PIL seeks debt payment delay, launches investment talks with Tamasek unit (27 MAY 2020)

The company has been on a cost-cutting mission for a while now, having announced several vessel sales and rationalizations of service offerings. However, PIL said that despite these efforts, the...

SHI delivers 1st of four Petrobras-chartered shuttle tankers to AET (26 MAY 2020)

Eagle Petrolina was built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea, where her three sisters are currently under construction and due to be delivered later this year. The four...

IMO industry alliance intensifies efforts to cut ship emissions (25 MAY 2020)

This was decided at the recent GIA task force meeting, which took place over videoconference on 14-15 May. During the meeting, 21 participants from the industry and the IMO Secretariat...

DSME delivers 2nd 24,000 TEU behemoth, featuring smart ship technology, to HMM (22 MAY 2020)

The newbuilding joins its sister ship HMM Algeciras in taking the title of the world’s largest containerships based on carrying capacity. HMM Copenhagen is equipped with DSME’s Smart Ship Platform...

Two crew members on board Hapag-Lloyd’s boxship test positive for COVID-19 (21 MAY 2020)

The 2,824 TEU containership MV Montpellier, sailing on the company’s Middle East India Africa Express (MIAX) service, has been ordered to remain anchored in Durban for two weeks. The vessel...

Port of Rotterdam operating at pre-COVID-19 levels (20 MAY 2020)

The port’s data shows that on May 13, the port recorded ship calls comparable to the same day 2019, although a storm may have contributed to some vessels sheltering at...

Yang Ming’s 2,800 TEU newbuilds to get Smart Ship notations (19 MAY 2020)

Smart technology helps owners and operators to effectively collect, process, and perform advanced data analytics, enabling data-driven decision making with the ultimate goal of boosting operational efficiency and cost-cutting. Furthermore,...

Unions, employers give govts one month to sort out crew changes (18 MAY 2020)

The deadline was revealed last week following the latest round of talks between the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) representing employers and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) representing seafarers unions...

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard hands over 1st of four new bulkers to Bahri (15 MAY 2020)

The bulk carrier, named Sara, increases the company’s fleet of dry-bulk carriers to six ships in line with its efforts to expand its marine capabilities. The ship has a design...

NYK’s autonomous ship framework gets ClassNK AiP (14 MAY 2020)

The Japan-based classification society reviewed the safety of the framework and certified the concept design on 20 February 2020 — the first time for an autonomous ship framework to be...