Sarawak-based shipping conglomerate Shin Yang Shipping Corp (Syscorp) is expanding steadily, initiating services between ports in Indonesia, while also starting up operations at the new Samalaju Port in Bintulu.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) is working with Portsmouth International Port to help develop the UK’s first LNG bunkering facility.

Melbourne International ro-ro Automotive Terminal (MIRRAT), a subsidiary of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), has won a bid to develop an automotive RoRo terminal in Webb Dock West at the Port of Melbourne.      

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) has ordered two 7,500 vehicle capacity car carriers, due to be delivered from Shin Kurushima Dockyard in 2017.  

Florida-based Container-RoRo operator Crowley Maritime Corporation has placed an order for several MAN B&W dual-fuel engines, to be installed in two new ConRo vessels.

The world’s second-largest Ro-Ro operator, Italy’s Ignazio Messina, is facing calls to stop trading with Iran from pressure group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).

Penang port is the subject of a proposal to implement a ro-ro vessel project to boost regional trade.

The Turkish government is set to launch a new shipping route through the Suez Canal as an alternative for the country's exporters who have faced difficulties in shipping to the Middle East via Egyptian ports due to recent political unrest in the...

   

Interferry has applauded a new sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ro-ro cargo and ro-pax vessels, calling it “a victory for common sense”.