US Trade Representative hearing on China-built ships levy set for March 24. With every sector having a share of ships built, or building, in China all would be subject to a port fee

Shipping could face a major disruption if Trump is not bluffing about taking back the Panama Canal. Hopes that the Hutchison sale would placate the US and solve the problem have been dashed

Ukraine’s bulk shipments have risen nearly 90% over the past year as temporary maritime corridor takes effect. Russia, meanwhile, must look further afield for markets

Iron ore — key to capesize demand — faces uncertain prospects amid sluggish steel consumption and trade tensions

Precious Shipping warned that Asean countries may not benefit from greater investment and export gains as happened during the previous Trump administration’s US-China tariff war

US Senate hearing speakers theorised that Chinese workers could collapse under-construction bridge over Panama Canal, directed by spies in Balboa and Cristobal ‘observation posts’, to block US military forces from responding to a Chinese attack in Taiwan

Russia-trading dark fleet tanker has incurred $2m in losses since it was seized by authorities in Finland on December 26, the vessel’s lawyer told Finnish media

Three companies that owned undersea cables, which were allegedly damaged by the tanker, applied to the court for the seizure of the vessel

Both the panamax and supramax segments continue to struggle but the foundation stone of capesizes has also began to fall consistently

Cash buyer Wirana Shipping reports four 1990s-built panamax bulk carriers have been sold for scrap amid weak demand for recycled steel

Herman Ljungberg, who represents owners Caravella LLC FZ, said Finnish authorities had ‘no jurisdiction whatsoever’ to board the tanker

The remuneration, which consists of one month of performance bonus and four months of end of year bonus, is lower than the year-ago level, however