Yemen-based Houthi rebels with likely links to other terrorist organisations including Al-Qaeda, Al Shabaab and Hezbollah, are thought to be earning billions of dollars from shipowners paying huge tolls to grant their ships…
The newly ordered vessels will be 120 meters long, with a cargo deck of 1,400 square meters. Each ship will feature a 250-tonne deck crane and provide accommodations for up to 120 personnel….
Owner and manager of the container ship, Dali, which struck the Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of 26 March, killing six construction workers and preventing access to the Port…
Publishing its preliminary third quarter financials Hapag-Lloyd the container line reported an EBITDA of $3.6 billion and EBIT of approximately $1.9 billion for the first nine months of 2024. This compared to an EBITDA of…
The German line will be closing the JCS service as of the end of February 2025, as it opts to deploy its vessel on one of Gemini services. This route is jointly operated…
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon. Fast-forward to today, and in…
On Thursday, dockers at the port of Piraeus blocked the shipment of one container of ammunition bound for Israel, showing their objections to the ongoing Israeli operation in Gaza. The Dockworkers Union of…
Restructured from Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, Hong Kong newly establishes Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an international shipping hub. “The Hong Kong government…
Confronted by an array of security threats ranging from opportunistic intrusion, tampering and theft to the trafficking of drugs and people by transnational organised crime networks, container and cargo integrity is understandably a…
Two merchant ships have sustained damage from missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, according to warnings issued by UKMTO. In the first incident, a ship initially reported four splashes in close…