Tag: shipping

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 18:52 UTC

  Liberia becomes the world's largest ship registry; in bulk carriers, China is the flag

  

  For the first time in 30 years Panama is no longer the world’s largest ship registry. Rival Liberia has overhauled the Central American nation in terms of gross tonnage in new data issued by Clarksons Research.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 07:42 UTC

  Global production of shipping containers piles up at major ports because of lack of demand for goods

  

  Global production of shipping containers has fallen significantly as demand for goods sank following the easing of pandemic restrictions, leaving the corrugated steel boxes piled up at major ports.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  UNCTAD forecasts economic slowdown in 2023 with dramatic drop of shipping activity

  

  The pace of global shipping activity is set to lose steam next year as economic turmoil, conflict in Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic weaken the outlook for trade, U.N. agency UNCTAD said this week.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Trump administration issues Global Maritime Advisory guidelines for ship owners and insurers

  

  The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of sanctions penalties, standards that maritime players and a senior State Department official said were modified following months of discussions with industry.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  US “toughest” sanctions on Iran effective next Monday; “psychological warfare” claims Teheran

  

  The Trump administration is to reinstate all US sanctions on Iran removed under the 2015 nuclear deal. The White House said it was “the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on Iran” and targeted Iran's energy, shipping and banking sectors.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Former Royal Navy Falklands’ Patrols Sold to Bangladesh

  

  Two former Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen and which for years were on Falkland Islands service have been sold to Bangladesh's navy.