The UAE's unrivalled land, sea and air connectivity put it in poll position to harness global strategic interconnectivity, echoing success in aviation, a top Dubai maritime official said this week.

It seemed like the end of an era at the 40th anniversary dinner of the International Maritime Industries Forum in London this week.

The numbers of idle boxships has hit a five-year high, including a Maersk Triple E, as the container shipping industry’s woes mount.

The energy markets including the LNG sector are going through difficult times and there is much uncertainty, even if the long-term future is a good one, was the message from senior executives speaking at Gastech 2015 Singapore.

The most recent surface transportation reauthorisation law, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), includes freight planning and the establishment of a National Freight Policy (NFP) for the first time. The US Department of...

Much of my Wednesday and Thursday this week was spent out at a distant cruise terminal in Copenhagen at the Danish Maritime Forum, the centre-piece of the Danish Maritime Days shipping week.

With shipping and shipping related issues likely to play an important role in government plans to raise revenues and meet the demands of creditors, Greece’s incoming leftist-led coalition government has a New Ministry, Shipping and Island Policy.

After many years of quietude, Peter Georgiopoulos, the ceo of recently IPO-d Gener8 Maritime, is back on the speaking circuit. Georgiopoulos, known around New York as “Peter G”, gave the keynote speech at Capital Link’s well attended Global...

The shipping sector is the only business in Cyprus whose size goes far beyond the size of Cyprus as a country and is acknowledged as a catalyst towards the steady recovery of the Cyprus economy, the country's President, Nicos Anastasiades, told...

The UK has published the recommendations of a six-month joint study by government and industry designed to keep the UK maritime cluster competitive in an international marketplace.