As we sail into 2016 it is fair to say that 2015 is a year that many in shipping, excluding tanker owners, would be happy to forget. So dusting off our crystal ball Seatrade Maritime News looks at what lies ahead for the industry and are there any...

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has “greatly welcomed” the verdict of the UN Federal Climate Change Commission (UNFCCC) Paris COP21 agreement excluding shipping, as well as aviation, from its regulatory framework.

Confounding expectations, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has joined Maersk in calling for the re-inclusion of shipping in the COP21 climate deal. 

India’s Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari, met with selected representatives of the London maritime scene at a special dinner held in his honour at the National Maritime Museum late last week.

Pressure is building to impose outside limits on shipping’s CO2 emissions ahead the COP21 Climate Change Conference taking place in Paris next month. 

As dry bulk shipping woes continue to mount the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) hit an all time low on Thursday.

A total of 16 award winners were unveiled and honoured last night at the 8th Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, as part of the Hong Kong Logistics and Maritime Weeks.

Regional Container Lines (RCL) sank into the red in Q3 due to low freight rates, although it was in the black for the first nine months of the year.

It was Diwali, the Festival of Lights, this week and boy, how the market could have done with some illumination.

The subjects of finance, and freeing of congested logistical gears figured prominently at the just completed American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) convention held this past week in Miami.