Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Ausca Shipping Limited, Hong Kong, for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Myrsini.

Low sulphur fuel regulations, set to come into force on Jan 1st 2020, have the potential to present “the perfect storm” for litigators dealing with disputes between owners, charterers and bunker suppliers in cases of non-compliance, warns a senior lawyer at international maritime law specialist Hill Dickinson.

Maritime industry leaders met to debate decarbonization, digital technologies and the future of safety at the annual meeting of the ABS South East Asia Regional Committee.

Siem Car Carriers has officially launched its latest vessels at a naming ceremony at Xiamen Shipyard in China on November 15th, 2019.

ESL Shipping participates for the first time to Intelligence Hunt competition arranged by SeaFocus. Intelligence Hunt brings both the maritime supply chain related business and students, the industry’s potential future workforce, together.

On 18 November 2019, HMM announced its participation in “Getting to Zero Coalition,” a powerful alliance of nearly 100 organisations within various industrial sectors to achieve significant reduction of greenhouse  gas (GHG) emission in the maritime industry.