Kuang Ming Shipping, the dry bulk subsidiary of Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport, is returning to the newbuilding market with plans approved to order four vessels. The newbuilds, sized between ...

South Korea’s HD Hyundai has formally handed control to a new generation, appointing 43-year-old Chung Kisun as chairman of the nation’s largest shipbuilding group — a move marking both a dynastic ...

Global maritime charity Stella Maris has launched a novel campaign that celebrates seafarers’ cooking skills and resourcefulness to prepare nourishing meals at sea. The charity is asking seafarers to ...

Hong Kong-listed Pacific Basin Shipping is moving half of its bulker fleet to Singapore and reflagging vessels under its Singapore entity to reduce exposure to new US port fees introduced under the ...

British class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has published new guidance on the use of nuclear energy in commercial shipping, offering what it calls the first comprehensive roadmap for the safe and ...

Greek owner Diana Shipping has secured a strong fixture with SwissMarine for one of its capesize bulkers, locking in a daily rate well above its previous employment. The 2015-built, 180,960 dwt New ...

IOG Wind, formerly known as CWind Taiwan, has announced that it has secured a multi-year operations and maintenance deal on the Hai Long offshore wind project. This is the company’s second long-term ...

Greece’s Navios Maritime Partners has sold three older vessels — including one of its oldest VLCCs — as part of its fleet renewal programme, while adding a newly built product tanker and fixing ...

The dollar’s wobble exposes shipping’s one-currency weakness, writes Andrew Craig-Bennett. As we all know, to generate a really big shipping crash, you must start with a banking crash. If the banks ...