Anastasios Papagiannopoulos had ballast water management and the 2020 sulphur cap in mind as he complains that the debate on making shipping greener has been hijacked by opportunists, environmentalists and media

A Lloyd’s List Round table discussion exploring the total cost of vessel operations concluded that less emphasis should be placed on quantifiable expense and more on harder-to-quantify value

Trading houses expect to cash in from the chaos and disruption as the sulphur cap takes effect in January 2020

As the Sino-American trade war escalated, Chinese farmers have said they are reducing the soyabean content in the feed for their nation’s pig herd — the world’s largest

Next year’s contracting season will be a testing time for carriers with no compromise on surcharges, says APL’s Nicolas Sartini

New Delhi and Tehran have reportedly discussed using Indian rupees rather than US dollars for purchases

Reach Shipping Lines’ inaugural sailing was made by Tenreach, formerly Rayen, embarking the Chinese port of Qingdao last week

The Marine Technical Managers Association marks its 20th anniversary this year

Wilhelmsen Ship Management and Interorient open up on their approach to the sulphur cap and the future of data

Columbia’s O’Neil favours economies of scale, while Anglo Eastern’s Cremers underplays its importance, and Fleet Management’s Rajvanshy warns of disruption from potential corporate culture clash

An increasing problem faced by many shipmanagers is a shortage in technical superintendents and fleet managers, people who need to be technically qualified and experienced in technical operations

Its recent partnership with Mitsui to build large LNG carriers is an opportunity for Yangzijiang to once again demonstrate that it can do a better job than its state-owned peers

Despite higher rates, low utilisation will keep time-charter rates subdued for the remainder of 2018

An uptick in exports from China to the US ahead of the imposition of further tariffs looks likely to be short-lived

BIMCO, along with paint and coating manufacturers, ship operators and companies engaged in hull cleaning hope that by the autumn of 2019 a standard for the underwater cleaning of ships’ hulls that is safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable will be in place