3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (153+ words) Thailand's SCG Chemicals has diversified its naphtha sourcing to cope with delivery disruption from the Strait of Hormuz, its CEO said on Thursday. SCG is buying mostly from India, Australia and Nigeria, CEO Sakchai Patiparnpreechavud said on the sidelines of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (169+ words) Oman-based Asyad Shipping Company has signed shipbuilding contracts with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries for two medium-range product tankers. The contracts are valued at approximately OMR39.89 million ($103.6 million) and will be financed through a combination of available cash and debt....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (291+ words) Tung Chee-hwa, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong and past Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA), died on Tuesday, September 8, at the age of 89. "He served as our Chairman from 1976 to 1977, at a formative stage in his distinguished…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (177+ words) A container ship arrived in Britain on Wednesday after a landmark voyage from China via the Arctic, as part of plans for more vessels to use the route as a shorter and potentially safer alternative to the Suez Canal. The…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (544+ words) A new sailing cargo ship has been delivered to a French owner while a German operator's newest heavy lift vessel has been formally named. A Chinese builder has secured orders for new dual-fuel car carriers. Lastly, a German-Finnish partnership has…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (212+ words) Arctic LNG 2, a liquefied natural gas project led by Russia's Novatek, is seeking about $1 billion in damages from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean over cancelled tanker construction contracts, according to a disclosure by Hanwha. Arctic LNG 2, which is 60 per cent…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (405+ words) China's crude oil imports in August improved from July volumes but were down 23.4 per cent from a year earlier, according to customs data released on Tuesday. The world's biggest oil buyer imported 14.6 per cent less oil in the first eight…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) Taiwan's cabinet on Thursday proposed an additional TW$145.7 billion ($4.59 billion) in defence spending for this year for systems including drones and anti-ballistic missiles. Taiwan's government has made defence modernisation and increased spending a core policy given stepped up military pressure…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (362+ words) The compact tug Grossman (Гроссман) entered service in early August 2026 at the Russian port of Vladivostok, thus completing a design and construction contract between Russian Shipbuilding Company (RSK) and local fishing company Grossevichi. The Project RBT14S vessel was laid down in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (330+ words) Germany’s GEFO Shipping Group recently took delivery of a new stainless steel oil/chemical tanker built by Nantong Xiangyu Shipyard in China. Rossini is the first tanker in a new series of 3.850DWT deep-sea vessels to be operated by GEFO. She…...