Justus Klüver-Schlotfeldt is co-founder and CEO of NeX e-Commerce Hub. With years of experience in global trade and international freight forwarding, he is well-known for his talent to read people’s strengths, his positivity and to build successful businesses in the supply chain industry. When he isn’t running NeX, he loves to spend time, travelling with […]
[By Tyler Roney] Jirasak “Boot” Meerit left school before he was a teenager to become a fisher alongside his father. When he started a family, Meerit bought his own boat and set out to catch blue crab and spotted mackerel in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, western Thailand. “There was fierce competition for marine resources […]
As international interest in the Polar regions mount, China and Russian cooperation in the Antarctica has achieved a new milestone. The two countries have begun joint Antarctic drilling, crucial in collecting data to understand the changing Earth’s climate system. This week, a Sino-Russian scientific team carried out a successful geophysical survey on an existing […]
Ethiopia and Somalia are on a path for renewed cooperation after the two sides agreed to end the Somaliland port dispute. Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed toured Mogadishu and held talks with Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Top on the agenda of the meeting was Horn of Africa security as well as the […]
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s (MMA) state-of-the-art training vessel Patriot State made its first port of call on its inaugural Sea Term in San Juan on January 25th. An open house event hosted by TOTE and MMA welcomed nearly 200 students from across the island, along with leaders from across industries, non-profits, and government. Guests […]
After saying the French Riviera did not want large cruise ships, the mayor of Nice who also represents the region agreed to reconsider and provide a compromise to the industry. Like other destinations around the world, the mayor is now proposing daily limits to reduce but not eliminate cruise ship port calls. Mayor Christian Estrosi […]
The chartered general cargo ship Ocean Gladiator (17,700 dwt) arrived last week at the U.S.’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) 2025. The Military Sealift Command highlights the critical nature of the mission which has been conducted annually for the past 70 years since 1955 when […]
Maersk celebrated the naming of its eleventh dual-fuel methanol containership today, February 28, in Mumbai, India. It was Maersk’s first-ever naming ceremony in India and coincided with the company mapping out an investment opportunity pipeline of $5 billion in ports, terminals, and landside infrastructure development in India. The company has been using the rollout of […]
The Indian media is reporting that South Korea’s HD Hyundai is actively pursuing opportunities in India as it looks for either a location for a yard or a partnership arrangement. It coincides with a larger effort by the Indian government to make the country into a world-class shipbuilder. A delegation from the South Korean shipbuilder […]
Passengers aboard Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas (90,000 gross tons) got a little extra excitement during what was to have been a relaxing day at sea. The cruise was traveling between Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico on Wednesday, February 26, when the rescue took place. According to the reports, the ship […]
Transpetro the shipping arm of Brazil’s energy major Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro) announced ambitious growth plans for its LPG fleet and its entry into ammonia transport at an event that also highlighted support for Brazil’s shipbuilding industry. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alkmin, and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre […]
A jury in Piraeus, Greece found the captain and first officer of an interisland ferry guilty in a tragic 2023 case where a late arriving passenger was pushed to his death as a ferry departed port. The court rejected claims of a spontaneous action while prosecutors argued nothing was done to save the victim […]
