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Africa’s future seafarers? Not if women keep being shut out, says Nigeria LNG adviser IMO head brands maritime gender imbalance as ‘worrying’ UK Rich List: Idan Ofer, Reuben Brothers and John Fredriksen add billions to wealth Reframing the narrative for women in maritime CMA CGM profit hits $1.12bn as Rodolphe Saade warns of uncertain times ahead Arkas Line returns to China for container ship newbuildings Suezmaxes beating aframaxes as preferred Black Sea workhorse, says Signal ‘I’m not sure what they are seeing’: Petros Pappas muses on Chinese thirst for old bulkers ‘It’s not my job to save the world’: New Bimco boss talks tariffs, decarbonisation and seafarers Asian shipping stocks surge as carriers front-load shipments and tariff relief rally kicks in

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Petros Pappas muses on Chinese thirst for old bulkers

UK Rich List: Idan Ofer, Reuben Brothers and John Fredriksen add billions to wealth

Ian Bennitt: Leading Trump’s ‘historic’ effort to bring US maritime back from the doldrums

Africa’s future seafarers? Not if women keep being shut out, says Nigeria LNG adviser

CMA CGM profit hits $1.12bn as Rodolphe Saade warns of uncertain times ahead

IMO head brands maritime gender imbalance as ‘worrying’

Norwegian ‘shadow fleet’ insurer probed by specialist crime team

New Faces: Meet shipping’s next-generation news makers and market movers

Barclays and Reed Smith face trial in row over failed tanker sale to sanctioned shipowner

New Russian oil transfer hotspot emerges as two aframaxes load VLCC

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Dong Kwan ‘DK’ Kim: Building out Hanwha Group’s vision for shipbuilding

Panagiota Chrysanthi: Swapped the sea for the boardroom to break new ground at Greek tanker firm

Ioanna Procopiou: Shipowner rising to prominence as part of new generation in Greece

Julian Proctor: Building out Purus Marine fleet to fit a changing industry landscape

Carl-Antoine Saverys: Awaiting a pioneering delivery of an ammonia dual-fuel vessel

Fridtjof Eitzen: Showing a family flair for deal-making after taking the wheel at Christiania Shipping

Ibrahim Al Nadhairi: Extending a growth story after a blockbuster IPO for Asyad Shipping

Sara Edmonson: Early adopter bringing Andrew Forrest's green vision to life at Fortescue

Michelle Gonzalez: Mixing innovation and traditional values at chartering giant Vale

Chen JianHua: Chinese billionaire with high-profile friends now challenging the shipbuilding elite

Hege Leirfall Ingebrigtsen: Former football executive brings leadership passion to Grieg Maturitas

James Lightbourn: Showing a keen eye for shipping deals and tipped for major roles ahead

Vyron Vasileiadis: Shipowning newcomer living the dream and with ambition to grow

Gavin McGrath: Former Cargill trader is chasing the investment opportunity of a lifetime with Green Marine

Bunker trader KPI OceanConnect confirms Dorthe Bendtsen in top job

Ardmore promotes from within to continue C-suite shuffle

SSY hires co-founder of Clarksons’ Sea platform to lead data and analytics push

Clarksons squeaks home after massive shareholder revolt on pay for ‘star’ broker Andi Case

Kumiai Navigation marks 30th anniversary in Singapore

LNG shipping veteran Warren Bluestein dies at age 78

Sara Edmonson: Early adopter bringing Andrew Forrest's green vision to life at Fortescue

Reframing the narrative for women in maritime

Arkas Line returns to China for container ship newbuildings

New Bimco boss talks tariffs, decarbonisation and seafarers

Suezmaxes beating aframaxes as preferred Black Sea workhorse, says Signal

‘We must redouble our efforts,’ IMO calls for action on gender diversity setback

VLCC employment could hit 10-year high this summer, Okeanis says

VLGCs break $50,000 barrier for first time in seven months

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US-China tariff deal leading to surging container volumes, says Hapag-Lloyd

Rodolphe goes to Hollywood: CMA CGM boss Saade pumps cash into iconic French film firm

Andreas Martinos-led Minerva Marine swoops for seventh container ship in two years

MSC container ship aground for three days in Red Sea amid questions over GPS jamming

Maersk methanol dual-fuel container ships dogged by engine ‘teething problems’

US and China lower mutual tariffs, calling 90-day truce in their trade war

Danaos adds $32m in Star Bulk shares, making it second-largest investor

John Su’s Erasmus forks out $45m for feeder brace from Idan Ofer venture

Maersk profit rises in first quarter amid ‘increasingly volatile environment’

