There are fears the Ever Given ship’s six-day occupation of the Suez Canal could spell a domino effect in New Zealand’s shipping…
See the skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged and blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal
Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy06:53, Mar 25 2021 The ship, built in 2018 with a length of nearly 400 metres…
Supporting shipping’s switch to clean fuels
in International Shipping News,Shipping: Emission Possible 02/03/2021 Shipping will face many obstacles as it strives to reduce its emissions impact. The switch…
Hidden Pollution From Shipping Threatens Sustainable Ocean Efforts
in International Shipping News 25/02/2021 Ships are the polluting ‘elephants in the room’ nobody is talking about despite a global drive to…
Global supply chains choke under tsunami of freight
in International Shipping News 13/02/2021 With global supply chains buckling under huge order volumes and a confluence of disruptive forces, shippers should…
Ocean container losses topple annual average in 2 months
in International Shipping News 10/02/2021 The World Shipping Council issued an eye-opening report last July. What seemed like a steady stream of…
Scania joins forces with other transport giants to make Scandinavia’s largest port fossil-free
To speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport sector, Scania joins forces with Volvo Group, Stena Line,…
The seafarer crisis — a shipping problem being passed from port to port
A major maritime crisis is getting so bad some seafarers are injuring themselves just to get home. The problem is…
Making shipping cleaner – is LNG the answer?
in International Shipping News 01/12/2020 As the global maritime sector tries to switch to liquified natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel…
China to ease shortage of containers
in International Shipping News 07/12/2020 China will increase the supply of containers and tighten monitoring of the shipping market to further stabilize…