Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has launched the fully electric tug being built for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

Hapag-Lloyd has launched real-time container tracking on most of its nearly 3 million strong fleet.

The month of April set a new record for box ship deliveries as newbuildings continue to flood into the market.

As many countries enjoy the May Day holiday spare a thought for seafarers working far away from home and running the gauntlet of geopolitical conflicts.

Bibby Marine has ordered what it claims will be the world’s first truly zero-emission, electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) at Astilleros Gondán on Spain’s northern coast.

DP World’s Southampton terminal put an ultra-large container vessel at berth 2/3 during its first simultaneous ULCV berthing operation.

A sluggish last two years has been left behind according to consultancy MSI in its monthly liner shipping report for April, but the devil is in the detail as figures for early 2024 skewed by sluggish year-on-year comparisons.

Spanish hydrogen power specialist, H2SITE, has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its AMMONIA to H2POWER technology.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says it considers the crew of the Portuguese-flagged vessel MSC Aries held since 13 April a “humanitarian issue”.