Maritime News

There were two reported kidnappings of seafarers from vessels at anchorages in Equatorial Guinea on 9 May.

The Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure has signed a contract with the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to carry out studies on new management and development models for the Port of Santos and the Port of San Sebastian...

Ship agency GAC Singapore has suspended cash to Master payments due to a shortage of physical notes.

Greece’s largest port – Piraeus – saw marginal increase in the number of containers handled in the first quarter of 2020.

Work on the further development and upgrade of Port of Piraeus, the Greece’s largest harbour, to the benefit of the country and China is proceeding smoothly as planned despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Greek Shipping and Island Policy Minister...

China’s Fujian Crown Ocean Shipbuilding is seeking investors to restructure the shipyard following the completion of an initial review of its assets and debts.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has shipped the first batch of four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and two rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for Israel Haifa Automatic Terminal to Haifa Port.

With oil market volatility at an all-time high, even exceeding the volatility of equity markets, supply and demand shocks have sent bunker prices collapsing at the fastest rate since the 2008 global financial crisis.

Maersk Supply Service (MSS) will lay off approximately 55 staff on the back of the weak oil and gas market.

Maritime catering and training firm MCTC has opened an office in Singapore to service its growing client base in the international maritime hub.