Hizone Shipping launches Taicang–Jeddah container link
MARAD's Training Ship Success Offers a Blueprint for U.S. Shipbuilding
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently embraced VCM when procuring a new generation of training ships for five of the six state mariti…
Shipping community issues clear call for IMO regulation to turn first-mover action into a global transition
Global leaders from across the maritime value chain met in Shanghai this week for the Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit 2026, where much o…
What is changing behind dry bulk and tanker freight markets?
Alongside our weekly Dry and Tanker Market Monitors, this Market Insight presents our Commodity Freight Watch, examining developments that c…
Baltic Dry Index Snaps 4-Day Winning Run
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped its four-day winning strea…
Freight Refuses to Stay Down
Last week's dry freight retreat appeared to offer recycling buyers the opening they had been waiting for. It did not last. The Baltic Dry In…
Seafarers face widening competency gap as digital shipping accelerates, recent research finds
Eighty two per cent of maritime professionals surveyed say current training does not adequately prepare crews for the realities of modern, d…
Rotterdam's conventional bunker sales rebound 10% from previous quarter
Changes between the second quarter and the third quarter of 2026: • HSFO sales up by 50,000 mt to 755,000 mt • VLSFO sales up by 73,000 mt t…
Affinity Tanker Weekly, 23 October 2026
VLCCs this week have experienced sharp downward correction off the back of sustained limited activity, although a busier finish ex-Fujairah …