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ABS AIP for Electric Propulsion Container Ship

Sep 10, 2025

At Gastech 2025, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for its concept design of a 16,000 TEU container ship with an electric propulsion system.ABS completed design reviews based on class requirements, analyzing the power system including key elements such as power generation, power conversion and propulsion motors…

Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Partner to Cut Scope 3 Emissions

Sep 29, 2025

Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a three-year framework agreement for the purchase of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions resulting from the use of sustainable marine fuels within Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet.As part of this agreement…

Chinese Shipyard Orders Strong Despite US Port Fees

Sep 25, 2025

Global shipping companies are moving full steam ahead with commercial vessel orders from Chinese shipyards, despite the U.S. targeting those ships with port fees aimed at countering China's maritime dominance, a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies showed…

China Shakes Off US Tariff Threat

Sep 23, 2025

New analysis by Maritime Strategies International cites emerging evidence that the demand side of the industry will prove better-insulated from tariffs than was expected earlier in the year, while a dynamic where Chinese exporters continue to…

WSC Launches AI Tool for Detecting Misdeclared Goods

Sep 15, 2025

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has launched a Cargo Safety Program, an industry-led initiative to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods in order to prevent ship fires.The program combines AI-powered cargo screening and common inspection…

Number of Transits Through Panama Canal Edged Down in August

Sep 10, 2025

The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal edged down slightly to an average of 32.5 ships per day in August compared to the 32.6 per day in the previous month, its authority said in a bulletin released on Wednesday.While traffic…

World Shipping Council Concerned About Dangerous Goods Handling

Sep 08, 2025

The World Shipping Council (WSC) released a new report summarising deficiencies found in government cargo inspection programs, reviving a data series that the IMO discontinued last year.The 2024 report shows that 11.39% of inspected cargo shipments were found to have deficiencies…

$1 Billion Fine for X-Press Pearl Disaster

Aug 18, 2025

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has found the owner, operator, and local agent of the container ship X-Press Pearl liable for environmental and economic damage caused by the 2021 fire and sinking of the vessel.The ship's registered owner, EOS Ro Pte…

Fire Aboard Maersk Vessel is Contained

Aug 18, 2025

Danish shipping company Maersk said on Monday that a fire that broke out onboard the vessel Marie Maersk off Liberia on Wednesday last week had stopped spreading, and that firefighting efforts would be intensified further.'Over the weekend,…

DP World Carbon Inset Credits Rise Fivefold

Aug 18, 2025

Credits offered by DP World to customers through its world-first Carbon Inset Program trial will see a fivefold increase, helping businesses reduce their indirect (Scope 3) emissions.Following the program’s initial success, which has seen over 200…

Xeneta Acquires eeSea

Aug 18, 2025

Xeneta AS announced the acquisition of fellow maritime and supply chain data company eeSea. By adding eeSea’s global schedule, transit time and reliability data to its existing range of freight rate data, Xeneta will enable BCO Procurement teams…

US Container Imports Might See July Peak

Aug 13, 2025

Ocean imports to the United States may have peaked in July after retailers raced to bring in goods from China and elsewhere to avoid potentially hefty tariffs on holiday-related products, the top executive from the busiest U.S. seaport said on Wednesday…

PIL Celebrates Singapore's Independence Anniversary

Aug 06, 2025

Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) is celebrating the nation’s 60th year of independence with the first SG60 container ship and specially designed containers sponsored for this year’s National Day Parade.Singapore gained independence from Malaysia on August 9…

Mitsui E&S Receives Vietnamese Order for 22 Container Cranes

Aug 04, 2025

Mitsui E&S has received an order from Petro Vietnam Phuoc An Port Investment & Operation Joint Stock Company (PAP), an upcoming port operator funded by the Vietnamese government, for 11 ship to shore gantry cranes (Mitsui-Paceco Portainer) and…

Britlift Launches New All-In-One Container Lifting System

Jul 21, 2025

A new all-in-one package aims to make it quicker, safer and easier to lift shipping containers.The boxed 10-ton container lifting system from Britlift includes its T13 modular spreader beam, plus all the necessary shackles, CLB container lifting lugs…

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Svanehoj Acquires KOHO Kompressorsysteme

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