Harry Vafias says medium gas carrier orderbook now ‘worrisome’, especially if ammonia windfall fails to materialise

Newbuildings set to become Greek operator’s first new reefer order for more than 20 years

The containership sale and purchase market is picking up after the summer slowdown, with MSC continuing to snap up ships. Meanwhile, there is little sign of any upturn in boxship recycling because of relatively high secondhand values, due to strong demand for tonnage

Specialist market posts underwriting profit of £3.1bn in the first six months of the year as combined ratio improves 1.5 points to 83.7%

Mechanism is used as alternative to Chinese sale and leasebacks

Consultancy cites a range of increasing risks for shipping, noting that the effects of geopolitical disruption should not be considered sustainable in the longer term

A UCL study has shed light on the limits of voluntary green ship finance schemes

Those publicly proclaimed obstacles may just be excuses for unwillingness to change. And those touted benefits also may not reflect users’ real pain points

Frontline has raised concerns about the growing share of crude oil shipping by the dark fleet of older, non-compliant tankers. Elsewhere, it says it has repaid shareholder loans to John Fredriksen borrowed to help pay for the Euronav ships

Tianjin Container Terminal, the leading box terminal in Tianjin, has 13 berths and annual capacity of 6m

Brunei launched its first direct container shipping route to China in the past year, connecting Muara with Qinzhou

Buoyant Seacon foresees continuing demand in the chemical product and related logistics segment in the future. It will keep an eye out for any useful tankers it can snap up