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Series No. 3: Taiwan Contingency – How Would Japanese Shipowners Respond? 連載③ 台湾有事、その時、日本船主はどう動くか
If Chinese-built ships are not delivered, who bears the loss? Will RGs (Refund Guarantees) work? Risks could spread from shipowners to financial institutions 中国建造船が届かない、その時誰が損失を負うのか RG（前受金返還保証）は機能するの... -
Scorpio Tankers expands VLCC fleet スコルピオ・タンカーズ、VLCC船隊拡大へ
Sells three product tankers as it shifts focus towards crude shipping プロダクト船3隻売却、原油輸送に軸足 Monaco-based New York-listed shipowner Scorpio Tankers is accelerating the reshaping of its fleet. The company is selling three 1... -
Series No. 2: Taiwan Contingency – How Would Japanese Shipping Respond? 連載② 台湾有事、その時、日本海運はどう動くのか
The day the Taiwan Strait becomes an "Asian chokepoint" More than 20% of global seaborne trade at stake as Japan- and South Korea-bound ships face major diversions 台湾海峡が「アジアのチョークポイント」になる日 世界海上貿易の2割超、日本... -
Special Interview: Maritime Cyber Risk, Insurance × Training 特別インタビュー：海運サイバーリスク、「保険×教育」で備える
Sompo Japan makes ClassNK seafarer training a requirement for additional cover 損保ジャパン、ClassNKの船員教育を付帯補償の加入要件に As cyber risks rise in international shipping, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. has developed additional cov... -
Series No. 1: Taiwan Contingency – How Would Japanese Shipping Respond? 連載① 台湾有事、その時、日本海運はどう動くのか
Will Chinese shipyards deliver newbuildings to Japanese shipowners? China holds 70% of global newbuilding orders, raising delivery risks in a contingency 中国造船所は日本船主に新造船を引き渡すのか 世界の新造船受注「7割」を握る中国、有事... -
Japan expands marine reinsurance backing ahead of Oct 5 Diet 日本政府、船舶再保険の肩代わり拡充へ 5日臨時国会
LNG and petroleum products also to be covered, creating new safety net for Japanese shipping companies LNG・石油製品も対象、日本の海運会社に新たな安全網 The Japanese government plans to review the framework under the Special Measures A... -
Tokai Kisen ordered to suspend vessels in first use of new measure 東海汽船に船舶使用停止命令、制度導入後初
New phase for passenger vessel safety management, with implications for ferry and remote-island services 旅客船の安全管理に新たな局面、フェリー・離島航路にも点検課題 The Kanto District Transport Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infras... -
NYK opens new Silicon Valley base in US 日本郵船、米国シリコンバレーに新拠点を開設
Strengthens capabilities to identify promising technologies and business models and create new businesses 将来性ある技術・ビジネスモデル探索、新規事業創出へ機能強化 NYK said on October 2 that NYK Group Americas Inc. (NGA), its regional h... -
Petrobras signs 22-year US LNG purchase deal with Cheniere ペトロブラス、シェニエールと22年間の米国産LNG購入契約
Brazil secures 0.8mn tonnes a year as US-South America LNG trade expands 年80万トン、ブラジルが長期調達へ 米国-南米のLNG輸送拡大 Brazilian state-controlled energy group Petrobras has agreed to buy about 0.8mn tonnes a year of LNG from... -
MOL unveils world’s first 210,000-dwt triple-fuel ore carriers 商船三井、世界初の3元燃料21万重量トン型鉱石船へ参画
25-year Vale contract targets Scope 3 emissions cuts from ocean transport Valeと25年契約、海上輸送からScope 3削減へ MOL said on October 2 that its group company MOL Ocean Bulk (MOLOB) had signed a 25-year long-term iron ore transport con... -
Reportage: Japanese Shipowners No. 43 第43回ルポルタージュ日本船主
"If RightShip is not in the CP, does it really have nothing to do with us?" 「CPに書いてないからRightShipは関係ない、は本当か」 In late September, the afternoon sun streamed into the reception room of a Japanese shipowner in the Chugok... -
Kumiai Navigation names LPG dual-fuel VLGC for AltaGas クミアイ・ナビゲーション、アルタガス向けLPG二元燃料VLGCを命名
AURORA BOREALIS also given second name in First Nations language 「AURORA BOREALIS」、ファーストネーションの言語による第二船名も Singapore shipowner Kumiai Navigation held a naming ceremony on October 1 at Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Sa... -
