Power system specialists Wärtsilä and Rolls-Royce, and shipowners Maersk and Eidesvik Offshore are amongst those spearheading the advance of electrical power on board the ships of tomorrow. Their initiatives come against a backdrop of spiralling...

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) announcement of a £100m ($151.9m) investment in facilities at Immingham, Hull and Goole to handle wood pellet shipments for Drax Power Station highlights the opportunities to be had from the renewables sector when...

LNG bunkering has garnered a lot of interest in the market but use of natural gas a fuel for ships remains extremely limited. Marcus Hand looks at the whether the hurdles to widespread usage can be overcome.

It has been "March madness" time in New York shipping circles and Barry Parker gives the lowdown on the market discussions at CMA and Capital Link.

The recent suspension of merger talks between Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd reminds us that while consolidation may have been the buzzword for over a decade in container shipping, the reality of valuing and combining even two well suited companies...

Cyprus’ shipowning and shipmanagement industries will survive the island’s economic turmoil according to leading players.  

The news that an MR product carrier drifted 280 miles to save fuel tells us all there is to know about the current fuel market. The Norden Nord Integrity managed to save 27 tonnes of fuel while drifting towards its destination after the captain...

The Connecticut Maritime Association’s (CMA) annual conference, always held in late March, presents a “high class problem” for organisers and attendees alike: too many conference sessions, exhibits and people to meet and greet. The programme...

The share of Indian tonnage in the transportation of the country’s cargo has been dipping steadily over the years, from around 33% in the early-1980s to a current level of 8%. Continued slippage in the share of Indian shipping in the carriage of...

One of the strongest aspects of Greek shipping is its hands-on approach, no nonsense approach. This is especially so when it comes to making key operational and commercial decisions, with the owner and his technical staff only too ready to...