Singapore: Singapore has issued a Block Exemption Order for liner shipping agreements from its Competition Act. The decision follows advice from the Competition Commission of Singapore, which says it was influenced by liner shipping's...

Tokyo: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha has received the 140,000cbm Arctic Voyager LNG carried from Kawasaki's Shipbuilding Corp's Sakaide Shipyard in Japan. The vessel, a sister to Arctic Discoverer delivered in February, is co-owned with Statoil...

Oakland: Matson Navigation Co has taken delivery of a fourth and final 2,500teu boxship newbuild for deployment on its China - Long Beach Express service. The vessels, built by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, offer fuel savings of 25% or more over...

London: ShipServ TradeNet reports its volume of business tranasctions has risen sharply thanks to an increased number of Japanese companies using the e-commerce platform for ship supplies trading. Companies like Meiji Shipping Group, Solar Japan...

Singapore: Eagle Shipmanagement of Singapore and Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) of UAE are among five new members joining Intermanager, the International Ship Managers' Association. Separately the Association has just published guidelines on...

Shanghai: Clipper Group has placed an order for twelve 30,000dwt handysize bulkers costing what is thought to be $300m. The owner has opted to try out Tsuji Heavy Industries' Chinese subsidiary in Jiangsu province 100 km up the Yangtze from...

Singapore: Singapore's PSA International saw box volumes increase 28.6% in the first half, moving a record 24.41m teu. Overseas volumes leapt 61.9% to 13.02m teu while domestic boxes inched up by 4.2% to 11.39m teu in the first six months...

Taipei: Hatsu Marine, the UK shipping arm of Taiwan's Evergreen Group, reports that the fourth and final of its S-type, 7,024teu vessels has entered service on the WAE route, a pendulum service linking the West Coast of North America, Asia...

London: Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is actively seeking a partner in China to expand and broaden its services product range. The company already operates as independent agency in the country as an extension of its Hong Kong operations.&apos...

Tokyo: Nippon  Yusen  Kaisha has entered into another long-term contract with China's leading steel mill Baoshan  Iron  & Steel Co, for the transport of iron ore from Western Australia over a period of 12.5 years. The  contract  calls for...