Port of Yokohama's cargo traffic dropped 5% year on year (y/y) in June to 9.669 million tonnes, with both its foreign and domestic trade down, according to preliminary municipal government ...
Yokohama port traffic falls in June
Ship detained at Australian grain terminal
Pyrsos Shipping bulk carrier MV Apellis is being detained at Western Australia's Esperance wheat port over a suspected breach of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). The Australian Maritime Safety ...
Ocean Rig delays another drillship delivery
George Economou's Ocean Rig has deferred delivery of a third drillship as oil prices continue to show no signs of recovery. Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said in a Korea Exchange filing that an ...
Yang Ming orders five 14,000 teu box ships at Imabari Shipbuilding
Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming Marine on 9 September ordered five 14,000 teu box ships at Imabari Shipbuilding. The vessels, priced at USD125 million each, are scheduled for delivery in 2018 and 2019, ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 11/09/2015
Posted on: Friday, September 11th, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 11/09/2015 1. Piracy Attacks Up 18% Singapore-based anti-piracy watchdog ReCAAP Information ...
Teekay tug hits whale at Australian coal port
Teekay's tug, Bulgu, hit a humpback-whale calf while towing a BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance-operated bulk carrier out to sea at the Australian coal port of Hay Point on the Great Barrier Reef, on ...
China’s coal imports drops 31.3% y/y from January to August
China has imported a total of 138.6 million tonnes of coal from January to August this year, 63.2 million tonnes less year on year (y/y), and representing a 31.3% decrease. The total value of the ...
CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping to finance Yuanheng Gas
CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company, a shipowning subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has agreed to jointly provide USD10 million in finance for Hong Kong-listed Yuanheng Gas, a ...
Bizpost Korea and Chinese partners to invest in Incheon’s Golden Harbor
The South Korean unit of Korean-American iron ore supplier Bizpost and its Chinese partners will invest KRW1 trillion (USD838 million) in Incheon port's Golden Harbor project. The Golden Harbor ...
Lawyers say tanker ban ‘comfort letters’ likely “unenforceable”
The president of Nigeria has issued a new directive suggesting tankers banned from lifting in Nigeria may re-enter with a 'letter of comfort', but lawyers from Holman Fenwick Willan LLP says it may be ...