K-Line and Tokyo Gas are to work on a joint study of liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) marine transportation for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

As P&O Ferries launches its newest hybrid vessel, the maritime industry remembers the mass firing of almost 800 seafarers in 2022.

Greek shipowners have piled on newbuildings contracts over the last 12 months with the orderbook growing by over 50% according to figures published by the London-based Hellenic Shipping Cooperation Committee (GSCC).

Union Maritime, a UK headquartered vessel operator has ordered two LR2 tankers from the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) yard in China, with three WindWings sails on each vessel.

Bergen-based chemical tanker company, Odfjell Tankers, is continuing its take-up of MarineLine, a tank protection product from Ohio-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), with three more vessels due to dock in China in the weeks ahead.

Fabrication work has started on the world’s first containership methanol dual-fuel retrofit for Maersk at Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard.

Geopolitics and firm charter markets have forced subcontinent recycling yards to focus on small ships of relatively poor quality.

MAN Energy Solutions and China Classification Society (CCS) signed an agreement on decarbonisation and digitalisation in the maritime industry, is scheduled to last for five years.

The commodity trading company Trafigura is building two VLCCs from the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu New Hantong Ship Heavy Industry, a first for the shipyard.

Dr Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions, believes shipping is headed towards a more complex future with multiple fuel and engine types.