Japanese LPG importers Astomos Energy and ENEOS Globe have allied in an arrangement that could expand their operations of very large gas carriers (VLGCs). The cooperation between Astomos Energy and ...
Astomos Energy and ENEOS Globe to cooperate in LPG sphere
Samsung HI hit by another deferment
Yet another customer has sought to delay the delivery of a drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries. South Korea's second biggest shipbuilder said in a Korea Exchange filing on 10 July that a European ...
Japan escorts 12 commercial ships off Somalia in June
Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 12 commercial ships in the waters of the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in June to protect them against pirate attacks, the Japanese transport ministry ...
Yokohama’s cargo traffic tumbles in April
Yokohama port in Japan saw its cargo traffic plunge 9.8% in April from a year earlier to 9.487 million tonnes as both foreign and domestic trade sank, according to preliminary figures released by the ...
Scientists Predict 20-Foot Sea Level Rise
By MarEx 2015-07-12 19:22:15 When past temperatures were similar to or slightly higher than the present global average, sea levels rose at least 20 feet (six meters), suggesting a similar outcome ...
71 Nations Celebrate Sea Sunday
By MarEx 2015-07-12 05:40:54 Global maritime welfare charity, The Mission to Seafarers’ campaign Sea Sunday kicked off on Sunday in hundreds of church congregations around the world. This year ...
Canada Funds New Tanker Research Center
By MarEx 2015-07-12 01:24:15 Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Minister of Transport, has announced that the government of Canada is providing $3.7M to establish the Vancouver-based Clear Seas Centre for ...
APM Poised For Greek Port Buy-Up
By Reuters 2015-07-12 00:01:41 APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, said on Friday it is interested in buying into the Greek ports Piraeus and Thessaloniki, slated for privatization if a new ...
Typhoon Lashes China, One Million Evacuated
By Reuters 2015-07-11 23:29:46 One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a ...
A War of Words for Now – China and the U.S.
By MarEx 2015-07-10 16:01:55 Drawing a line in the sand has become literal in the South China Sea these days as China moves forward with its reclamation projects, which is imtimidating the ...