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Canada Sells Vandalized Coast Guard Ship for Scrap

Canada Sells Vandalized Coast Guard Ship for Scrap

The Canadian Coast Guard has finally contracted with a metal recycler to dispose of its patrol ship CCGS Corporal McLaren six years after vandals damaged the ship. The Financial Post newspaper located the awarding of the contract on the government’s website...

Vietnam Completes Construction of Its Largest Bulk Carrier

Vietnam Completes Construction of Its Largest Bulk Carrier

Vietnamese officials were on hand for the handover of the largest dry bulk carrier ever built in a domestic shipyard. The 65,000 dwt Truong Minh Dream was hailed as a key advancement and in keeping with the government’s plans to expand shipbuilding and...

Matson’s Third LNG Conversion Boxship Entered Service

Matson’s Third LNG Conversion Boxship Entered Service

The containership Kaimana Hila (50,981 dwt) has returned to service after completing the third LNG conversion for Matson. When she was completed in 2019, Matson highlighted that commercial supplies of LNG were not available along its network but the vessel...

Indian-Owned Tanker Saves 73 Migrants South of Gavros

Indian-Owned Tanker Saves 73 Migrants South of Gavros

The U.S. Navy's undergunned Littoral Combat Ship classes are both about to get a major armament upgrade, according to USNI. At the USNI Defense Forum on Wednesday, outgoing Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told the audience that many LCS hulls will eventually carry the...

Global Trade is On Track for a New Record in 2024

Global Trade is On Track for a New Record in 2024

With inflation easing and service trade booming, the total volume of world trade is likely to hit a new record of $33 trillion in 2024, according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  The forecast represents an increase of $1 trillion over UNCTAD's last update,...

U-Ming to Add Anemoi’s Rotor Sails to Giant Ore Carrier

U-Ming to Add Anemoi’s Rotor Sails to Giant Ore Carrier

Taiwan’s U-Ming Marine is becoming the latest in a growing list of shipowners to adopt wind-assisted propulsion. Bulkers are a popular category for the technology which is now planned for a broad range of vessel sizes. U-Ming plans to add rotors made by the UK’s...

China Commissions Its First Deep-Ocean Drillship

China Commissions Its First Deep-Ocean Drillship

In its quest to access deep-ocean resources, China commissioned its first drilling vessel at a shipyard in Guangzhou. The ultra-large drillship, the Meng Xiang (Dream), is a significant leap in China’s ambition for deep-sea exploration, including mineral...

Cybersecurity: Ghosts in the Machine

Cybersecurity: Ghosts in the Machine

In the dead of night, a fully laden LNG tanker quietly navigates the narrow channel of a strategic U.S. port. Suddenly, the ship's GPS blinks and alarms, showing the vessel miles off course. The crew has no idea their instruments have fallen prey to a sophisticated...

Tanker Collision Spills Paraffin Off Algeciras

Tanker Collision Spills Paraffin Off Algeciras

After a collision between a bulker and a chemical tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday, white balls of solid paraffin wax have been floating ashore near the port of Algeciras, Spain. The substance appears to be connected to the cargo released by the...

Two “Shunned” Cargo Ships Find Resolution to Disputes

Two “Shunned” Cargo Ships Find Resolution to Disputes

Two cargo ships have been making international headlines as they were shunned by ports and were being treated as “pariahs” endangering public welfare. Both ships, the Malta-registered general cargo ship Ruby and the Portugal-registered Kathrin, have...

Shipping and the Energy Transition

Shipping and the Energy Transition

Although the extreme demands of energy transition activists are receiving pushback from the public, the pressure for change remains. International forecasters point to the recent rapid growth of renewable energy as confirming that the transition is not merely underway...

UK Pursues Clean Shipping with EU Through Green Corridors

UK Pursues Clean Shipping with EU Through Green Corridors

The United Kingdom is living up to its promise to establish green shipping corridors to decarbonize the maritime sector. In December last year, the country made a pledge in the Clydebank Declaration at COP26 to establish six green shipping corridors by the middle of...

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Denmark and Malaysia strengthen green transition alliance

Denmark and Malaysia strengthen green transition alliance

The Danish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DanCham) took part in a high-level networking reception on Tuesday 22 April 2025, highlighting recent progress in green collaboration between Denmark and Malaysia. The reception, hosted by Danish Ambassador H.E. Kirstine...

Thailand Drafts Law To Speed Up $29 Billion Transport Link

Thailand Drafts Law To Speed Up $29 Billion Transport Link

Mar 22, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Thailand unveiled draft legislation to create a special economic zone in the south of the country that would pave the way for a multibillion-dollar transport project linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The bill would establish a commission...

Malaysia’s Aerodyne Group eyes drone production in Uzbekistan

Malaysia’s Aerodyne Group eyes drone production in Uzbekistan

Aerodyne’s CEO, Kamarul Muhamed, recently met with Uzbekistan's ambassador to Malaysia, Karomiddin Gadoev, to discuss potential cooperation. The talks focused on integrating drone technology into Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector. Initially, Aerodyne plans to introduce...

Malaysia emerging as key hub in Asean’s digital future

Malaysia emerging as key hub in Asean’s digital future

Driven by rapid digital adoption and increasing foreign investments, Asean is one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. The World Economic Forum projects that the region’s digital economy will grow from US$300 billion to an estimated US$1 trillion over...