New Zealand is facing the loss of its last domestic-flagged container shipping service, with Swire Shipping consulting on a proposal to cease Pacifica Shipping’s coastal container operation. The move ...

New Zealand’s offshore wind sector has cleared an important hurdle after parliament passed the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill, giving developers a clearer route into a market that has been waiting for ...

Hyundai Motor and Kia’s mobile robot platform MobED has successfully completed the world’s first onboard autonomous driving demonstration aboard a working vessel, a step its backers expect to ...

The risk of the Red Sea shipping crisis erupting again has risen, with Iran reportedly asking Yemen’s Houthi movement to prepare to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if the United States attacks Iranian ...

Offshore workers at Neo Next+ Energy’s Elgin Franklin and North Alwyn platforms have secured a bumper pay deal after the threat of strike action. Around 50 offshore workers employed by Neo Next have ...

A new study has revealed that clear rules, robust infrastructure, and grid readiness matter as much as technology for growing the offshore wind sector in the Mediterranean. Politecnico di Torino’s ...

London-listed bulker owner Taylor Maritime will cease trading once the company completes the sale of its remaining assets and returns the proceeds to shareholders. The Ed Buttery-led outfit said its ...

Chinese owner Zhejiang Shipping Group has signed up for two ultramax bulk carriers at New Dayang Shipbuilding. The contract is worth RMB519.6m ($77m), or about $38.5m per 64,000 dwt vessel, according ...

Sweden has approved two offshore wind farms while rejecting 11 others, ending what the country’s ministers called a prolonged period of uncertainty. Sweden has given the green light to Fyrskeppet in ...

Hamburg-listed investment and operating group MPC Capital is set to change its name to MPC Oceanic Group, subject to shareholder approval next month. Shareholders will vote on the proposal at the ...

The US military has fired missiles into a commercial tanker attempting to reach Iran. US Central Command said a military aircraft struck the smokestack of the unladen, Curaçao-flagged Belma after the ...

US financial giant JP Morgan has been named as the owner behind Hanwha Ocean’s latest order for two VLCC newbuildings. The South Korean yard disclosed a KRW394.3bn ($265m) contract with an unnamed ...