Copenhagen Commercial Platform Launched for Energy Efficient Chartering
Christian Bonfils, who headed up BW Dry Cargo, has formed Copenhagen Commercial Platform (CCP), with the backing of BW Group...
Viridis Kapital Launches to Support Green Shipping
Norway’s Storm Capital Partners, NorthCape Capital, and Grieg have debuted a new business, Viridis Kapital, to finance capital-intensive equipment which is...
Wilhelmsen Shifts Focus to Renewables
Wilhelmsen, one of Norway’s best known shipping brands, claims in addition to accelerating the transition of existing businesses, it will invest...
Fiji Public Accounts Committee reviews Traffic Congestion
The Public Accounts Committee has tabled in parliament a report on the review of the Management of Traffic Congestion, recommending revisions of...
Container Vessel Wedged in Suez Canal
A container ship became stuck across the Suez Canal, shocking experts, as it is the first such incident in the canal's 150-year...
International Transport Workers Federation Investigates Goundar Shipping
The Philippines Overseas Employment Administration has suspended the license of Able Maritime Agency, who recruited a group of around 20 Filipino...
Financial Sector Still Funding Fossil Fuels
The world’s biggest 60 banks have provided $3.8tn of financing for fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate...
Maersk Seeks Women for Top Management
The chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Jim Hagemann Snabe, says it’s proving difficult to get enough women to apply for...
Fishing Industry Rife with Labor Violations
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reports that the canned tuna industry is rife with allegations of modern slavery...
UK Considers Shipping for Emission Trading Scheme
UK Maritime minister Robert Courts said shipping could be included to its existing emissions trading system on the path to full...
Arctic Passage Spurs LNG Trade
The discovery and extraction of vast liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia, Russia in the past...
Sustainable Shipping Beyond Emission Reductions
Sustainability is about more than carbon reduction, but we are currently evaluating the shift to new fuels on the basis...