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 Svitzer, global towage operator and part of Maersk, has secured a five-year extension of its marine service contract with NuStar, one of the largest liquid terminals and pipeline operators in North America. The company...

Although the Port of Singapore suspended crew changes as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19, the port has now softened the ban. With a recent heightened risk of imported cases, Singapore introduced a...

Just as the number of blank sailings out of China by container carriers started to subside, the industry is bracing for another surge on the Asia-Europe trade as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to Europe. The number of...

Finnish Konecranes has unveiled intentions to temporarily lay off some 2,000 employees as a result of coronavirus impact on the company’s operations. The company said it has invited Finnish works council representatives...

Turkish container terminal and port operator Yilport Holding is working with Konecranes Ports Services to recommission 23 port cranes at Italy’s Taranto Port. The port operator plans to have the port back in full...

A Liberia-flagged containership ran aground in the Mississippi River on March 27, the US Coast Guard (USCG) said.  The 8,533 TEU Belita grounded near 12-mile point, at mile marker 81 of the Mississippi River. Following...

Liberia-flagged containership MV Lana escaped pirate hands on Friday, March 27, while sailing south of Bonny Island, Nigeria. A skiff with six people on board attacked the ship and fired shots at the vessel, Dryad Global...

Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), the largest and the second-largest shipbuilders in Japan, have reached an agreement to form a joint venture in an effort to better compete on the global...

The relaxing cruise ship vacation has turned into a nightmare ordeal for passengers on board cruise ships that ventured out to sea in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Ships are struggling to find a port to dock and...

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has urged major businesses in Australia’s maritime supply chain to implement “a consistent, industry-wide framework” aimed at preventing coronavirus transmission on worksites. With...