Korean Register (KR) has established a new office in Guangzhou, a maritime hub in South China, expanding its overseas service network.

Crewing specialist Danica is expanding into the Philippines the world’s seafarer supplying nation.

The long-running dust-up over shares of Euronav between the historically acquisitive tanker behemoth Frontline on the hunt for a larger market position, and privately held CMB is on course for a resolution.

Cosco Shipping Car Carriers has added a new upgraded monthly service connecting China, Thailand and the Persian Gulf region.

Tecon Suape, International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit at the Suape Port and Industrial Complex in Brazil, has been certified as a carbon-neutral company.

The outbreak of new Middle East hostilities drew weakening oil prices to an abrupt halt yesterday as both benchmark crude oils – Brent and West Texas Intermediate – leapt by more than 4%.

The Cypriot shipping industry has long been a maritime powerhouse, both historically and in the modern era especially in the Eastern Mediterranean and more recently within the European Union.

Safetytech Accelerator, together with CoolCo, MOL, and Shell, has selected Green Instruments and Everimpact systems to be evaluated by the Methane Abatement in Maritime innovation initiative (MAMII).

The settlement of the long running wrangle for control of Euronav between Frontline and CMB will see the company diversifying away from crude oil transportation and taking a stronger role in decarbonisation.

Skarv Shipping Solutions, a joint venture between Peak Group and Grieg Edge, has signed a contract with China’s Huanghai Shipbuilding for four 7,000 dwt multipurpose vessels with an option for another four.