Blogs

View Your view: Seafarers’ blog

Stories of life at sea from those at the front line – seafarers. From summer jobs onboard tugboats to a safety-conscious master of the ‘old school’ we want to hear the highs the lows, the good times and the bad.

In short, what it is really like to be a commercial mariner.

View Bill Barratry's Blog

Barratry’s is an irreverent place, designed for opinionated takes on daily maritime news, and where the only unwelcome opinion is a conventional one.

We invite you to join the discussion.
 

View Eason on Ice Blog

I have joined the crew of the Sovcomflot-operated Kapitan Gotsky. for a journey across the Barents Sea from Murmansk to the Varandey terminal and back.

My daily updates filed from the tanker will examine life at sea first hand and should offer a unique insight into the challenges of modern ice-navigation.

View COP15 Copenhagen - Lloyd's List Climate Change Blog

Shipping will not be at the top of the agenda during UN Climate Change Conference (COP15), but the outcome of the meeting will ultimately shape industry decisions for decades to come.

This blog is therefore an attempt to cut through the politics and hot air surrounding the carbon debate and focus on what it means for the shipping industry.

View Lloyd’s List blog live from Posidonia 2010

The Lloyd’s List team at Posidonia 2010

Our senior editorial team have decamped to Athens this week in order to lead the Posidonia news agenda and infiltrate the Piraeus party circuit. Come and join us at stand B215 or contact us directly.

Shipping remains a key to Greek salvation

Shipping remains a key to Greek salvation

But do official figures manage to snare shipowners’ true contribution?

Market Data

1,291.34 (1.26) Top 50 Shipping Companies Index

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Clean 821 (-5) Dirty 823 (-21) Baltic Tanker Indices

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"A worrying incident " Lloyd’s List Reporter

Chinese panamaxes exit spot market

Chinese panamaxes exit spot market

Vessels temporarily laid up as owners hold out for a more significant revival in daily rates

Box line angels follow the fools’ order rush

Box line angels follow the fools’ order rush

NOL and Evergreen may yet fall foul of the imbalance in major box trades