As part of our annual Lloyd's List Top 100 most influential people in shipping series, we recognise individuals for their outstanding contribution to the industry

Surprising number of awards this won by relatively new companies, albeit driven by well-experienced teams

We reveal the rundown of shipping companies and individuals who walked away with gongs from this year’s Lloyd’s List Europe Awards

Celebrating excellence in shipping has value, but to capture this potential, and not simply fall victim to the emerging changes being thrust upon us from external dynamics, the shipping industry needs to upgrade its foundations, argues Lloyd’s List Editor Richard Meade

US refineries which have downstream units that upgrade residual oils into more valuable and lower-sulphur products are well positioned to supply the global marine-fuel market with low-sulphur bunker fuel

US private equity firm Cross Ocean Partners is acquiring ship loans that are in default for about half their original value in the hope that the investment will be recouped either through ship sales or from lenders improving their debt servicing performance

Hyundai Mipo-built vessels may be among the first with dual-fuel LPG-burning engines

LNG tanker Maran Gas Lindos is loading the first shipment at Elba Island

The Latvian port is a key Baltic distribution point for middle distillates such as diesel and gasoil as well as other refined products shipped to northwest Europe and West Africa

'Today’s designations put the world on notice that those who engage in illicit transactions with these companies will risk exposure and sanctions themselves,' said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Programme will include geopolitics, sanctions implications, the impact on trade patterns of shifting political balance, energy realignment, technological advances and fleet and fuel developments

Washington has said that it recognises opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president. It is using sanctions to force Nicolás Maduro from office

US refineries which have downstream units that upgrade residual oils into more valuable and lower-sulphur products are well positioned to supply the global marine-fuel market with low-sulphur bunker fuel

The new European Commission president launches an official push to include the maritime sector in the Emissions Trading System

Chevron's decision concerning Kitimat LNG came as the firm said it was cutting the value of a number of properties, notably its US shale holdings in Appalachia, by a combined $10bn to $11bn

EDF-backed study estimated adopting green hydrogen and ammonia as ship fuels can generate, respectively, up to $80bn and $95bn in Chile’s clean energy infrastructure investments