GSB Tankers and Asahi Tanker have jointly established the Asia Chemical Tanker Alliance (ACTA) to manage the operation and ...

New Dayang said the tankers would not only be “highly intelligent and have excellent environmental performance”, but also be methanol fuel ready. The yard, which Sumec took over in 2018, has ...

Containership ordering last year reached about 4.4m teu, breaking the previous record from 2021 when 4.3m teu was ordered. January has seen orders continue at Asian shipyards albeit at a slower ...

The subscription period will start in February, and Asyad Shipping’s listing on the Omani bourse is expected in early March. Sohar International Bank will serve as the issue manager, while ...

Thai owner Prima Marine has placed an order for six small product tanker newbuilds at China’s Ningbo Zhenhe Shipyard. The deal with an undisclosed value covers 73-m-long 2,499 dwt vessels based ...

Disgraced Sentek Marine & Trading will cease bunkering activity in Singapore next month after the country’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) decided to not renew its bunker supplier and bunker ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

After 14 months and three days in captivity, the crew of the Galaxy Leader car carrier was released on Wednesday. The vessel’s crew, made up of 25 nationals from Bulgaria, Ukraine, the ...

The aggressive fleet buildup seen at Medkon Lines of Turkey shows no sign of slowing with Alphaliner reporting it has bought ...

Australian energy major Santos has put its plans for the A$3bn ($1.87bn) Dorado oil and gas project in Western Australia on hold. Santos, as the Dorado JV operator, has decided not to purchase the ...

Among sweeping changes brought in by the new Donald Trump administration, a new chairman of regulator, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has been announced while Coast Guard Commandant Admiral ...

Norway’s Aker Solutions has entered a strategic partnership agreement to deliver maintenance and modification services on Vår Energi-operated assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.