A maritime lawyer of outstanding ability, Julian Clark has passed away following a battle with terminal cancer diagnosed last November.

French tech company Sinay announced during Singapore Maritime Week that it has acquired SafeCube.

Stena Bulk announced the sale of the final of its three LNG tankers yesterday with the sale of the Stena Blue Sky to an undisclosed Asian buyer.

The shipping and maritime arm of Shell believes energy efficiency solutions that can be deployed now are a key part of decarbonisation efforts and should be a priority for the industry as whole.

The economic centre of gravity is slowly refocusing on regional developments in South America and Asia, and seeing the mature consumer markets lose out to the emerging economies, but that long-term change is slow and far from linear.

Multinational mining group, Rio Tinto, is to install an OceanGlide air lubrication system developed by Alfa Laval on one of its bulk carriers.

SSY Global Head of Research Roar Adland likens algorithms difficulty of dealing with the unpredictability of shipping to that of disabling an autonomous vehicle with a traffic cone.

In setting out its 2030 strategy Hapag-Lloyd plans to continue investing in its core business of container shipping as well as growing its terminal portfolio.

Norwegian ballast water system manufacturer, Optimarin, has acquired Hyde Marine, part of Italy’s Industrie De Nora as the company lays out its corporate development strategy.