By Daniele Lepido and Haze Fan (Bloomberg) The battle between Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti SpA’s management and its top Chinese investor is once again in… Weiterlesen »Spy Games and Superyachts: Inside the Italy-China Power Struggle Rocking Luxury Shipyards

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and… Weiterlesen »Putin Takes Hybrid Warfare To The Sea

by Phil Stewart (Reuters) President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to send the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean overseas rather than… Weiterlesen »US Deports ‘Narco Sub’ Survivors

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has reported a vessel attack approximately 116 nautical miles east of Aden, Yemen, in which an unknown projectile… Weiterlesen »Tanker Struck by Projectile Gulf of Aden as Houthi Threat to Shipping Resurfaces

China’s sanctions on U.S.-linked units of shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean threaten to impact ambitious plans for shipbuilding cooperation between Seoul and Washington by disrupting supplies of… Weiterlesen »China’s Sanctions on Hanwha Threaten South Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Ties

The world’s shipping regulator postponed a decision on adopting a landmark charge on vessel emissions, a shock move that highlights the Trump administration’s efforts to… Weiterlesen »Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign to Derail Global Shipping Emissions Tax

The nation’s busiest port complex saw cargo volumes decline in September as shifting trade policies and rising tariffs dampened consumer demand and altered shipping patterns… Weiterlesen »Tariff Pressures Push September Cargo Down at Los Angeles-Long Beach Port Complex

Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades reversed months of consecutive declines this week with a series of general rate increases (GRIs) and… Weiterlesen »Container Rates Rise for First Time in Months as Carriers Push November Increases

In a bold escalation of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, Beijing has implemented retaliatory ‘special port fees’ on American-linked vessels, mirroring Washington’s Section 301 measures… Weiterlesen »US-China Reciprocal Port Fees Signal New Era in Trade Tensions

Governments at the International Maritime Organization decided to postpone for one year the adoption of what would have been the world’s first global carbon pricing… Weiterlesen »Industry Voices Disappointment and Concern as IMO Postpones Global Shipping Carbon Tax Vote