Flip a coin: Maersk chief on container market growth in 2025

Costamare reveals profitable bulker sale as dry cargo operation stands alone

Container freight rates from Asia to US, Europe likely to trend lower in June

Matson warns that tariffs could fuel ‘meaningfully lower’ earnings after profit growth

Looming US tariffs see transpacific rates soar, says OOCL

Plunging container freight rates force Singapore shipowner into insolvency

‘Heading in wrong direction’: Container ship emissions hit all-time high

HMM hunts container ship newbuilds with huge war chest after SK Shipping takeover

Aponte’s MSC becomes first liner operator to achieve 900-vessel fleet

TS Lines profit jumps after move into lucrative longhaul trades

John Coustas firm Danaos Corp boosts share buyback plan by $100m

Container spot rates jump by one-fifth on transpacific volume surge

Asian shipping stocks surge as carriers front-load shipments and tariff relief rally kicks in

Peace dividend may boost bulker market in the second half, says Petros Pappas

Wavelength podcast special: On women, and men

International Seaways teaming with V.Group on female cadet programme

NEW FACES

Phil Harding and Leo Askaroff: Two deal-makers rising behind ‘the big two’ at Clarksons

Sustainability

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How does adding 91 fossil fuel-burning bulkers fit into CMB.Tech’s green shipping strategy?

Mitsui OSK Line invests in tech firm to bring land-based success to maritime

Bio-LNG buzz kicks in after landmark IMO emissions agreement

Is Idan Ofer-backed green fuel venture heading for a takeover by London Greek Constantin Logothetis?

JR Shipping returns to dry bulk sector with order for two newbuildings

VLCCs burning low-sulphur bunkers face $21,400 daily carbon cost

Eastern Pacific Shipping ranked as one of the best employers in Singapore

New AET boss Nick Potter betting on LNG and ammonia in shipping's energy transition

‘Maritime Marshall plan’: Berge Bulk ready to go with carbon capture on ultramax

Green Seas

Podcast: Alexander Saverys explains the path ahead for CMB.Tech’s green shipping strategy

New IMO fuel penalties could raise $1 trillion over a decade, MSI says

Latsis family rolls back the clock with Suez Canal initiative

Union Maritime turns 50-ship orderbook into clean fuels lab few dare to build

Seabound and STAX demonstrate multi-emission capture tech and have eyes set on UK

Odfjell sets benchmark with near carbon-neutral Atlantic crossing

Trump orders US officials to fast-track deepsea mining, stoking environmental debate

Clients seek clarity on interaction between IMO and EU fuel rules, Reed Smith’s Austin says

Hoegh Evi and Wartsila unveil world's first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker

Swire Shipping makes South Pacific biofuel switch

‘We don’t believe in pure-play anymore’: Alexander Saverys bangs diversification drum after megamerger

Chronic lack of young female seafarers highlights shipping’s diversity crisis

Teekay tankers first to adopt emissions reporting by ZeroNorth and DNV

Africa and women are an obvious answer to global seafarer shortage

Harry Vafias bulker and tanker company sees risk and reward in turbulent 2025

Houthi-hijacked car carrier crew nominated for top bravery award

How Lady Gaga can help shipping clear an insurance claim hurdle faster

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Union Maritime turns 50-ship orderbook into clean fuels lab few dare to build

Saverys shows his hand after merger forges one of world’s biggest shipowners

‘Shock’ or relief: Here’s how Trump trade chief’s port fees could impact shipping sectors

Chinese lessors could sell off MR tankers after US port fees clarification, Braemar says

How US-China trade war could reshape major tanker shipments

Key questions still require answers as shipping grapples with small print of port fee measures

‘US sets toll booths at its own harbours’: German shipowners’ Association chief attacks port fees

Why Donald Trump has a $260bn mountain to climb to break China’s tightening grip on global shipbuilding

‘Nowhere near as punitive’: Major shipowners digest new US port fees

US port fees take hard line on Chinese owners, operators and even lessors

‘A step in the wrong direction’: Liner group questions legality of US port fees

China vows to fight US ‘protectionist’ measures on shipping

Tanker, bulker and gas carrier owners can breathe easier over US port fees, Fearnleys says

US ports group opposes car carrier fees imposed by Trump’s trade representative

Analyst sees US port fees presenting ‘potential negative’ for US container and vehicle imports

Comment

Fatal flaws in IMO carbon deal risk creating a cost burden rather than a climate catalyst

Tanker stocks sag in New York after IEA chops demand estimates

Battered car carrier stocks are too cheap to ignore, says Arctic despite ‘wall of uncertainty’ facing sector

F Laeisz CEO explains dry bulk return after almost a decade away with ‘plain vanilla Norwegian’ swoop

HMM hunts container ship newbuilds with huge war chest after SK Shipping takeover

Chen JianHua: Billionaire with high-profile friends now challenging the shipbuilding elite

