By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A new survey by VesselsValue has found a “significant increase” in the average speed of containerships. The maritime valuation and market intelligence… Weiterlesen »Containerships Increasing Speeds as Rates Continue to Climb

By Stephanie Kelly and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – A group of cybercriminals allegedly responsible for the ransomware attack that shut… Weiterlesen »Hackers Seek Cash, Not Chaos, in Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack – Update

CAIRO, May 10 (Reuters) – UK Club, an insurer of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, said on Monday a reduced… Weiterlesen »Ever Given Insurer Says Suez Canal’s Reduced Claim is Still Too High

A U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser seized a large illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in international water of the North Arabian Sea, the… Weiterlesen »U.S. Seizes Huge Shipment of Weapons from Stateless Dhow in International Waters in Arabian Sea

Mercy Ships announced this week that the world’s largest civilian hospital ship Global Mercy has now completed deep water sea trials, one of the final… Weiterlesen »World’s Largest Civilian Hospital Ship Passes Sea Trials

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) At least two of China’s smaller liquefied natural gas importers have been told to avoid buying new cargoes from Australia, a… Weiterlesen »China Bans Some Australian LNG Cargoes

The ocean-going tanker Pacific Jasper that had been taking gasoline toward the U.S. Gulf stopped on its voyage and is now stationed east of the… Weiterlesen »Tanker Traders Jockey For Position As Colonial Pipeline Fights Hackers For A Third Day

By Abdel Latif Wahba (Bloomberg) — Egypt offered to reduce claims by a third for compensation from owners of the container ship that blocked the Suez… Weiterlesen »Egypt Offers to Cut Ever Given Compensation Claim to $600 Million

By Sheela Tobben and Jeffrey Bair (Bloomberg) — The shutdown of America’s largest fuel pipeline after a cyberattack is threatening to send gasoline prices to the… Weiterlesen »Oil Traders Work to Avert Shortages After Cyberattack on Major U.S. Pipeline

By Alexandre Minguez (Reuters) A young grey whale lost in the Mediterranean, thousands of miles away from its natural habitat in the Pacific ocean, is… Weiterlesen »Lost In The Med, A Starving Grey Whale Must Find His Way Out