The US “mid-term” elections, sandwiched in the even years halfway through Presidential terms, are now behind us.

The Great Lakes shipping community received a huge boost in late October, with President Donald Trump signing a bill that would authorize close to $1bn for construction of a second lock allowing transits of large “Laker” vessels, at the Soo Locks...

A packed audience of nearly 200 heard strong opinions as to whether or not the maritime industry is ready to embrace smart shipping at a parliamentary-style debate held on the opening day of the Seatrade Maritime Middle East event in Dubai on Monday.

It has been 10 years since the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis, which also marked the start of a prolonged downturn for China’s once bustling and sprawling shipbuilding sector. Ren Yuanlin, executive chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding...

Digitalisation, now permeating all aspects of shipping, was central to almost every discussion and panel over Shipping Insight’s three-day span at its 2018 conference in Stamford, Connecticut in US last week.

“Stepping on the Gas” was the title of an online webcast that was part of investment powerhouse Deutsche Bank’s initiating coverage of the LNG Shipping sector, spotlighting analyst Chris Snyder- who leads the bank’s research into this attention...

Quality over quantity is the message from Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister to the President, Natasa Pilides, when it comes to growing the country’s vibrant maritime cluster.

Maritime professionals and interested onlookers will have been equally astonished at the recent pictures following the curious collision off Corsica, with the Tunisian ro-ro ferry Ulysse buried up to her bridge in the side of the containership CLS...

When it comes to talking about Wärtsilä’s digitalisation strategy Chief Digital Officer Marco Ryan stresses, stewardship and collaboration with customers and stakeholders, to find workable solutions, with a real business case, that will help...

The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) have hit out at the IMO’s approval the use of scrubbers to comply with 0.5% sulphur cap, and called on more maritime nations to “step up” efforts to have safety concerns about the shift to new low-sulphur fuels...