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How Officers Manage Bulker Overloading Risks on the Mississippi

 Each year, hundreds of bulk carriers load grain and soybeans along the Mississippi River, intending to transit the Panama Canal. While the Canal enfo...

INTERCARGO Releases First Dedicated Dry Bulk STS Standard

Ship to ship (STS) transfers are an established part of dry bulk operations, and they are growing. As new trading areas and cargo flows emerge, STS operations are expanding into re...

Βελτιώνουν τις επιδόσεις τους στις επιθεωρήσεις τα bulk carriers

Σε ποιοτική ρότα ταξιδεύουν τα πλοία μεταφοράς χύδην ξηρού φορτίου, σύμφωνα με στοιχεία που παρουσιάστηκαν στο καθιερωμένο Roundtable Workshop, που πραγματοποίησε για τρίτη συνεχόμ...

Multipurpose vessel sentiment positive despite bunker price volatility

Shippers reluctant to accept additional bunker costs might have their hand forced by a healthy breakbulk and project cargo pipeline, market participants say.

Asyad Shipping bolsters fleet with 3 bulk carriers

MUSCAT, APRIL 14Asyad Shipping, the majority state-owned global maritime transportation services provider, has added three dry bulk carriers to its vessel portfolio in line with an...

Rio Tinto Charters Two Methanol-Capable Newcastlemax Bulk Carriers

Rio Tinto has signed a contract with NS United Kaiun Kaisha (NSU) to charter two methanol-capable dual-fuel Newcastlemax bulk carriers for delivery from 2028 onwards.The agreement...

Asyad Shipping bolsters dry bulk shipping segment

MUSCAT: Asyad Shipping Company SAOG has announced the purchase of two second-hand Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers for a total consideration of RO 28 million (approximately $72.7 millio...

COSCO receives new 80,000 DWT multi-purpose grain carrier

The 80,000 dwt multi-purpose grain carrier “Guo Yun Hai” has been delivered. China Classification Society (CCS) surveyed the vessel. Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry built the...

Mining Giant Vale Orders World's First Ethanol-Powered Giant Bulkers

 Vale reports it has entered into an agreement with China’s Shandong Shipping Corporation to build the first large ocean-going vessels that will use e...

Container Carriers Offer Trucking Services Around Hormuz

Trukker, a UAE-based business, experienced a 30% increase in its road shipments in March based on full truckloads.

Ocean carriers face growing order book nearing 40% of in-service fleet

Yet liner executives insist that much of the surplus tonnage can be absorbed by a combination of vessel management, trade imbalances, increased scrapping, and the ongoing effects o...

Giant oil tankers power economies while carrying Billion-Dollar spill risks

ALBAWABA - Massive oil tankers continue to be an essential part of the world's energy supply chain, carrying millions of barrels of crude oil across oceans and guaranteeing the sur...

Three crude oil tankers exit Strait of Hormuz with trackers switched off

Two very large crude carriers (VLCC), the Agios Fanourios I and the Kiara ‌M, carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude each, passed ‌through ⁠the strait on Sunday, shipping...

Tanker Vessel Futures Fly High on Demand

"By the end of the first quarter of 2026, the global shipping order book hit a 17-year high, reaching 191m Compensated Gross Tonnes (CGT). This is equivalent to 17% of the global f...

Oil Demand Destruction Could Signal A Rise For Tanker And Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks

Growth in energy-linked project cargo exacerbates US rail car shortage

Cargo shippers and forwarders have found themselves taking on more of the burden for inland transport, relying on barges and trucks to fill in the gaps and even expanding their own...

World’s largest car carrier delivered in China with 10,800 CEU capacity

China has delivered the world’s largest car carrier, marking a new milestone in global automotive shipping capacity and shipbuilding capabilities. The vessel, named Glovis Leader,...

C&C Marine & Repair Delivers Double-Hull Tank Barge

C&C Marine & Repair has delivered CTOW 330, a new double-hull tank barge designed for bunker service and built to support modern fuel-handling requirements across lakes, ba...

Cosco Shipping, CU Lines expand fleets with 20 new container ships

Cosco’s transaction is a charter deal with New York-listed, Greece-based Costamare Inc. for 16 container ships — a dozen 9,300-TEU vessels and four 3,100-TEU ships.

Cosco Shipping, CU Lines expand fleets with 20 new container ships

Cosco’s transaction is a charter deal with New York-listed, Greece-based Costamare Inc. for 16 container ships — a dozen 9,300-TEU vessels and four 3,100-TEU ships.

Carriers redeploy Hormuz-stranded ships for intra-Gulf shuttle operations

CMA CGM and MSC have repurposed some of their vessels for feeder and shuttle activity while they await the opportunity for safe passage out of the war zone, sources say.

Buildout Continues of Emerging Category of CO2 Carriers for CCS

A new segment of shipping, purpose-built CO2 carriers designed to support the emerging efforts at carbon capture and storage (CCS), continues to grow....

How BYD gets an edge from ships that brave war, outrun storms

Born out of necessity in 2022, the Chinese company's fleet of vessels is able to ferry abroad about 300,000 cars worth billions of dollars a year.

Singapore’s PIL bets on volume growth from vessel deliveries, new services

Highlighting the carrier’s Asia focus and volume growth potential, PIL said it will take delivery of at least two 13,064-TEU container ships this year that could be deployed on lon...