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Alphaliner: Containership fleet achieves record growth
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (230+ words) The fully cellular fleet has surpassed 6,700 ships for the first time in history, with 6,706 vessels now in active operation, collectively carrying 33.6 million TEU. Total fleet capacity across all vessel types is just under 34 million TEU. Far East'Europe weekly capacity also…...
Women in Ports: Diversity is a competitive advantage - it’s time the industry treated it like one
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (294+ words) In an exclusive interview, Raj Kehal-Livi, Chief Executive of Women in Ports Ltd, shares the story behind an initiative dedicated to driving greater diversity across the port sector. Grounded in the belief that diversity fuels high performance, the organization is…...
Somalia flags its first vessel in more than thirty years
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (140+ words) Somalia announced on 2 April that it has officially registered the first vessel to sail under the country's flag since the collapse of state institutions during the 1991 civil war. The Ports and Marine Transport Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said in a…...
Human remains found aboard Thai-flagged ship struck in Hormuz
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (244+ words) The Strait of Hormuz on a digital map. Strategic location of Iran. Geopolitical oil shipping route. / Image Credit: Shutterstock Human remains have been discovered aboard a cargo ship attacked by Iran while transiting the Strait of Hormuz last month, the…...
New partnership aims to bring micro-nuclear reactors to shipping
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (196+ words) New partnership aims to bring micro-nuclear reactors to shipping'safety4sea New partnership aims to bring micro-nuclear reactors to shipping Scorpio Tankers has entered a strategic collaboration with AMPERA, Inc. to develop and commercialize micro-nuclear power systems for shipping, offshore operations, and…...
Iran to allow Philippine ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (193+ words) The Philippines has received assurances from Iran that Philippine-flagged vessels, fuel shipments and Filipino seafarers will be allowed safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Manila's foreign ministry said on 2 April. The assurance followed a discussion between Philippine Foreign Minister…...
Intermodal: Gulf states reassess Iran strategy as economic risks rise
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (297+ words) According to Intermodal's latest market report, Gulf states are reassessing their long-standing strategy toward Iran as escalating regional risks begin to directly threaten the economic foundations of their diversification models. At that point, the issue stops being just about security....
Vessels collide in Kaohsiung causing containers to fall overboard
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (235+ words) Vessels collide in Kaohsiung causing containers to fall overboard'Safety4Sea Vessels collide in Kaohsiung causing containers to fall overboard On April 1 at around noon, a collision occurred at Pier 77 of Kaohsiung port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, involving the British-flagged container ship "Zeal…...
New partnership aims to develop zero-carbon inland waterway corridors
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (197+ words) Credit; Wah Kwong NatPower Wah Kwong NatPower and Wuxing Ruituo have signed a Memorandum of Undertsanding (MoU) to develop zero-carbon inland waterway shipping routes." As the global maritime industry accelerates its transition to decarbonisation, inland waterways are emerging as a…...
Vortexa: Shift in transport fuel flows amid lower exports in the East
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (398+ words) Global transport fuel exports " defined as gasoline, jet/kero and diesel " fell by 1mbd y-o-y in March, according to analysis by Vortexa. As explained by Ivan Mathews, Head of APAC Analysis, Vortexa, the decline was driven primarily by lower liftings from…...