANGHAI : In a landmark achievement for the global offshore engineering and heavy-lift shipping industry, COSCO SHIPPING's semi-submersible heavy transport vessel XIANG TAI KOU...

PIRAEUS: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry recognized several milestones and achievements during Posidonia, highlighting the collaboration and teamwork to make them...

LONDON: Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Joint Development Project (JDP) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Capital Clean...

LONDON: Lloyd’s Register (LR) is growing its role in the newbuilding market with the launch of its Newbuild Advisory Service and updated New Construction...

SINGAPORE: BHP and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have blended biofuels from two distinct feedstocks—used cooking oil and waste animal fats —and introduced the lower-emissions marine fuel into a BHP-chartered...

LONDON: UniSea has completed the acquisition of German maritime software company Kaiko Systems to further expand its Fleet Management System (FMS) with AI-powered pre-inspection...

LONDON: Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Samho for a container ship design standard supporting NAV1 compliance.  The AiP, presented at Posidonia 2026, centres on...

LONDON/SINGAPORE:  A combination of contract terminations, spiralling insurance costs and the threat to EPC projects are creating a complex combination of risk for offshore...

TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for targeting a Panama-flagged container ship, identifying the vessel as the "US-owned" MSC Sariska...