Europe

London further consolidated its position as the world’s leading place for the resolution of disputes in the maritime industry and related commercial sectors - including offshore unit construction - last year, according to statistics released today...

Companies and individuals who are successfully and sustainably managing global trade supply chains will have an opportunity to join the roll of honour at the 32nd edition of Seatrade Awards with the introduction of a brand new award category...

Verifavia Shipping has partnered with OSM Maritime Group to provide Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) services, bringing the total number of vessels under IHM contract with Verifavia to more than 550.

Technology group Kongsberg is laying off around 400 employees on a temporary basis as the company struggles with lower level of activity amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Stena Bulk will conduct a test running an MR tanker on 100% biofuel produced from used cooking oil and supplied by GoodFuels in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

In a reversal of its previous ‘business as usual stance’ P&O Ferries has today announced that all its ferries travelling between the UK, Ireland and continental Europe will switch immediately to carrying only freight.

Heavily ‘front-loaded’ deliveries of dry bulk newbuilds will have a chance for rebalancing to avert an oversupply market in light of the escalating outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to Maritime Strategies International (MSI).

Measures introduced by Greece and other countries to contain the spread of COVID-19 are yet to impact trade in Greece’s main port Piraeus, though the measures include the shutdown of a number of retail businesses, and a ban on cruise liners...