Shipping & Port

ABS grants approval in principle to Jensen’s ATB concept

Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has provided 'approval in principle' to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering articulated tug-barge (ATB) designed...

IMO, GEF and UNDP agree on funding for maritime energy efficiency project

International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement to deliver $2m to a...

U.S. shipping industry rate revenue expected to rise in 2015

Activity in the national shipping industry was likely up almost 3% in January, according to the Cass Freight Index. A national trucking index was up...

On Track or at Sea? Beijing Reopens Old Land Routes

YIWU, China—The wholesale markets for cheap knickknacks in this trading hub a few hours from Shanghai have prospered by sending their goods across the...

Shipping hub sees progress but gap still exists

SHANGHAI made progress in building an international shipping center last year and the opening-up reforms in the city’s free trade zone have lured another...

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