MSC, CMA CGM, Maersk, and Hapag-Lloyd have all paused their vessels transiting the Red Sea and are rerouting via the Cape of Good Hope as Houthi militia step up attacks on commercial shipping.

As attacks on commercial shipping the Red Sea see the region becoming a “no go” region for vessels opinion writer Michael Grey calls for action.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has pulled back from a threatened reduction in transits to just 18 daily from the 1 February next year as rainfall improves.

Dutch union leaders are calling for P&O's parent DP World to sell the ferry operator following P&O’s threat to sack up to 20% of its 84-docker workforce.

The launch at Marintec China last week of a conceptual design for a nuclear-powered 24,000TEU container ship has rekindled the debate about nuclear power in shipping.

As the drive to develop new zero emission fuels intensifies the salvage industry must recalibrate its training programmes to handle the patchwork of fuels that will replace oil in the transition and beyond.

As attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz intensify a lack of economically viable alternative routes means governments and military must secure the safety of trade according to maritime experts.

There is a connectivity revolution underway at sea however many shipowners and managers seem to have an issue when it comes to trusting their seafarers when it comes to using the internet.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called for an immediate end to attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that victimise innocent seafarers.