Global container shipping rates declined this week as persistent rate pressures on key Transpacific routes offset efforts by carriers to stabilize pricing ahead of the… Weiterlesen »Container Shipping Rates Slip as Transpacific Trade Softens, Asia-Europe Disruptions Loom

Russia’s first domestically constructed LNG Carrier Aleksey Kosygin is undergoing its fourth round of sea trials in the Far East as Moscow races to ready… Weiterlesen »Russia Rushes to Complete Sea Trials of First Domestically-Built LNG Carrier Before Winter

US liquefied natural gas exports are set to hit a record high this month, helping to tame prices in Asia and Europe as winter begins.

Russia failed on Friday to win enough votes to rejoin the U.N. shipping agency’s governing council despite urging countries to back its nomination for a seat it… Weiterlesen »Russia Fails to Win Back Seat on IMO Shipping Agency’s Governing Council

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departed its Seattle homeport Thursday for its 29th annual deployment to Antarctica, beginning a months-long mission that underscores… Weiterlesen »America’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker Heads South as Arctic Competition Intensifies

The U.S. government is once again under fire for a long-standing shipbuilding habit: starting construction before designs are fully baked. The practice has repeatedly led… Weiterlesen »Navy and Coast Guard Keep Building Ships Before the Blueprints Are Finished Resulting in Delays, Cancellations

The containership ONE Henry Hudson has returned to its berth at the Yusen Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles following a multi-day firefighting operation… Weiterlesen »ONE Henry Hudson Returns to Port After Multi-Day Fire Containment Operation

Chinese liquefied natural gas imports are at risk of another weak year as disappointing industrial demand and persistently high global prices look set to reduce… Weiterlesen »Chinese LNG Demand Looks Poised to Disappoint Yet Again

The New Zealand navy’s largest ship, the oiler HMNZS Aotearoa, made a rare transit through the sensitive Taiwan Strait earlier this month, Defence Minister Judith… Weiterlesen »New Zealand Navy Ship Made Rare Transit Through Taiwan Strait This Month

Firefighters were called to the Port of Wilmington on Wednesday morning after flames erupted in the engine room of a docked vessel.  The emergency call… Weiterlesen »Engine Room Fire on Containership Injures Four at Port of Wilmington