Shipping industry urged to do more to digitalise operations
Calls at conference to also step up vaccination of stranded seafarers, push for cleaner fuels SINGAPORE : More than 200,000 seafarers worldwide are either still stranded on ships or waiting to board them as
‘Sky’s the limit’ for already lofty container-ship charter rates
Alphaliner: ‘New significant milestones have been achieved on the rate front’ NEW YORK : Just when you thought container shipping couldn’t get any hotter, it has. Liners are desperate for more ships to handle
Climate change: Shipping industry calls for new global carbon tax
Implementing a new tax will be complex, says Guy Platten, secretary-general of the International Chamber of Shipping The global shipping industry is calling on the world’s governments to tax its carbon emissions. Groups that
Dubai’s DP World sees strong first quarter 2021 container volumes, led by India and Australia
The company’s Jebel Ali terminal posted a 2.6% year-on-year rise in goods handled DUBAI : DP World on Thursday said it handled 18.9 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container
Sri Lanka asks China-bound ship to leave Hambantota Port after uranium found on it
The ship was on its way to China from the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands when it developed technical difficulties and entered the Hambantota Port. COLOMBO ; Sri Lanka has asked a China-bound
Singapore Launches $90 Million Decarbonization Fund for Shipping
SINGAPORE : The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced two initiatives on Wednesday to reduce the shipping industry’s greenhouse gas emissions, including a S$120 million ($90 million) fund for a decarbonisation centre.
Hafnia and BW LPG invest in AI shipping platform
SINGAPORE : Two shipping subsidiaries of Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Hafnia and BW LPG, are lead investors in the latest $6m round of investment into Alpha ORI Technologies (AOT), an artificial intelligence smart shipping platform created
Long Haul for Ever Given Indian crew
Egypt seizes Ever Given with 25-member Indian crew, demands $900 million compensation The Suez Canal Authority said the amount was calculated on the basis of ‘losses incurred by the grounded vessel’ along with ‘flotation