Maritime

In a sign of the increasing tensions between Beijing and Washington, China has turned down a U.S. Navy request for an upcoming port call in Hong Kong. 

Germany, one of the world’s main maritime players, saw its commercial fleet shrink by a third over the past six years, becoming the biggest loser in a vicious industry slump that has reshaped global shipping.

Russia's Novatek has shipped its first LNG cargo to Brazil: the LNG was produced from the Yamal LNG project. The cargo was delivered to the Bahia Regasification Terminal owned by Petrobras.

Container line CMA CGM says the 0.5% sulphur cap in 2020 will cost an additional average of $160 per teu, and will be charged to customers through fuel charges.

Advances in autonomous and computer assisted navigation could be applied along selected navigable inland waterways and sections of such waterways to improve future cost effectiveness and competitiveness of waterway transportation.

The U.S. Navy awarded a contract modification to shipbuilder Austal USA to build two additional Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships

Major container lines Ocean Network Express , Orient Overseas Container Line and APL all say that the costs of complying with the 2020 low sulphur cap

AP Moller - Maersk regional container lines brands MCC Transport and Seago Line will be disappearing from the start of October as part of a reorganisation

The global shipping industry is under growing pressure to ensure its compliance with looming new environmental regulations, Kitack Lim, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation

Japan has conducted its first peace-time submarine drill in the South China Sea.

According to NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, the craft is in no way inferior to other boats of the same type produced in other countries.

Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container shipping line, said Monday that customers using its giant box ships will have to pay separately for fuel from 2020