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Shipping Firm Maersk Picks Vincent Clerc As New CEO

Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Monday it had appointed Vincent Clerc, who has been with the firm for 25 years, to replace Soren Skou as chief ex...

Maersk Sees Container Demand Slowing As Recession Looms

Shipping group Maersk has warned of slowing demand for transport and logistics as a global recession looms and cut its forecast for container demand this y...

Rotterdam Port's Throughput Up 0.3% In 2022

Throughput volumes for Europe's largest port of Rotterdam have risen 0.3% to 351 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2022, officials said on Friday,...

Cargill Aims To Boost Ships' Use Of Biofuel, Methanol To Cut Emissions

Cargill Inc seeks to boost its use of biofuels in a bunkering trial and plans to order methanol-fuelled ships as part of its plans to cut emissions, a seni...

West Not Honouring Commitment To Facilitate Russian Food Exports: Lavrov

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the West was not honouring its promise to help Russian food and fertiliser exports r...

Hapag-Lloyd Spending Big Money On Fleet, Eyes Port Investment

German container shipper Hapag-Lloyd is spending billions on expanding and renewing its fleet and looking at investing in more port infrastructure to exten...

Ascot, Marsh Insure Grain Ship From Ukraine's Black Sea Ports

Broker Marsh and Lloyd's of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a vessel carrying grain and food products from Ukraine's B...