Ports and Shipping

NEW YORK: U.S. containerized imports from South America are rising by double digits while U.S. exports to the region stagnate,...

SAN FRANCISCO: Shell gave the go-ahead for what would be its largest Gulf of Mexico floating platform. It would be...

SAN FRANCISCO: Petrobras announced it is selling its stakes in two offshore oilfields to a Brazilian company, immediately attracting the...

SAN FRANCISCO: More than five years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP agreed to pay nearly $19bn in penalties to...

SAN FRANCISCO: The dock labour dispute that disrupted operations for months at the 29 West Coast ports in the US...

ATHENS: Greece shipping companies are mulling a move to Cyprus as uncertainty over the future of their offshore tax status...

DALIAN: China’s Ministry of Transport and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have together released a notice in which they...

ECONOMYNEXT:  Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) profit before tax fell 13.5 percent to 3.2 billion rupees during the first four...

KARACHI: Karachi Port handled record 43.42 million tons cargo and 1.72 million Container TEUs (twenty equivalent units) during the outgoing...

PEEL PORTS: In a presentation to British parliamentarians, Peel Ports has made the case for its new £350m (US$550m) Liverpool2...

U.S: The Obama administration’s top labor official this week said he opposed legislation that would enable states to intervene in...

US: A new report from US market research and consulting firm, Navigant Research estimates that global revenue from shipments of...

LAGOS PORTS: Eight ships laden with petrol, diesel, bulk rice and frozen fish have arrived Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong container seaport which is one of the busiest ports in the world, reported 1% year-on-year decrease...

CHINA: The Chinese economy has said goodbye to high-speed growth as well as stable foreign trade volumes, which is putting...

ATHENS: Navios Maritime Partners has chartered out capesize Navios Fantastiks (180,265 dwt, built 2005) for a period of 16-20 months....

SAVANNAH: The Georgia Ports Authority is releasing four testimonial videos in a campaign sharing the competitive advantages of Georgia's deep...

ATHENS: Seaspan has received its fourth 14,000-teu container ship to be delivered this year, which will commence a ten-year fixed-rate...

ATHENS: South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has won a KRW 1.12tr ($1.06bn) fabrication contract to build two new offshore platforms,...

NEW YORK: U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez said that bills before Congress seeking to avoid lengthy negotiations marked...