As the situation in the Red Sea disrupts normal operations, legal and insurance experts explore some of the practical and legal considerations shipowners and charterers face.

Global logistics service provider DB Schenker has appointed Vishal Sharma as the new CEO for Asia Pacific Region.

The Cargotec Corporation’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to demerge the business of Kalmar as a separate listed company.

The world’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering for a very large containership, the Maersk Ane, has been carried out in Ulsan port.

US and UK forces carried out a further series of strikes at the weekend on Houthi targets in Yemen being used to attack commercial shipping the Red Sea.

Seacor Holdings has sold its Caribbean liner and logistics business, Seacor Island Lines to Da Costa Gomez family-owned King Ocean Services.

A fifth of ships ordered over the last 12 months will operate on alternative fuels when they are commissioned, according to figures from DNV.

Karachi Port Trust has signed a 25-year concession agreement with AD Ports for bulk and general cargo operations at the Port of Karachi.

Evergreen Marine has signed a memorandum of agreement with X-Press Feeders to place Evergreen containers on new X-Press dual fuel methanol vessels in Europe.

US military say that two missiles fired by Houthi rebels at the container ship Koi on 1 February failed to reach their target.