The oversupply of ships, the costs of compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention, the increasing administrative burden, bunker prices and Brexit add up to challenging times for coastal and shortsea shipping, said Gilbert de Bock...

UK ports handled a record 10.2m teu of container traffic in 2016, 4% higher than 2015, according to official statistics released today by the Department for Transport (DfT). Total throughput declined 3% to 484m tonnes, however, mainly as a result...

Denmark's DFDS has placed an order for a pair of large ro-ro ships at China’s Jinling shipyard.

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has suffered a massive JPY265.74bn ($2.39bn) loss for its fiscal year 2016, due mainly to extraordinary losses amounting to JPY256.83bn.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) returned to the black in FY2016 ended 31 March 2017 with a $46.9m net profit for the year.

Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp has signed a multi-year stevedoring and terminal services agreement with Penn Terminals in Eddystone, Pa., to accommodate the company’s weekly Northeast container shipping service to and from San Juan...

The Asean Ro-Ro Network initiative, will be kicked off with the opening of the Davao-General Santos-Bitung route for ro-ro vessels on 30 April, local media reported.

The Port of Tilbury, London’s major port, is pressing forward with its plans to build a new port terminal and will soon begin its pre-planning community consultation to seek local views on its proposals. 

Logistics giant Bahri has opened a new office in Mumbai to strengthen its presence in the fast-growing Indian maritime industry. 

The Philippine department of transportation has received and is studying a proposal to develop a common user barge and roro terminal in the province of Cavite.