The question is whether the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium are IN ADDITION to the first lot of Trump tariffs or whether he is repeating something he had forgotten he had already done the first ...

Denmark’s Navigare Capital Partners has moved to add more containerships to its portfolio through a deal for up to six newbuildings in China. The Copenhagen-based alternative investment fund ...

Norway’s Boa has signed a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore Co, for the construction of up to two semi-submersible heavy lift barges. The in-house-designed Boabarge 39, first introduced ...

South Korean owner H-Line Shipping has ordered an LNG bunkering vessel at domestic yard HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC). The contract covers an 18,000 cu m unit costing about KRW127bn ($87 ...

German asset and investment manager MPC Capital has bought into Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen’s performance management firm BestShip. The Castor Maritime majority-owned Frankfurt-listed ...

Michael Chandris and Andonis Lemos were re-elected vice presidents. Earlier in December, Gaby Bornheim was re-elected president of the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR). The managing director ...

A series of explosions yesterday in the engine room of a 22-year-old suezmax at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga has put neighbour Finland on alert. The Turkish-owned Koala tanker, laden with ...

Hanoi-based owner Viet My Petrol Transportation has exited the VLCC trades three years after entering the segment. In recent years, Viet My Petrol Transportation, also known as Vietmy Trans ...

Authorities in Russia’s Far East scrambled over the weekend to prevent an environmental catastrophe as a Chinese bulk carrier grounded off the southwest coast of Sakhalin Island. The 2010-built ...

Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has secured a charter deal from Yara Clean Ammonia, part of Norwegian ammonia and fertilizer manufacturer Yara for an ammonia-fuelled medium gas ...

Following a series of casualties off its coast, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment Bill into law ...

Last April, the company was involved in a similar transaction with the Laurent Cadji-led diversified shipowner for a one-year-younger sister MR1. The 2022 Fujian Mawei-built Golden Lavender ...