The Singapore authorities say they are “gravely concerned” about three accidents in the country’s waters in less than 14 days that led to oil spills, and is starting a series of briefings with the local shipping community to promote navigational...

Nordic American Tankers (NAT) recorded a full year loss of $105.4m in 2013, up from $73.1m in 2012.

Maersk Tankers has declared option for two MR product newbuildings at Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering bringing its tally at the yard to six.

The key waterway linking Asian and European trade, the Malacca Straits, is a barometer for the health of world trade. Traffic volumes in the Straits peaked in 2008, falling back sharply in 2009 as the global financial crisis took its toll on trade...

In New York, early February is the time of the annual Shipping Conference, hosted by the Hellenic American and the Norwegian American Chambers of Commerce. This year’s theme was “Today’s Vision and Tomorrow’s Reality”, and the many permutations of...

Interpol investigations have shown that the Dynacom tanker Kerala was hijacked by pirates off Angola last month according to the Liberian Registry.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) issued a demand late yesterday that Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC) restart work on the canal locks.

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has posted a weaker set of results in the third quarter of financial year 2014.

The medium range (MR) product tanker market is expected to stay largely flat this year due to the accumulation of excessive shipping capacity especially over the last two years, according Stena Bulk.

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has sold an old VLCC for approximately $17.4m.