COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Yangzhou is to receive the remaining orders. The aframaxes, costing $86m per ship, will be 114,200 dwt and sport methanol dual-fuel engines, the same as the 109,900 ...

At the end of 2024, the containership orderbook was 8.3m teu, a new record compared with the previous high of 7.8m teu in early 2023, according to analysis carried by BIMCO in early January. In ...

The 170,000-180,000 dwt Battersea, Belgravia, Golden Beijing, Golden Future, Golden Magnum, Golden Zhejiang, Golden Zhoushan, and KSL China were built between 2009 and 2013. SFL, which will remain ...

Nasdaq-listed Greek dry bulk owner Globus Maritime has continued the sell-off of older vessels as it makes room for fresh tonnage to join the fleet. The Athens-based firm is shipping out the 2007 ...

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 ...

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has signed contracts to build two LNG carriers for its affiliate Hanwha Shipping. The Okpo-based yard formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME ...

The Semiramis Paliou-led company has also secured a charter extension deal with Singapore’s SwissMarine for the 2017-built newcastlemax San Francisco. The 208,006 dwt ship, currently earning ...

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has sealed a deal with Norwegian rig owner Eldorado Drilling to market its seventh-generation drillship Dorado. The Oslo-listed company will market ...

The Floatel Superior and the 2015-built Floatel Endurance were hired back in December 2022 for work on the NOAKA project – now named Yggdrasil. The company said at the time that the two vessels ...

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 ...

Hans Henrik Thaulow is an Oslo-based journalist who has been covering the shipping industry for the last 15 years. As well as some work for the Informa Group, Hans was the China correspondent for ...

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 ...