The port of Rotterdam has released preliminary figures showing steady throughput at the port of 442m tonnes.

Moore Stephens surveys have found that overall confidence levels in the shipping industry are at their highest in over three years, buoyed by “encouraging” freight rates.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has written to the IMO suggesting an extension of the grace period on the enforcement of security certification for seafarers under the standards of training certification and watchkeeping (STCW 2010).

Casting a glance through an old set of name cards from visits to Vietnam over the last decade or so and there is the slightly disconcerting realisation that many of the people are now in jail. Monday saw the sentencing to death of former Vietnam...

Brokers Simpson Spence & Young (SSY) are merging their US office with Lalemont USA.

Greece’s business and shipping community is reeling as police hunt for a group of individuals who attempted to abduct a young shipowner, from outside his office on 12 December.

The Baltic Exchange has launched three new capesize routes focused on the China market.

Scorpio Bulkers has doubled the size of its initial public offering (IPO) of common shares and is aiming to raise $305m.

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has ordered three new building kamsarmax dry bulk carriers at China-based Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group.

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has linked with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) to tackle "lack of progress" on the issue of places of refuge.