Pakistan ceases all trade with India
Pakistan has suspended all trade with India and closed its airspace and land border. The measures follow the imposition of sanctions imposed by India after an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people on Tuesday. The last six months saw 520 port calls of vessels between Pakistan and India, according to data from maritime […]
FreightdayFact #17/2025 – Misdeclarations in Shipping
Because every Friday deserves a #FreightFact.. This site’s motto has always been SEEK * LEARN * KNOW * GROW, wherein we learn from and empower each other about our industry. To enable this knowledge and understanding and to kick off the New Year 2025, I started sharing a “FreightdayFact” every Freightday, I mean Friday, on LinkedIn (so […]
VILOG 2025: Thúc đẩy chuyển đổi số và phát triển xanh ngành logistics
VILOG 2025 –Sự kiện logistics hàng đầu sẽ trở lại từ 31/7 đến 2/8 tại TP.HCM, quy tụ công nghệ số, giải pháp xanh, các thương hiệu toàn cầu, cùng chuỗi kết nối 1:1 và diễn đàn VILOG TALK thúc đẩy hợp tác và đổi mới ngành. Triển lãm Quốc tế Logistics Việt Nam lần […]
All ships passing through European waters must now provide proof of insurance
The European Commission has adopted another key measure to crackdown on the so-called shadow fleet passing through its waters. The amendment to the Vessel Monitoring Directive now requires all vessels, including those merely passing through European Union waters without entering an EU port, to provide insurance information. “By requiring that all vessels operating in our […]
World’s largest car carrier sets sail from China
The world’s largest car carrier has left a yard in China on its maiden voyage to Brazil. The 9,200 ceu BYD Shenzhen pips Höegh Autoliners’ Aurora class series by 100 cars in terms of capacity, and becomes the fourth vessel in Chinese auto manufacturer BYD’s growing fleet with another two ships set to start trading […]
Norden claims world-first voyage using drop-in biofuel from a carbon-negative process
Danish shipping giant Norden is celebrating what it claims is a world-first, completing a voyage from Singapore to Brazil using biofuel from what it claims came from a carbon-negative process. A Norden vessel used 65 tonnes of fuel blend with 20% MASH Makes biofuel in its auxiliary engine. MASH Makes biofuel is produced by heating […]
New US policy to boost Gulf of Mexico oil production
The US Department of the Interior has introduced a new policy which will see increased pressure differential during downhole commingling boost offshore oil output in the Gulf of Mexico. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement implemented new parameters for downhole commingling in the Paleogene (Wilcox) reservoirs, expanding the allowable pressure differential from 200 psi […]
Azerbaijan partners with China on Caspian offshore wind project
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy has signed two agreements with Chinese firms for the construction of an offshore wind energy project in the country. The first agreement, signed with China Energy Overseas Investment, entails the evaluation, development, and implementation of an offshore wind energy project in Azerbaijan. A second agreement, signed by the Ministry, SOCAR Green, […]
Nantong Xiangyu bags order for China’s largest electric cable layer
Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has signed a construction deal for a pure electric-powered cable laying vessel with Zhongtian Technology’s Shanghai Yuanwei Construction Engineering. The vessel is 139.8 m long and 38 m wide and was developed by the Marine Design and Research Institute of China. The vessel is touted as the largest self-propelled, […]
Petronas Carigali hands out offshore structural maintenance deal
Malaysian oil company Petronas Carigali has awarded a contract for the provision of splash zone structural repair and maintenance services to a subsidiary of compatriot service provider Steel Hawk. Steel Hawk subsidiary, Steel Hawk Engineering, won a three-year deal from Petronas Carigali for work across Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak assets. Work under the contract is […]