Panama-flagged asphalt/bitumen tanker Bitu River was boarded by three armed pirates late last night off São Tomé and Príncipe. Shots were reportedly fired, and the status of crew in the citadel ...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has taken a 9.9% stake in Australia’s Austal almost a year after it proposed a full takeover. Hanwha on Tuesday said it had acquired 41.2m shares in Austal, paying A ...

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 ...

AET, a tanker firm controlled by Malaysia’s MISC, has appointed Nick Potter, a well-known name in Singapore shipping circles, as its next president and CEO. Potter, a former seafarer, brings ...

According to data from Jefferies, diversions have increased in the tanker and dry cargo segments. Dry bulk diversions are up to 56% of 2023 figures so far this year, up from 45% in 2024; crude ...

Germany’s Oskar Wehr is expanding its fleet with four general cargo newbuilds in China. Newbuilding sources report the Hamburg-based outfit has contracted 5,900 dwt units at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy ...

UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the National Shipbuilding Office and The Crown Estate, has appointed APCL Cammell Laird to carry out a detailed analysis of the ...

The international maritime conventions strongly encouraged to be ratified by governments by ICS and CMI as an urgent priority are the IMO Nairobi Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (Nairobi WRC ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revoked a permit for New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy farm potentially stopping it in its tracks. An Environmental Appeals Court Judge ...

Martin Egvang has stepped down as chief executive officer of Copenhagen-based shipowner and operator Lauritzen Bulkers, citing stress issues. “I have been experiencing increasing stress-related ...