In the latest twist in the trade war unleashed by Donald Trump, an American federal court has blocked the president’s sweeping tariffs. The Court of International Trade has ruled that the ...

The depressed liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier sector sees nearly 60 vessels, according to data from Clarksons Research. In a striking sign of shifting market fundamentals, shipowners—particularly ...

The largest shipping company in Japan in dwt terms is listed with more than 20 VLCCs, and six more LNG dual-fuelled newbuilds set to deliver from Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) between ...

Japan’s Ports and Harbours Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has plans to achieve carbon net zero by 2050 at all Japanese ports via a new Carbon ...

UAE-based fabricator Lamprell has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwanese owner and operator Dong Fang Offshore for a newbuild wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.

Over 50 activists from the Green Youth Movement (Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse) have broken into the Copenhagen office of Maersk Tankers. The activists claim that the action is part of a larger ...

ARO Drilling, a joint venture of New York-listed offshore driller Valaris, has signed extensions for five jackup rigs with Saudi giant Aramco. The fleet status report noted at the time that ...

Greek owner Pyxis Tankers has set out to potentially expand its fleet by up to two ships with the signing of a commitment letter for a bank loan of up to $45m. The Nasdaq-listed firm said it is ...

Low-profile shipowner Nissen Kaiun has returned to HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan for a pair of LPR carriers. Multiple newbuilding sources have listed the Japanese shipping mammoth with two ...

China’s Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (JOSCO) is expanding its containership fleet with four newbuilds contracted at compatriot yard Jiangsu Soho Chuangke Shipbuilding. The shipping arm of Jiangsu Port ...

Seaspan has put pen to paper on more containership newbuilds at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China. The Bing Chen-led tonnage provider has booked six 10,000 teu vessels with delivery ...

For the whole COSCO Group, the orderbook, which also includes 24,000 teu methanol dual-fuel series, now stands at 64 ships and 1.11m teu, second only to Swiss-based MSC and France’s CMA CGM ...