Under the Aquino government, private sector initiatives to build skills and improve seafarers’ lives have momentum. Are the gains in jeopardy?

New meeting is set for March 22, with KDB seeking to have a ‘voluntary’ agreement in place by March 29

The chief executive of Maersk’s merged Asian operations refuses to see only negatives in the market and wants to make the most of 2M’s lead

A few small shafts of light break through the general gloom of the dry bulk trades

Fourth-quarter revenues driven down by historically low rates

Apostolos Mangouras was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year by Spain’s Supreme Court and deemed ‘reckless’ in 14-year-old case