The number of individuals attempting to board vessels in South African ports is again reported to be on the increase. According to our correspondents in Durban, the number of people […]
Moderating vessel supply growth over the next few years together with a mild improvement in the outlook for seaborne trade will enable a reduction on chronic overcapacity and so mark […]
The shipping industry’s fear is that US president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist and isolationist views will ignite trade wars, depress global economic growth and curtail shipping demand. That concern is misguided, […]
Ship delays, port penalties and frequent spells of off-hire are the price that ship operators will pay unless they choose ballast water treatment systems with great care. This is the […]
Unless dry bulk operators step up ship scrapping in the fourth quarter, their oversupplied and struggling shipping sector will start 2017 badly, predicts Khalid Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping. […]
While an attack specifically targeting commercial shipping is considered unlikely, the threat of a merchant vessel being caught up as “collateral damage” in the escalating Yemeni conflict is real. That’s […]
Senior Singaporean maritime lawyers are expecting the volume of insolvency filings in the shipping and oil-and-gas sectors to increase as markets show no signs of improvement. “Shipping, together with the oil […]
Lawyers for four shipowners pulled into the OW Bunker legal fracas are arguing that their ships should be free of liens because the collapsed Danish marine fuel giant committed fraud […]
The prolonged and deep recession facing dry bulk shipping is so severe that the industry will not return to profitability until 2019, and then only if there is zero growth […]
In brief – Australia unlikely to depart from The “Halcyon Isle” case position The much anticipated decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in the appeal from the […]
