Vessel calls from Oakland to Southeast Asia up by 50% 

The Port of Oakland has assumed a more prominent role in Southeast Asian trade, the port’s…

Carrier reliability drops in April amid alliances’ vessel reshuffling

Carriers’ overall on-time and transit time reliability decreased in April as the great migration of vessels…

Somali pirates hijack Indian commercial vessel 

Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in…

‘Hijacked Aris 13 vessel an easy target for Somali pirates’ 

The tanker Aris 13 hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia was an “easy target…

Oversupply keeps January vessel orders at record low

Global ordering activity has fallen to 26-year low in January 2017, shipbuilding data from Maritime &…

Baltic index rise on stronger capesize, smaller vessel demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities,…

DPR seizes vessel laden with contaminated fuel in Lagos 

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday said it seized a vessel, MT JAZI, loaded…

DPR seizes vessel laden with contaminated fuel in Lagos

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday said it seized a vessel, MT JAZI, loaded…

Vessel oversupply to continue in chemical shipping

Chemical shipping vessel supply on major routes has been in surplus with many newbuilding deliveries and…

UK detains one foreign flagged vessel in December

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has informed that one new vessel was detained in a UK…

Turkey’s Bosporus Strait closed due to broken down vessel

The Bosporus Strait is closed to tanker traffic due to a broken down vessel, shipping agents…

EFCC arrests illegal oil vessel at point of discharge

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested an oil vessel off-loading…