Columbia Shipmanagement, member of Columbia Group, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Qingdao-based Seacon Shipping Group to enable the Chinese company’s owned and operated vessels managed as clients out of CSM’s Greece office.

Analysis from the Copenhagen-based Global Maritime Forum (GMF) concludes that ammonia-powered gas carriers could compete effectively with conventionally fuelled ships before 2030 and possibly as soon as 2026.

The US financial institution JP Morgan has placed an order for two advanced dual-fuel methanol carriers with China’s Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI). The methanol carriers, to be delivered in 2026, will be employed on a time charter...

The Panama Canal looks set for continued low water levels as the central American nation sees its lowest rainfall levels it has seen since 2000.

Shipowners have been warned by Gard of the risk of fishing vessel collisions off the coast of China as a seasonal fishing ban is progressively lifted.

Michael Grey explores whether we should be surprised at the declining index for seafarer happiness and the expectations of different generations.

The first commercial ship to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since the beginning of the war in February 2022 set sail for Turkey today, according to local sources.

Wärtsilä has opened its 10th expertise centre in Singapore to provide support functions such as operational support and dynamic maintenance planning for customers with lifecycle agreements...

A Concentrated Inspections Campaign (CIC) will begin in September to review fire safety provisions aboard ships, but the review has been criticised as failing to address the need to update regulations.