MSCowned GCC adds eight PCTCs, taking newbuilding programme to 20 vessels MSC系GCC、PCTC8隻追加 新造20隻体制
8,600-CEU ships ordered at three Chinese shipyards for delivery between 2028 and 2030 8,600CEU型を中国3造船所に発注、2028～30年に順次竣工 Global Car Carriers (GCC), an Oslo-based car carrier owner that is part of the Geneva-headquarter... -
SOLONG collision: liability capped despite master’s gross negligence SOLONG衝突、船長重過失でも船主賠償に上限
UK court upholds LLMC limitation of liability in major claims dispute 英裁判所、巨額請求巡りLLMCの責任制限を認める A ruling by the Admiralty Court of the High Court of Justice in the UK over the serious collision in March 2025 between ... -
NYK conducts major accident response drill 日本郵船、重大事故対応訓練を実施
Mock press conference recreates SHIN SUMA grounding and oil spill scenario 「SHIN SUMA」座礁・油流出を想定、実戦さながらの模擬記者会見 NYK conducted a major accident response drill on September 30, based on a scenario involving the gro... -
South Africa plans 400,000-bpd refinery rebuild 南アフリカ、日量40万バレル製油所再建を計画
Return to crude imports could boost tanker demand as Durban plans new SBM 原油輸入回帰ならタンカー需要拡大、ダーバン港では新SBM計画 Maritime Bridge Japan has examined South African government and parliamentary documents as well as ener... -
Skuld holds Autumn Legal Seminar, with about 170 registered スクルド、「秋のリーガルセミナー」開催、約170人が参加
HNS Convention, demurrage, charterparties and sanctions risks in focus HNS条約から滞船料、用船契約、制裁リスクまで海運実務を解説 Norwegian marine insurer Skuld held its Autumn Legal Seminar at Tokyo Midtown Conference in Roppongi, Toky... -
DryDel orders two 82K KAMSARMAX newbuildings at Tsuneishi ドライデル、常石造船に82型KAMSARMAX 2隻を発注
Greek owner steps up investment in Japanese-built tonnage across major dry bulk segments ギリシャ船主、日本建造船への投資拡大 主要ドライバルク船型を網羅 Greek dry bulk shipping company DryDel Shipping said on LinkedIn on September 29 th... -
MOL takes on operation of Arctic research vessel MIRAI II 商船三井、北極域研究船「みらいⅡ」の運航業務受託
December 2026 start of operations moves closer Japan's first research vessel with icebreaking capability set for First Arctic Ocean Observation Voyage in summer 2027 商船三井、北極域研究船「みらいⅡ」の運航業務受託 2026年12月の運航開始へ... -
LNG Canada doubles capacity to 28mn tonnes, expands Pacific route LNG Canada、能力倍増、アジア向け「太平洋ルート」拡大
Mitsubishi Corporation, Shell and three other partners take FID on Phase 2, with additional 14mn tonnes set to boost LNG carrier demand 三菱商事・シェルなど5社がPhase 2をFID、追加1,400万トンでLNG船需要も拡大へ LNG Canada, the major liq... -
NYK to join Norway’s Trudvang CCS project 日本郵船、ノルウェーのTrudvang CCSプロジェクトに参画へ
Shipping group aims to expand across CCS value chain, including offshore CO2 injection and storage CO₂の洋上圧入・貯留含むCCSバリューチェーンへの事業拡大目指す NYK said on September 29 that it had signed an agreement with Vår Energi CC... -
Panama government takes full control of its ‘second canal’ パナマ政府、「第2の運河」を完全掌握
Crude unloaded in Atlantic, piped 131 km across isthmus and reloaded onto tankers in Pacific 大西洋で原油を降ろし131キロ横断、太平洋で再びタンカーへ The Panamanian government has taken full control of an interoceanic transport route th... -
BLUE CARRIER 2 fire: firefighting continues three days after outbreak「BLUE CARRIER 2」火災、発生3日後も消火続く
All 29 onboard safe as vessel moved off Tinos, cause under investigation 29人全員無事、ティノス島沖へ移動 原因調査へ The response to the fire aboard the Greek-flagged Ro-Ro cargo vessel BLUE CARRIER 2, which broke out off Mykonos, Gre... -
Why MSC keeps buying secondhand containerships MSCが中古コンテナ船を買い続ける理由とは
500 ships acquired in six years as fleet expansion continues despite an orderbook of about 3mn TEU 6年間で500隻取得、約300万TEUの新造船発注残でも止まらない船隊拡大 The world's largest container shipping company, MSC (Mediterranean Ship...
