The newly launched edition of the Bridge Procedures Guide from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) reflects the rapid technological advances taking place in the shipping industry. It provides crews with the knowledge and confidence they need to deal with the digital transformation taking place within the world fleet.

Global multimodal logistics operator DB Schenker has joined IRU, the world road transport organisation, as its newest corporate member.

The European Commission confirmed its opposition to the proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering by Hyundai Heavy Industries announcing that it has “prohibited” the South Korean shipbuilders from merging under the EU Merger Regulation. The decision, which had been rumored for months, is based on the merger’s creation of a dominant position and reduced competition in the worldwide market for the construction of large liquified gas carriers.

In a blog post published Wednesday, the South African Maritime Safety Authority announced that there has been a change of plans for the disposal of the "problematic water-reactive cargo" aboard the bulker NS Qingdao. Instead of lightering, chemical neutralization and shoreside burial, it is being dumped into the sea.

Singapore remained the world’s busiest transshipment and bunkering port in 2021 despite the ongoing impact of the pandemic. Port officials are highlighting a new record for the total number of containers passing through the port as well as strength in most sectors of the operation as they look to increase digitalization to maintain their leadership especially in the bunker operations.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Tuesday that it is opening the environmental-assessment phase for planned offshore wind lease sales in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The call area covers a vast swath of the Western GoM, including virtually all federal waters between the maritime boundary with Mexico and the Mississippi Delta, out to a depth contour of about 800-1000 meters.

The omicron coronavirus variant and flu season has led to a significant increase of sick leave among staff at Finnair and its partners.

In just two month, she Transport Week series returns to Gdynia, Poland, as great speakers and an ever engaged audience gather to get the latest insight on topics defining the shape of the transport sector's landscape.

California Governor Gavin Newsom's state budget plan was released Monday, and its $286 billion top line figure includes an unexpectedly generous line item for shipping. If it is enacted, the State of California will spend $2.3 billion on seaport-related improvements, roughly on par with federal funding for the nationwide Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

With the European Commission less than two weeks away from its scheduled deadline to announce a decision on the proposed merger of South Korea's two largest shipbuilders, reports are again surfacing that the regulators will rule that the transaction is anticompetitive.

Ryanair has today (Wed 12 Jan) called on the European Commission to ignore Lufthansa's false claims about operating "ghost flights" just so they can "block" their slots and protect themselves from competition from low fare airlines.

Singapore, 12 January 2022: Wilhelmsen Ship Management has strengthened its position in the tanker market with a newly signed agreement to acquire a majority stake in Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Tankers.

ESPO congratulates Niedersachsen Ports (Germany) for being certified once again through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). With a total of 15 port locations, Niedersachsen Ports is the largest operator of public seaports in Germany. A committed member of the EcoPorts Network, various Niedersachsen ports have been part of the Network since 2015, first becoming PERS-certified in 2016.

Wang Yi, the foreign minister of China, warned Thursday that the United States will pay an "unbearable price" for supporting Taiwan.

Critics of Russia's Nord Stream 2 subsea gas pipeline have warned for years that the Kremlin could use its energy supply for political leverage over European customers. Though Russia has always insisted that Nord Stream 2's gas is strictly business and will never be used for negotiation, its critics say that Moscow is already using its gas supplies as a bargaining chip - to ensure approval of Nord Stream 2.