First quarter throughput at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges dropped by 4.5% on-year, reflecting changing European trade flows.

Port Hedland is reopening a day after it closed as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa made landfall in Western Australia.

The world’s largest dry bulk port in Hedland, Western Australia has been closed as category 5 typhoon bears down on the region.

China classification society CCS and Athens-based owner and operator TMS Dry Ltd have inked Momorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to 10 new bulk carriers.

It’s a story that brings to mind the old aphorism about port development in the Middle East: “It's good to have a masterplan to create a [multi-]million teu facility, but maybe try half a million first.”

China Merchants Energy Shipping announced orders for up to six methanol-fueled ro-ro-vessels from China Merchants Heavy Industry.

Norden has acquired four capesize vessels across two transactions in March, marking its entrance into the market segment again.

China’s energy industry player, China Energy, has officially established its shipping company based in Beijing.

Chinese company Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes is to invest $2bn in iron and steel plants in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egypt's cabinet said last week, according to news agency reports.

The current state of the shipping sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council region gives regional owners and operators reason for optimism, with the offshore sector looking especially strong and containers in for a downturn.