Tufton Investment Management, a London-based investment manager with more than 40 years of experience in shipping, is expanding into commodities and ...

Fair treatment, predictable regulation and access to legal remedies are essential to the confidence on which international investment depends. COSCO SHIPPING’s decision to defend its investment in ...

CMA CGM is updating its electronic bill of lading templates, replacing “Copy – Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading” with “Original ...

Buying a ship and operating one require different calculations in today’s dry bulk market. Asked whether he would invest further in Kamsarmax bulk carriers, William Fairclough, Managing Director of ...

China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group has signed a framework agreement with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) covering ...

A ship-financing transaction offering more than 90% financing at a margin of around 245 basis points can attract an owner’s attention. It can also make an experienced lender uncomfortable. At the 18th ...

Bauxite arriving from Guinea is already taking a new route into China’s industrial interior. After discharge from an oceangoing vessel at Qinzhou, the cargo moves onto river vessels, travels north ...

Ningbo Ocean Shipping, Jiangsu Ocean Shipping and Shandong Marine Corporation are expanding their fleets, entering additional ...

The Singapore-flagged, 2,824-TEU containership GFS PRIDE has sunk following a reported projectile strike in the Strait of Hormuz. All 21 crew members were safely evacuated, with no injuries reported, ...

Dubai-based shipowner Emarat Maritime, LLC has expanded its newbuilding programme with six 74,000 dwt LR1 product tankers, taking its planned fleet additions at Chinese shipyards to 22 vessels. Market ...

Shanghai-based Zhonggu Shipping Group has ordered its first 14,000 TEU containerships, taking newbuilding contracts announced across the group in 2026 to 20 vessels and opening a new chapter in its ...