Singapore-based owner Jaldhi Overseas has moved to bolster and renew its chemical tanker fleet with six stainless steel newbuilds from Japan and China. The shipping arm of India’s Bothra Group ...

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed a rise in global piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2025 – driven by a spike of incidents in the Singapore Strait.

Belgian owner Somtrans has been linked to a newbuilding move in the LNG bunker segment. Brokers have named the Wijnegem-headquartered company behind the most recent order for a 20,000 cu m vessel ...

BW Epic Kosan has promoted its chief commercial officer, Jakob Bode, to the position of CEO, taking over from Charles Maltby at the gas owner. Andreas Sohmen-Pao, chairman of the board of BW Epic ...

The International Labour Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) has been updated, following lengthy negotiations last week in Geneva. Under ILO’s Special Tripartite Committee on the ...

DHT Holdings, a New York-listed tanker giant, has confirmed the sale of two Chinese-built VLCCs. DHT said in a statement that it sold the 2011-built DHT Lotus and the DHT Peony for a combined ...

Seaway 7, the renewables unit of Oslo-listed Subsea 7, has signed a contract to charter a turbine vessel for work on the Dogger Bank wind farm off the UK. This comes after Seaway 7 signed a vessel ...

Saipem was granted an option to amend the bareboat charter in March, together with an option to purchase the vessel, which has now also been firmed up. If exercised within 180 days of the initial ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

State-run China Merchants has completed the acquisition of its seventh shipyard, Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding, in the northeast of the country. The yard, one of China’s oldest, has been ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...