[By: MAN Energy Solutions] At a recent ceremony in China, MAN Energy Solutions signed a framework agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CHI) regarding their future cooperation on decarbonisation retrofit projects. Michael Petersen – Senior Vice President, Head of PrimeServ Denmark – signed the agreement on behalf of MAN Energy Solutions, with Guo Zhiqiang […]
On Friday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Boston Police Department rescued three fishermen from a scallop boat that went aground near Green Island, a rocky islet near the entrance to Boston Harbor. Pollution control efforts are under way to reduce the impact of a spill. At about 0745 on Friday, Coast Guard […]
Internal budget documents leaked to the media Friday suggest that the Trump White House wants to cut funding for NOAA’s National Ocean Service in half, move the National Marine Fisheries Service to the Department of the Interior, end the Sea Grant program for oceanographic research and education, and “eliminate all funding for climate, weather, […]
[By Linggong Kong] When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China. While the rest of the world would be given a 90-day reprieve on additional duties beyond the new 10% tariffs on all U.S. trade partners, China would feel the squeeze even more. On April […]
The carrier USS Carl Vinson has arrived in the U.S. Navy operating area in the Red Sea, joining carrier USS Harry S. Truman. Both carrier strike groups are now working around the clock targeting Houthi targets in western Yemen, including the group’s military sites and its senior leadership. “Why have just one, when you can […]
Reported to be the most successful brand in the Carnival Corporation portfolio, Carnival Cruise Line has an aggressive five-year plan for growth. The line has a strong orderbook and will also be looking to grow its private ports while continuing its focus on U.S. cruising with the widest assortment of homeports. “Since our inception in […]
On April 11, Lebanese Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the 2020 explosion in Beirut Port with the subpoenaed testimony of two former senior state officials implicated in the affair, Maj Gen Abbas Ibrahim (ex-Director General of General Security) and Maj Gen Tony Saliba (ex-Director General State Security). The explosion in the port’s quayside Warehouse 12 […]
The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) has released its 2024 hull and machinery coverage report, shining a spotlight on emerging trends in the marine insurance market. Cefor has a coverage share of about 56 percent of the world fleet above 20,000 gross tonnage (GT). A major highlight in the report is the rising […]
[By: NABU] The UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed to establish an Emission Control Are (ECA) the Northeast Atlantic. For millions of people along the Atlantic coastlines – from Portugal, Spain, and France through the British Isles up to Iceland and Greenland – the air they breathe will get much cleaner. Besides human health there […]
[By: Sea Asia 2025] Global shipping and maritime leaders met with the wider sector for three days at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore for Sea Asia 2025, a leading maritime event that has helped shape the challenges and opportunities, while declaring the importance of engaging with a changing world to deliver leadership and sustainability by serving […]
Saudia Cargo, a leading air cargo carrier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has announced the launch of new freighter routes from Liège Airport (LGG) in Belgium to Saudi Arabia and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) in China to Liège Airport. This strategic move aims to enhance its global network and support the rapid growth […]
LOT Cargo, the airfreight division of Poland’s national carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, unveiled a partnership that will make its worldwide capacity available on cargo.one, the platform for digital airfreight procurement and sales. In the coming weeks, LOT Cargo services will be offered to cargo.one’s vast user base of thousands of freight forwarding branches in every […]
