Turkish carrier Akkon Lines is poised to become the country’s largest containerline, capping a remarkable rise in just eight ...

A broad alliance of US labour groups and shipbuilding employers has launched a fresh push in Washington to revive domestic ship construction, forming a new coalition to back the long-stalled SHIPS for ...

France’s Bourbon has moved quickly to expand its offshore fleet, adding 13 vessels since the start of the year in a push worth more than $180m. The offshore vessel owner said the expansion has been ...

The shadow of the 1970s oil embargo has returned to haunt the global economy, but with a modern, more violent twist. In the latest escalation, a Liberia-flagged containership has been left with heavy ...

Tanker equities are once again flashing warning signs of a sharp reversal, with one of Wall Street’s top tanker analysts drawing parallels to the dramatic “buy the rumour, sell the news” croaking ...

Nicaragua and Equatorial Guinea have been flagged by maritime AI firm Windward as new registers to have recently emerged, taking on shadow tonnage. “False flagging remains one of shipping’s most ...

Fresh tensions in the Strait of Hormuz spilled over into direct action on Wednesday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted three containerships, firing on them and detaining ...

Vietnam Ocean Shipping (VOSCO) has moved further into the tanker segment, lining up a pair of MR product tanker newbuildings in South Korea as part of its ongoing fleet renewal push. Shipbuilding ...

Swiss engineering firm Accelleron has commercially launched its next-generation ACCX300-L turbocharger, targeting greater flexibility, efficiency and uptime for two-stroke marine engines. Designed for ...

British class society Lloyd’s Register has taken a closer look at AI-assisted navigation, completing a live vessel trial of Orca AI’s computer vision platform on a feeder containership operating in ...

Malaysia-based offshore marine group Nam Cheong has announced that it is selling two offshore support vessels for $36.7m. The vessels were bought by a vessel operator in Indonesia and a ...

Canada-based Valeura Energy has chartered a jackup drilling rig for operations in the Gulf of Thailand. The company chartered the 2007-built jackup Shelf Drilling Enterprise, owned by a subsidiary of ...