Port of Charleston gets new stevedoring company (05 MAY 2020)

The new joint venture, known as Charleston Stevedoring Company LLC (CSC), became operational 4 May. ...

150,000 seafarers in need of crew change (4 MAY 2020)

This number is up by 50% from 100,000 when ICS first highlighted the problem with...

Port of Los Angeles assigns $367 million for infrastructural investment (1 MAY 2020)

The investments will help alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the local...

Maersk boxship catches fire in the Caribbean (30 APR 2020)

At the time of the incident, the 1,800 TEU Maersk Vilnius was en route from...

Korean shipbuilding majors reveal Q1 figures as ordering plummets amid Coronavirus woes (29 APR 2020)

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co posted a net profit of ₩ 1.64.9 billion ($...

United States: Carriers get service contract filing relief amid COVID-19 (28 APR 2020)

On 27 April, the commission published an order making the relief effective immediately and lasting...

World’s largest containership embarks on maiden voyage (27 APR 2020)

The ship left Geoje, Korea following its naming ceremony on April 23 setting sail for...

Rotterdam World Gateway gets two new deep-sea quay cranes (24 APR 2020)

The new cranes, the largest of their kind, were built by ZPMC in China. They...

South Korea to give $1 billion to ailing shipping firms during COVID-19 (23 APR 2020)

The measure was prepared by Minister Moon Seong-hyeok, the country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries...

Hapag-Lloyd slashes its emissions by 50 percent, schedules boxship LNG conversion for Q4 (22 APR 2020)

The goal was achieved through economies of scale as the company introduced bigger and more...