Happy Hafnia more likely to be seller than buyer, says boss Mikael Skov

Profit soars at Fredriksen-backed DOF after Maersk Supply Service takeover

Cosco Shipping boosts VLGC newbuilding tally with order for dual-fuel vessels

Seafarer critically ill after engine room fire on Maersk container ship

Iran nuclear deal could push up tanker values, says Okeanis boss Aristidis Alafouzos

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Edison welcomes arrival of Italy’s first long-term contracted US LNG

Venture Global undergoing ‘enormous step’ change in LNG expansion

George Economou’s TMS Cardiff Gas offloads last LNG steamship to buyer ‘shrouded in secrecy’

New Fortress Energy moves to cash in on and shift out its FSRU tonnage

Methanol and LNG prove fuels of choice for April’s newbuildings

Sanctioned Russian shadow LNG carrier takes Suez Canal southbound

LNG shipping veteran Warren Bluestein dies at age 78

Bahrain set to receive first LNG cargo in over five years

Shell eyes lay-up of diesel-electric LNG carriers as market wallows

Stolt-Nielsen takes full control of Avenir LNG and pursues delisting

SK Shipping sells off last steam turbine LNG carrier for new business

U-Ming Marine Transport chief explains entry into LNG shipowning

Venture Global advances LNG newbuilding tender with South Korean yards

LNG carrier rates slide backwards as market seeks to make sense of ‘bewildering’ world

LNG bunker vessel orders outstrip those for conventional carriers in first quarter

MSC orders up to four LNG dual-fuelled ropaxes in China

Shipping stocks spring back: Bulker and container equities lead Trump relief rally in Europe

NYK takes over Eneos shipowning venture in $500m-plus deal

Avenir set to run bunker vessel continuously on bio-LNG in 2025

Norwegian investor Espen Galtung Dosvig back in for Klaveness Combination Carriers shares

Mitsui OSK Line invests in tech firm to bring land-based success to maritime

Pakistani VLCC crew members barred from leaving tanker in India

Greece’s Angelicoussis Group linked to new sale coup for ageing VLCC

Container freight futures notch higher after Trump-Xi trade deal

More tankers to switch from Iranian FO to crude when discharging in China

Insurance

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Global turmoil and tariffs reshaping global shipping, says Munich Re

Silver tsunami of ageing ships brings claims pain, marine insurers warn

Will Russia seek multimillion-dollar compensation payout over major Kerch Strait oil spill?

Tariff turmoil could raise marine insurance costs, warns Lloyd’s of London group

Insurers and shipping company reported for suspected oil price cap breaches

Iceberg dead ahead! Swedish Club adds new iceberg spotting tool

Marine insurers ‘lagging in shift to green shipping’

‘It’s all a scam’: Complaints roll in over fake ship registry

Nervous shipowners prepare for newbuild disruption as China-Taiwan tensions grow

Ambrey launches new war risks insurance arm for a volatile world

Japan P&I Club loses tonnage as rivals target country’s large fleet

American Club boosts premium income from ‘virtually unchanged’ renewal tonnage

London Club takes fight to larger rivals with increase in tonnage

NorthStandard targets $1bn premium goal after reversing renewal vessel losses

Marine Alliance adds London base with takeover of third insurance broker

UK P&I Club reveals tonnage tonic as shipowners lock down renewal contracts

UK P&I’s Greece boss Sean Geraghty takes on claims director role

Uni-Fuels US IPO raises further $1.26m, drumming up $9.7m in total

No change for now in Red Sea high-risk areas, say insurers

UK’s top court to rule on deadly container ship explosion

Financial and human costs rise as nations snub stowaways

New Fortress Energy moves to cash in on and shift out its FSRU tonnage

Video

Tensions flare in Baltic as Estonia attempts to intercept Russia-trading tanker

Banks block payouts to bereaved families of Russian seafarers

Profile

Resolve Marine works to take problem-solving skill set beyond salvage

Nuclear reaction: As US and Iran ‘sort of’ agree weapons deal, tanker market braces for fallout

Offshore

Viking Supply Ships snags AHTS in trans-Atlantic deal

Chinese bank arrests former Russian-owned anchor handler in Singapore

Christen Sveaas’ Sea1 banks $40m profit from sale of construction ship

Sentinel Marine orders up to four new offshore support ships

Billion-dollar Havfram takeover shows strength of offshore wind asset values, Stifel says

Dutch owner N-Sea orders methanol-fuelled cable-layer with new Rabobank cash

$1bn takeover: Norwegian offshore wind installation vessel owner snapped up by DEME

Court blocks ‘dodgy’ transfer of offshore operator’s shares as complex legal dispute rumbles on

