The government is facing calls to cease trading with DP World because of its partnership with Putinโs northern sea route Ministers are facing calls to review the UKโs financial ties to the multinational logistics company DP World over its business deal…
Labour clamps down on poor working conditions at sea with laws on collective dismissal and minimum wage on cross-Channel ferriesLaws to ensure that the P&O Ferries mass sackings scandal can never recur will be laid before parliament this week as La…
Foreign shipping companies that dominate seaborne trade draw bipartisan criticism as U.S. ports grind to a halt.
Those countries supporting a global price on the shipping industryโs greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) have increased following the start of final negotiations in London last week with negotiators to push for greater consensus as talks continue this week….
Contingency plan using sea tankers to deal with future shortages would be paid for from customersโ billsSouthern Water, one of Britainโs biggest water companies, is drawing up contingency plans to tanker water from Norway to deal with future supply sho…
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
The chamberโs new conflict-of-interest rules donโt apply to its most powerful member.
Seven still missing as emergency teams scour south Atlantic after vessel experienced โuncontrolled floodingโFourteen fishermen stranded in lifeboats off the coast of the Falkland Islands have been saved in a dramatic rescue operation, but seven people …
Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday (19 June), after the sinking of a second ship.
Third parties could be required to do more to block tankers from operating in Baltic and the ChannelRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesBritain and Finland are discussing plans to require third parties to do more to block the Russian shadow oil tan…
Watchdog says says repeated delays have caused unnecessary costs and strategy lacks a โclear timetableโThe government expects to have spent at least ยฃ4.7bn on introducing post-Brexit border controls, which have been repeatedly hit by delays, the public…
Businesses say fees for Dover inspections are much higher than first thought and will push up shop pricesImporters of food from the EU into Britain have said newly introduced post-Brexit checks could increase their costs by up to 60%, pushing up prices…
Ports have spent millions of their own cash on high-spec inspection facilities โ but still don’t know how they’ll recoup their costs.
The world’s shipping industry has called on the United Nations to provide military protection for vessels operating in the Middle East after the latest seizure of a container ship by Iran, although much commercial traffic between Asia and Europe has al…
Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vesselsRussia appears prepared to create โenvironmental havocโ by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all mariti…
Itโs time to wake up to the value of modern British management consultancy.
New minimum wage law to be brought in two years after P&O Ferries replaced hundreds of workers with low-cost crewCross-Channel ferry operators will be required to pay their crew at least ยฃ9.95 an hour after France implemented a new minimum wage law…
Bloc hoping to close loopholes that allow Moscow to route military technology via third countriesThe EU is proposing to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time as part of its latest measures aimed at shutting down loopholes that allow R…
Gregoris Rentisโs documentary tells the stories of three private guards waiting for an attack that never comes, but the socio-political reasons for their existence is never fully exploredDivided into three chapters, Gregoris Rentisโs documentary follow…
Supply chain difficulties have led to job losses and cuts in purchasing and stocks, S&P Global poll showsBritainโs factories have been hit by disruption caused by Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea that led to shipping delays and contributed to ri…
Experts warn of economic impact of sustained shipping attacks and Middle East tensionsBusiness live โ latest updatesOil prices have hit $80 (ยฃ62.83) as fears grew about the economic impact of disruption to international trade through the Red Sea and es…
Delays in delivery of parts result in suspension of manufacturing at factory near Berlin for two weeksMiddle East crisis โ latest updatesThe electric car manufacturer Tesla is to halt most production at its factory near Berlin for two weeks because of …
Danish firm has axed 6,500 of those roles already as global economic slowdown takes tollOne of the worldโs largest shipping companies, Mรธller-Maersk, is slashing 10,000 jobs because of a drop in demand triggered by the global economic slowdown.The Dani…
British-flagged Verity and Bahamas-flagged Polesie collided early on Tuesday morning off the coast of Germany, authorities saidOne person has died and four are missing after a British cargo ship sank off the coast of Germany following a collision in th…
As health and environmental impact of cruise ships becomes clearer, Mediterranean ports consider bans and restrictionsPort cities around Europe are increasingly considering bans or restrictions on cruise ships as their health and environmental impacts …
As sanctions loomed, sales of ageing crude carriers suddenly soared, bought by operators unknown to the marketIt has been called Russiaโs โghostโ, โshadowโ, or โdarkโ fleet. Nearly 500 ships, many of them old tankers with murky ownership and obscure in…
Civilian vessel left port of Odesa and travelled down temporary corridor set up after Moscow pulled out of UN-backed Black Sea grain dealA civilian cargo vessel has left Ukraineโs southern port of Odesa, Kyiv has said, despite warnings from Russia that…
With Russia blockading Ukraineโs eastern ports, an alternative route to the west is possible but faces serious problemsAfter failing to conquer Ukraine by conventional means, Russia tried an energy war, trying to hobble the power grid and freeze the na…
Kyiv warns it’s ‘completely unjustifiable’ for Western vessels to continue shipping Russian oil.
Electric ships, hydrogen, โair lubricationโ and even good old wind power are reducing emissions, but campaigners say true change will โtake gutsโThe passenger ferry MV Sea Change is due this month to make its maiden voyage across San Francisco Bay. But…
