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Knud E. Hansen Announces New Managing Director [By: Knud E. Hansen] On 1st March 2025, Denmark-based maritime consultancy Knud E. Hansen announced changes to its senior management structure. The move sees Javier Suárez succeeding Finn Wollesen Petersen as the company’s Managing Director. The move to the new management structure is part of a planned process that…

CMA CGM Orders Electric Inland Container Barge for Nike Goods in Vietnam CMA CGM Group is moving forward with the project it announced in December 2024 to develop and operate fully electric container barges on inland routes in Vietnam. The group placed an order for the first barge to be built by China’s Shandong Xinneng Shipbuilding.…

Op-Ed: China is on Track for a Major Recession   [By Chris Lee] The risk of China spiralling into an unprecedentedly prolonged recession is increasing. Its economy is experiencing deflation, with the price level falling for a second consecutive year in 2024, according to recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. It’s on track…

Australia Advances Offshore Wind Energy Granting Two Feasibility Licenses   Australia continues its efforts to launch its first offshore wind energy projects. A year after declaring offshore zones and selecting the first potential projects, the government granted two more feasibility licenses to proceed with the planning for wind farms in the Southern Ocean and the…

China Grows in South America by Buying Brazil’s Only Private VLCC Terminal China continues to grow its influence over South America with China Merchants reporting an agreement to buy Brazil’s only privately operated VLCC terminal. The company reports the deal is part of its continued growth in the Latin America region and further consolidates its…

Liner ss United States Completes “Last Voyage” Arriving in Mobile The famed liner ss United States made an earlier than anticipated arrival in Mobile, Alabama after completing the 12-day tow from Philadelphia. The ship was maneuvered to a berth at the Modern American Recycling Services (MARS) facility in Mobile for the next phase of the…

Slowly-Collapsing Bridge Disrupts River Navigation in Dresden   A damaged and failing bridge briefly shut down inland shipping on the Elbe at Dresden last weekend, the second time in five months that barge traffic has been halted by the risk of falling concrete and steel.  On September 11, 2024, at about 0300 hours in the…

Norway Will Supply US Ships Despite Call for Boycott says Defense Minister   Norway’s Defense Minister issued a statement on March 2 responding to the growing media coverage of a call for a boycott of delivering fuel and supplies to U.S. warships as a show of solidarity with Ukraine. The minister assured that government policy…

Thailand’s Legal Reforms Could Bring Back “Bad Old Days” for Fishing   [By Tyler Roney] Jirasak “Boot” Meerit left school before he was a teenager to become a fisher alongside his father. When he started a family, Meerit bought his own boat and set out to catch blue crab and spotted mackerel in Prachuap Khiri…

China and Russia Expand Cooperation on Antarctic Drilling   As international interest in the Polar regions mount, China and Russian cooperation in the Antarctica has achieved a new milestone. The two countries have begun joint Antarctic drilling, crucial in collecting data to understand the changing Earth’s climate system. This week, a Sino-Russian scientific team carried…

Somalia and Ethiopia Makes Progress on Talks for Port Access   Ethiopia and Somalia are on a path for renewed cooperation after the two sides agreed to end the Somaliland port dispute. Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed toured Mogadishu and held talks with Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Top on the agenda of the…

Charting Key Regulatory Change Across Maritime Law in 2025 and Beyond   A tidal wave of new regulations is set to hit the global maritime sector this year, representing fresh, highly-complex compliance challenges. From environmental performance to evolving security and safety standards, the shipping industry faces a raft of new rules intended to ensure safe…

Russian Missile Attack Damages MSC Boxship at Port of Odesa   On Saturday, a Russian ballistic missile strike damaged a foreign-flag boxship at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, according to the regional government.  The feeder MSC Levante F was in port and was damaged by the blast, according to Governor Oleh Kiper. Two port employees…

Meta’s Waterworth Subsea Cable is About Geopolitics and Geoeconomics   [By Ravi Nayyar] Announced on 14 February, Meta’s Project Waterworth is not just proposed to be the world’s longest submarine cable but reflects ever-shifting geopolitical and geoeconomic landscapes. It presents a great opportunity for Australia to collaborate more with its regional partners, especially India and the…