As the largest importer of raw material in the world, manufacturing activity in China is one of the most influential factors of shipping demand.

STX Pan Ocean has suffered another ship arrest following claims by World Fuel Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd (WFS) that the debt-ridden shipping firm has failed to pay bunker bills

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reports that the containership MOL Comfort could not continue sailing under its own power because the hull

OSX Brasil SA (OSXB3), billionaire Eike Batista’s shipbuilder, is getting ready to send a second production vessel to Brazil, where it is expected

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that five foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May

Hong Kong port's container throughput continued to slide in May, falling 10.5% to 1.84m teu from 2.06m teu in the same period the year before.

A record number of 5834 vessels docked at various ports of Qatar in 2012 with a gross tonnage amounting to 294.9m, up 8.1 percent,

US service centers shipped 132,400 mt of aluminum products in May, down 2.7% from May 2012, the Metals Service Center

Iron ore's reign over steelmaking's metallics realm will near an end, according to Karlis Kirsis, managing partner of consultancy World

The Brazilian government will probably charge a royalty of 4% on iron ore production under the new mining regulation bill being

Reflecting concerns about the slow pace of reserves replacement, the Colombian government is forecasting oil production will slowly

Oil production has experienced a setback since the second quarter of 2012. As a result, in the first five months of 2013, oil output

Iraq must market its oil aggressively, Adnan Janabi, chairman of the oil and gas committee in Iraq's parliament, said, highlighting the challenge increasing supply and lackluster

Just hours before President Barack Obama was set to touch down on the tarmac in Berlin Tuesday, German industry called on him and Chancellor Angela Merkel to use their

Greece is considering speeding up the sale of the country's principal port as well as other assets as it scrambles to plug a giant hole in its

Although fixtures are still scarce, freight rates in the Atlantic picked up on increased activity in both the Capesize and Supramax

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is currently running a campaign to promote safe onboard

Capacity is an important factor that directly impacts companies’ top line (revenue) in a highly commoditized industry, like shipping.