Malaysian-listed oil and gas services provider Tanjung Offshore has secured a maintenance contract worth MYR250 million (USD66.6 million) from oil company, Petronas Carigali. The contract was signed ...
Tanjung Offshore wins $66.6m construction contract
Crew saved as container ship sinks off Guangzhou, China
A Chinese feeder box ship has sunk off Guangzhou port this morning (10 June) with all crew rescued and safe. Xin Hong 328 sank around 04:50 h local time when it passed through the waters near Shajiao ...
XMH bags contracts worth over $17.1m
Singapore-listed diesel engine propulsion solutions provider XMH Holdings has secured new contracts worth over SGD23.1 million (USD17.1 million). One of the contracts was secured by Z-Power Automation ...
Shipowner cancels Handysize bulker order from Sainty Marine
Shenzhen-listed Sainty Marine's under-construction newbuild at Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry (NMHI) has been abandoned by its shipowner, because of Sainty Marine's failure to deliver the newbuild as ...
Osaka cargo traffic down in February
The Port of Osaka's cargo traffic declined 5.5% in February 2015 from a year earlier to 6.163 million tonnes, as strong foreign trade was offset by weak domestic trade. According to preliminary ...
US importers ratchet down box outlook
America's largest retail trade group is reducing its growth forecast for summer container imports as port business returns to normal following ratification of a west coast dockworker contract. The ...
DNV GL takes view on alternative fuels
DNV GL has released a position paper, The Fuel Trilemma: Next Generation of Marine Fuels, which examines a diversifying ship fuel market and the threefold problem of affordability, sustainability and ...
Italy, Malta, and the UK call for rescue law reform
In the first session of the Maritime Safety Committee's special session on mixed migration at sea today, a review of rescue regulations to clarify the role of ships in mass rescues at sea was called ...
Oshima receives DNV GL AiP for new LNG-fuelled bulker
An LNG-fuelled Kamsarmax bulk carrier designed by Oshima Shipbuilding Company has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate from DNV GL last week at Nor-Shipping in Oslo. With the new ...
Shipping playing vital role in saving sea migrants, says UN head
Shipping has a crucial role in saving lives, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a video message shown at this morning's IMO session on unsafe mixed migration by sea. Ban Ki-moon said that the ...