Maritime News

Star Bulk Carriers has penned commitments to sell and leaseback 16 vessels with four financial institutions in exchange for receiving $274.1m.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICSTSI) has announced a total throughput of 4.8m teu in the first six months of this year, down 5% year-on-year, across its 32 terminals spanning six continents.

China’s Bestway Marine & Energy Technology has announced that several bank accounts of its subsidiary had been frozen.

Wage agreements negotiated by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) can now be applied to Greek-flagged, oceangoing vessels, replacing the higher pay scales traditionally negotiated by Greek shipowners and the Panhellenic Seamens...

Container lines are diverting from Beirut to Tripoli and other ports in the Med following the massive explosion at the Lebanese port, which has destroyed much of the infrastructure.

Maritime UK has urged employers to participate in a first survey launched into how employers can support good mental health in the maritime sector.

Japan has launched its first bunker tanker capable of delivering both LNG as marine fuel and the conventional very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).