The main channel into Baltimore is days from being completely cleared as salvors and engineers continue working to remove the final pieces of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners is growing its fleet with 10 liquid CO2 (LCO2) and LPG/ammonia carriers newbuildings.

UK-based Survitec, a safety and survival company, has pointed to what it describes as an alarming increase in faulty firefighting equipment found on ships during port state control inspections.

A group of industry bodies have banded together to produce guidance on some surprising, and some less surprising, dangerous cargoes that could save lives, the environment and unnecessary cost.

With stakeholders facing wildly varying terms for finance availability across shipping, Wikborg Rein’s Beatrice Russ highlights the common factors to keep in mind.

Preparations are underway to re-tender Larnaca port after Cyprus terminated the $1.3bn concession for its development.

The first annual review from NorthStandard since the merger last year shows broadly positive results, but it is yet too soon for much comment on the Dali disaster in Baltimore which is likely to become shipping’s largest-ever insurance claim.