Global Whispers

The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) has updated that more than SGD2.3m ($1.7m) in maritime scholarships were awarded to 59 students at a MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony held in Singapore on Thursday.

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of an innovative new vessel.

Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) celebrated 25 years of its start-up of business operations in Indonesia with a reception in Jakarta last week.

The Minister of Maritime Affairs and administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) Noriel Araúz were visited by a delegation from the Japan Shipowners’ Association (JSA) headed by its vice president Takashi Nakashima.

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has recognised the Port of Corpus Christi’s Moving America’s Energy media campaign with its 2019 Award of Excellence.

Cyclone victims in Africa can look forward to receiving recycled clothing thanks to a joint effort by Japan’s ONE and Uniqlo.ONE, or Ocean Network Express, is providing free transportation of two containers full of recycled clothing supplied by...

China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 was delivered in Shanghai, and will sail for Antarctica together with Xuelong for its maiden voyage later this year.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the construction of the world’s largest containership at 23,000-teu for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).The South Korean shipbuilder announced on Monday that the ship, MSC Gulsun, left its shipyard...

Expanding specialist PR and marketing agency Wake Media has appointed a new operations director with a strong maritime sector background.

Britannia has celebrated 30 years of its branch office license in Tokyo the first foreign P&I Club to be granted such a license in Japan.