Last week saw us spending a heavy week of tromping through exhibition halls, listening to presentations and interviewing industry executives at Marintec China 2013. Trying to take the pulse of the industry based on Marintec was not necessarily an...

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is seeing a boost in business coming from the growing interest in shipping via the Northern Sea Route and the development LNG and offshore projects in the Arctic region.

Qatar-based Halul Offshore Services Company has approached L&T Shipbuilding for the construction of six offshore support vessels (OSVs) valued at $154m.

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has ordered three new building kamsarmax dry bulk carriers at China-based Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group.

Polaris Shipping, Korea Midland Power, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Siemens Energy Solutions have signed a $940m memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) with an integrated power plant.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and a subsidiary of the world's largest methanol supplier have entered into an agreement to build and charter up to three methanol carriers.

Paragon Shipping has cancelled one of its two 4,800 teu containership newbuildings with a Chinese shipyard.

Andrew Callaghan, Seatrade’s managing director Asia and global sales director, died peacefully yesterday at home in Suffolk after a battle with cancer. He was 54.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers under construction for Stolt Tankers at a Hudong-Zhongua Shipbuilding in China.

China has revealed a new ship scrapping policy to accelerate the demolition of older vessels and streamline the overall efficiency of the shipping sector.