Container line MSC is to install a carbon capture and utilisation system (CCUS) from Zhejiang Energy Marine Environmental Technology (ZEME) on a 24,000 teu vessel which will sequestrate around 40% of carbon emissions from its exhaust.

Newbuilding demand at Chinese shipbuilders has continued apace this year with the volume of newbuilding orders up 76.7% in the first nine months of 2023.

Australian authorities have banned a third Briese Heavylift vessel from the country’s waters in the space of this year.

Owners of EU-flagged ships will now be able to dispose of vessels for recycling at demolition yards on the Indian subcontinent provided that they meet European Union Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) criteria.

Space X’s Starlink is creating a “small revolution” in shipboard communications for seafarers but this is also resulting its own challenges in terms of isolation.

NYK, Stolt Tankers and ENEOS Ocean Corporation have formed a new chemical tanker pool in the Asia – Pacific region.

A new ro-ro service is being launched from Xiaomo port in the South China port city of Shenzhen to the Red Sea.

The Chennai-based Sanmar Group has opened a subsidiary company in Singapore—Sanmar Shipping SG Pte Ltd, to expand its global operations.

The Chinese port of Ningbo-Zhoushan saw both cargo throughput and container volume continue to grow for the period of January and October.

Greece’s Naftomar Shipping has placed an order with South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, for 4 of the largest ammonia carriers yet to be built, worth $496 million.