KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian shipowner MISC is upbeat on LNG and tanker shipping earnings in 2023 despite some softening. Kuala Lumpur-headquartered MISC reported a full year operating profit of MYR3.1bn ($705.3m) for 2022 up
SEOUL : South Korea’s HMM is ordering nine 9,000 TEUs capacity boxships with methanol dual-fuelled engines from two South Korean yards. The orders worth a total of $1.12bn are split with seven newbuilds at
DHAKA : State-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) will get a $22.48m pay-out from insurers over its abandoned bulk carrier, Banglar Samriddhi, which has been stuck in Ukrainian waters for a year, having suffered a rocket
COPENHAGEN : Maersk said on Monday it had filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021, claiming compensation for delays caused
SEOUL : South Korean container shipping company HMM saw its revenue rose 34.7% to US$14.57 billion in 2022, while its operating profit increased by 34.8% to US$7.8 billion. The net profit of the ocean
GENEVA : Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed it is part of $45m settlement for claims from October 2021 pipeline spill in California, although maintains full responsibility for the incident lies with pipeline owner
RIYADH : The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and Saudi Shipping giant Bahri have jointly announced the addition of a new freight service connecting Europe and Asia via Jeddah Islamic Port. Besides growing Bahri’s shipping
MARSEILLE : A memorandum of understanding was signed in Paris on February 7, 2023, by Philippe Wahl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the
COPENHAGEN : Maersk Line has sold a 1999-built feeder ship for scrap, joining several other liner operators that have begun shedding older tonnage as the freight market corrects to pre-Covid-19 levels. Brokers said that
HAIFA : ZIM donated and sent containers loaded with humanitarian aid and equipment, as a first phase in an aid effort for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. The containers have already arrived