カテゴリー: Shipping industry
As record number of seafarers and cargo ships are abandoned in war zones, crew members stranded in a Black Sea port have shared their dramatic testimony with the GuardianOn the night of 16 July last year, Gaurav Joshi, one of the crew working on a carg…
For over a decade, China has been building an alternative to the US-led order, notes Andrew J SinclairI enjoyed reading George Magnus’s article (Why Peak China may finally have arrived, 11 August). However, focusing on peak economic growth misses the b…
New rules part of effort to revive US shipbuilding, but penalties scaled back after warnings about impact on consumersThe Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to charge steep fees on Chinese-built ships for stopping at US ports in an effort…
Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investorsBusiness live – latest updatesChina has criticised the sale of the business that controls ports in Panama to US investors, saying the Hong …
Diplomatic frenzy and rattled nerves in republic as mayor and former president reject US president’s commentsFrom a modern control room high above the canal expansion – overlooking the Cocolí locks, then lakes, rainforest canopy and, eventually, the At…
Hundreds of people were killed during Operation Just Cause. Trump has stoked fears the US could invade againFor Isabel Corro, Donald Trump’s suggestions that the US could use military force to take control of the Panama Canal evokes painful memories.Th…
Administrator rejects Donald Trump’s claims that China controls canal or suggestion US could take it backWho owns the Panama Canal and what does Trump want with it?The Panama Canal will remain in Panamanian hands, and open to commerce from all countrie…
Coastguard says chemical tanker was carrying 980 tonnes of acrylic acid but no leaks reportedEight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized in rough seas off Japan, the coastguard said.“They were confirmed dead at a hospital,” a spokesp…
Bloc hoping to close loopholes that allow Moscow to route military technology via third countriesThe EU is proposing to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time as part of its latest measures aimed at shutting down loopholes that allow R…
Exclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
Tanker blocked canal for hours, close to where Ever Given container ship became stuck, disrupting supply chains for a weekA tanker getting stuck used to be more the domain of niche business news, but that was before the Ever Given, so all eyes were soo…
Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning shipContainer ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, warned environmental organisations that f…
Unique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaignersScientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s la…
The country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak environmental and economic havocWhen Adnan Sheikh took his family on holiday to Sri Lanka last October, he booked them into a hotel for two weeks in…
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardousWhen the X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean in May, Sri Lanka was t…