The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal investigation into the container ship Dali’s allision with the Key Bridge in Baltimore that left six dead.

The DNV and Menon Economics Leading Maritime Cities report saw only one change in the top five with Oslo replacing Tokyo in fifth position.

Grace Ocean the Singapore-based owners of the Maersk chartered Dali, which ran into Baltimore’s Francis Key Bridge killing six workers and demolishing the crossing, declared general average on Saturday.

Dutch towage and maritime company KOTUG International has signed an agreement with Padmos build a series of electric tugs.

Salvors have removed approximately 38 containers from Dali, the containership which remains pinned under the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

Twenty years after adoption the full implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) is due in September but there are concerns that a significant number of vessels will still not meet the requirements.

SAAM Towage Canada has unveiled the first 100% electric, zero-emission tugboats that will operate in the Port of Vancouver starting this spring.

Port of Klaipeda successfully completed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation this week with LNG supplier Avenir LNG.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) forecast a return to world trade growth in 2024 but highlighted a list of downside risks.

Astrid Maersk berthed at Yangshan port in Shanghai for the first green methanol bunkering with simultaneous cargo and bunkering operations in China.