Huge Ports Deal Sparks US-China Tensions

The $22.8 billion CK Hutchison ports deal intensifies geopolitical tensions between the US and China.Chinese media has already called it 'a betrayal of all Chinese people'.Shyam G Menon explains......

Trump Has Become A Reset Button

Trump's sweeping tariffs and penalties on China-built ships have turned global shipping into the front line of economic war, observes Shyam G Menon. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters For Donald......

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

The fire on a merchant vessel off the Karwar coast has been brought under control after more than 24 hours but one of the ship's 21 crew members was missing, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on......

Ship That Crashed Into Bridge Had Indian Crew

The Indian embassy in Washington condoled the 'unfortunate accident' after a cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, destroying the span in a......

The Red Sea crisis: Commerce department flags rising import cost

The Red Sea strait is vital for 30 per cent of global container traffic and 12 per cent of global trade. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters Growing attacks on commercial shipping vessels......

JNPT terminal, Petya's first victim in India

AP Moller-Maersk, one of the affected entities globally, operates the Gateway Terminals India at JNPT. Operations at the terminal of the nation's largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust......

'This is the beginning of a big India story'

Danish shipping giant Maersk Line is the largest container shipping company in the world with more than 500 container vessels and more than 1,400,000 containers. Maersk Line is the part of the A P......

ONGC confirms bid for Caspian Sea blocks

Oil and Natural Gas Corporationsaid on Fridayit was invited by the Maersk Oil to participate in the bidding for buying a 30 per cent stake in two Caspian Sea blocks. "ONGC Videsh Ltd was invited by......

Review: Captain Phillips is gripping

Captain Phillips is good entertainment that, thankfully, has its brain intact, writes Paloma Sharma. When Richard Phillips leaves home and family behind in Vermont to captain a container ship,......