Bibby teams with UK state lender to provide £20m for vessel purchases

Tycoon Spetalen launches offer to take over Oslo-listed shipping investment operation

DOF Group the dividend company? After a complete turnaround, owner plots multi-year strength

Hafnia’s Mikael Skov says product tanker rate revival sets stage for ‘robust’ year

First cargo of new Venezuelan crude blend heads to US as deadline looms

Newcomer Folk Maritime snaps up three more container ships as fleet expansion rolls on

Navantia UK names new CEO as part of Harland & Wolff integration plan

Fire-hit Greek tanker finally gets towed to safety after drifting in Indian Ocean

Stifel rethinks direction as Ben Nolan steps off the ‘long, hard path’

Andreas Martinos-led Minerva Marine swoops for seventh container ship in two years

BW Epic Kosan snaps up trio of LPG carriers as it targets bigger ships

Mining magnate grows shipowning fleet with secondhand deal

Castor quickly repays $100m loan to sister owner Toro as it plunges to loss

Geopolitical ‘noise’ hijacking shipping agenda, Clarksons’ Stephen Gordon says

Star Bulk racks up five supramax sales as first-quarter profit dwindles

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Profile

Meet the behind-the-scenes team shaping Trump’s maritime strategy

Meet Trump’s ‘dutiful soldier’ weighing the port fees on Chinese-linked ships

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How cruise ‘contrarian’ Torstein Hagen became Norway’s richest citizen

Meet the high-flying maritime tech CEO whose playground is the skies

Profile

A family of Caribbean container experts: Gisholt Shipping celebrates 50 years of niche shipbroking

Shipping stalwart at 70: How Morten Arntzen earned his tanker stripes

‘We didn’t want to sell,’ says Navig8’s Busch as Adnoc L&S eyes global impact of deal

How trade warrior Donald Trump could take on China’s shipbuilding dominance

A shipping czar, China and maritime powerplays: Mapping Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Person of the year

How Idan Ofer built the world’s largest private shipping fleet

Maria Angelicoussis fills her father’s shoes in landmark year for Greek shipowner

How sanctioned Iranian oil navigates through a dark and twisted supply chain to China

‘Pencils down’: Regulatory uncertainty keeps many US clean fuels projects on the shelf

The restaurant that fed Lloyd’s of London: Underwriters’ bolthole under threat

‘Pure luck’ saved lives: Dramatic accounts emerge of close shaves as Red Sea crisis spiralled

In-depth

Bottom is here and winter is coming for VLGCs: How hot will rates get?

Beer money, banking and secrets to Sammy Ofer’s success. Charting the career of OSG boss Sam Norton

How former shipbroker and Wall Street banker ‘woke up’ at Ardmore

Ardmore Shipping taps ‘strong bench’ as it prepares for life after Tony Gurnee

Meet MOL’s climate tech leader in California’s Silicon Valley

US LPG exports to China poised to rebound after tariffs slashed

Ex-Goldman Sachs heavyweight Andrew Wolff quits BW LPG board

Singapore maritime chief Teo Eng Dih to leave for new ministerial role

Catastrophic bulker grounding risked by confused and unnecessary salvage delay, report says

European Union boosts anti-Russia sanctions list by 189 vessels

New Fortress wraps up $1.06bn Jamaican asset sale to Excelerate Energy

Business Focus

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How behemoth AP Moller-Maersk is set to grow its Singapore fleet

Eastern Pacific tops Singapore shipowner league

Singapore’s BTS Tankers celebrates golden anniversary as it navigates complex carbon rules

Bengal Tiger Line passes baton as new boss takes helm

Will Donald Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ policy make him a knight in shining armour for tanker owners?

Ammonia will follow in footsteps of established gas shipping markets, Adnoc L&S executive says

‘Wild card’ market: Why owners have ‘hedged their bets’ with very large ammonia carriers

China’s economic slowdown raises questions for tankers

Why tankers carrying dirty cargoes are lagging on uptake of alternative fuels

Survival of the fittest: How ship recyclers and cash buyers are surviving the big squeeze

Owners circulating shadow fleet VLCCs for demolition as sanctions put Chinese imports under pressure

Can shipping’s green recycling ambitions survive the downturn?

When will Gianluigi Aponte pull the trigger on a demolition derby?

Cruise industry’s newbuilding revival focuses on big ships like never before

How China has taken a generational grip on the global shipbuilding industry

Japanese shipbuilders eye new breed of vessels as they play catch-up on global stage

Big hitters forecast further consolidation in fragmented ship management market

Giants make Greece a springboard for third-party ship management

The big picture: Ship managers look outside maritime to diversify operations

Dark fleet rises: How shadow ships serving Russia, Iran and Venezuela are adding cost and stress to ship managers