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Guidebook helps shipping mitigate biodiversity impact
HELPING the global shipping sector reduce its impact upon biodiversity is the aim of a new guidebook released by the UK-based Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). The Guidebook...
Red meat and dairy exporters set to benefit from UAE FTA
AUSTRALIA has its first free trade deal with a Middle Eastern nation with the Australia–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (A-UAECEPA) having begun on 1 October 2025...
Hapag-Lloyd, DHL target Scope 3
WORLD Number 5 container line Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a three-year framework agreement for the purchase of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission reductions...
CMA CGM building on Samoa’s maritime aspirations
ANL, OCEANIA-focused container shipping group has expanded its presence in the Pacific Islands with the opening of CMA CGM operations in Samoa today (29 September). The opening of...
Red Sea future for Cook Strait ro-pax
STRAITNZ’s ro-pax Strait Feronia has concluded its BlueBridge Cook Strait service and is heading to a new life in the Middle East. The 1997-built, 21,856 GT vessel, originally...
Woodside lining up carriers for US LNG project
WOODSIDE has no plans to own its own LNG carriers to support its US$I7.5 billion investment in its Louisiana LNG project, opting instead to investigate leasing options. Oslo-based...
USTR will not deter Chinese carriers
AMIDST reports COSCO Shipping and OOCL face massive additional costs as a result of Trump Administration imposts on Chinese carriers and owners/operators of Chinese-built vessels,...
Cathay air freight takes a jump
CATHAY Pacific’s, air cargo division has reported a 13% jump in airfreight year on year. Cathay Cargo carried 13% more cargo in August 2025 than in August 2024, while Available...
Ocean protection message for World Maritime Day 2025
‘OUR ocean, our obligation, our opportunity’ is the theme of World Maritime Day 2025 (25 September), as the seas face mounting pressures from human activity. Landmarks such as the...
CMA CGM expanding landside again
THE CMA CGM Group has ventured further into landside logistics with the acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics, one of that nation’s leading rail freight operators....
SAL on deck for two more semi-subs
GERMANY’s SAL Heavy Lift is expanding its semi-submersible deck carrier fleet with the acquisition of two vessels from South Korea’s Pan Ocean. SAL, which is part of the Harren...
CY Shipping, BigLift in big order
SPLIETHOFF Group’s BigLift Shipping and tonnage-sharing partner CY Shipping are expanding their joint fleet of heavy transport vessels to eight, with the placement of orders for...
AI screening from WSC to prevent ship fires
THE WORLD Shipping Council is lifting the bar on detecting mis-declared and undeclared dangerous goods to prevent ship fires. It has announced an industry-first Cargo Safety...
Aurora explores biofuel to discover GHG reductions
SYDNEY-headquartered Aurora Expeditions has completed evaluation of its first use of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a marine fuel and estimated a 90% reduction in greenhouse gases....
CMA CGM decides against USTR surcharges
CMA CGM has decided that, for now, it will absorb fees to be applied by the Trump administration on operators of Chinese-built ships. Earlier this year the US Trade Representative...
