Union Maritime, a UK headquartered vessel operator has ordered two LR2 tankers from the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) yard in China, with three WindWings sails on each vessel.

Bergen-based chemical tanker company, Odfjell Tankers, is continuing its take-up of MarineLine, a tank protection product from Ohio-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), with three more vessels due to dock in China in the weeks ahead.

Euronav and CMB Chief Executive, Alexander Saverys, has taken aim at Wall Street financial community unimpressed by their plans to transform the listed tanker company into an innovator of alternative fuels.

Fabrication work has started on the world’s first containership methanol dual-fuel retrofit for Maersk at Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard.

As another round of critical discussions on shipping regulation get underway at the IMO, environmental organisations have called for action on fuel standards, an emissions levy, and CII improvements.

Shipbroker Braemar has reported a 46% increase in its container charter market index, Boxi, as carriers scramble to deploy tonnage on the diverted Asia to Europe trades which are now navigating around the Cape of Good Hope.

Global motor racing series World Endurance Championship (WEC) has turned to air freight to avoid delays with ocean shipping due to the Red Sea crisis.

Pole Star Global explores the challenges around data issues as the Red Sea Crisis drives greater and more diverse data usage for decision making.

The shipping world is united in its condemnation of the Houthi attack which has left three crew dead and a number of others injured and traumatised after a missile struck the Greek-owned bulk carrier True Confidence.