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JP Morgan accelerates investment in LNG carriers and crude oil tankers JPモルガン、LNG船・原油タンカー投資を加速
Financial capital flows into shipping, evoking pre-Lehman conditions 投資マネーが海運市場に流入、リーマン前を想起 A shipping investment vehicle backed by US financial giant JP Morgan is rapidly strengthening its presence in the newbuildi... -
42 Japan-Related Vessels Remain on Standby in the Persian Gulf 日本関係船42隻、引き続きペルシャ湾内で待機
US-Iran Ceasefire Deal Reached, but Even After the Strait of Hormuz Reopens, “Three Months of Disruption, Dry Docking and Hull Cleaning” Are Expected 米・イラン停戦合意、ホルムズ海峡解放後も「3カ月は混乱、ドック入り、船底清掃」 The likel... -
ShoreTension Launches Full-Scale Entry into Japanese Market ShoreTension、日本市場開拓へ本格始動
Redefining Mooring Safety in Ports, with Commercial Potential for Cargo Operations in Severe Weather Dutch Dynamic Mooring Technology Targets Japan’s International Shipping and Resource Ports 港湾の係留安全を再定義、悪天候下の荷役継続に... -
Explosion Near Bridge of the Americas at Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal パナマ運河、太平洋側のアメリカ橋付近で爆発
Bridge Temporarily Closed, No Confirmed Impact on Canal Transits 橋は一時閉鎖、運河通航への影響は確認されず An explosion and fire involving fuel-related facilities broke out directly beneath critical infrastructure located at the Pacific... -
Another MOL-linked India vessel transits Hormuz, total to three 商船三井のインド関連船が新たに通過、３隻に
Deadline for Hormuz “48-hour rule” draws near ホルムズ海峡、迫る「48時間ルール」の期限 As tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate, it has emerged that the small LPG carrier GREEN ASHA, an India-linked vessel associated with the ... -
Tanker Tightness Builds Around US Gulf Crude メキシコ湾原油でタンカー逼迫
Some VLCCs linked to Japanese shipping groups are being redeployed from the Middle East, with Aframax and Suezmax charter rates at times exceeding $300,000 a day 邦船社のVLCCも中東から転配、アフラ型・スエズ型用船料が30万ドル超の局面も As... -
Imabari Shipbuilding Strengthens Group Operations Through M&A Strategy 今治造船、M&A戦略でグループ事業を強化
Following JMU and Daihatsu Infinearth, HZME Becomes Consolidated Subsidiary with 60% Voting Rights Shoei Kisen Also Expands Shipowning Business JMU・ダイハツに続きHZMEを議決権60％取得で連結子会社化 正栄汽船も船主業を拡大 Imabari Shipbuil... -
“Japan-Linked Ships” Seen Locally as “Indian” and “Omani” Vessels 「日本関係船」、現地では「インド船」「オマーン船」
Two MOL-Related Ships Transit Strait of Hormuz, With Judgements Likely Based on Flag, Crew and Cargo Destination 商船三井関係船2隻、ホルムズ海峡では船籍・船員・貨物仕向け地で判断か Two merchant vessels effectively owned or jointly held b... -
NYK Bulkship Partners Launched NYKバルクシップパートナーズが発足
Three-way merger of Asahi Shipping, Hachiuma Steamship and Mitsubishi Ore Transport 21 owned vessels and 87 managed ships under one integrated dry bulk platform 旭海運、八馬汽船、三菱鉱石輸送の3社統合 保有船21隻・管理船87隻、ドライバルク... -
MOL-linked vessel SOHAR LNG transits the Strait of Hormuz 商船三井の関係船「SOHAR LNG」がホルムズ海峡通過
Reporter boarded the ship in Oman in November 2003, a symbol of bilateral seafarer training 記者が2003年11月にオマーンで乗船取材、両者の船員教育の象徴 A Panama-flagged LNG carrier, SOHAR LNG (tank capacity about 135,000 cubic metres, bui... -
International Ship Management Forum 2026 to Be Held in Singapore 国際船舶管理フォーラム2026、シンガポールで開催へ
April 16 at SGX Centre 4月16日、SGX Centreで Beyond Shipping (航运界网) will host the “International Ship Management Forum 2026” on April 16 at the Singapore Exchange (SGX Centre). This marks the second edition following last year, under... -
Reportage on Japanese Shipowners, Part 17 第17回ルポルタージュ日本船主
“Operational management risk reduced through BBC contracts” 「運航管理リスク、BBC契約で低減」 On March 25, at 10am, the APM (Asia Pacific Maritime) exhibition was about to open at the event venue inside Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. A se... -
Japanese Operators Redirect VLCCs to US Gulf Loadings 日本勢、VLCCを米ガルフ積みへ転配指示
Hormuz closure prompts rerouting orders for waiting tankers to LOOP ホルムズ封鎖、待機船にＬＯＯＰへの配船変更も As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, some very large crude carriers (VLCCs) that h... -
Kuwaiti VLCC Al-Salmi Hit While at Anchorage 錨地停泊中のクウェートVLCC「アル・サルミ」が被弾
Heightened concerns over attacks on waiting vessels, with further upside risk to VLCC rates 待機船への攻撃に警戒感、VLCC市況さらに上振れも The risk to merchant shipping in Middle Eastern waters has expanded beyond vessels “under way” in ... -
No transit fee demand from Iran to Japan’s shipping industry 日本の海運業界にイランから通行料の提示なし
Hormuz Strait: “There is no channel for negotiation,” even at government level ホルムズ海峡、政府レベルでも「交渉の窓口などない」 Speculation has been spreading among some overseas media outlets and market participants that “the Iranian ... -
IINO LINES signs green shipping finance deal with Mizuho 飯野海運、みずほ銀と環境対応融資契約
Methanol dual-fuel VLCC to be assessed under decarbonisation criteria, in a new dialogue-based approach to ship finance メタノール二元燃料VLCCで脱炭素評価、船舶金融に対話型新手法 IINO LINES has signed a loan agreement with Mizuho Bank un... -
K Line continues using bio-LNG on car carriers 川崎汽船、自動車船でバイオLNGを継続使用
Signs long-term procurement deal, aiming to cut GHG emissions by 60,800 tonnes a year 長期調達契約を締結、年6.08万トンのGHG削減へ K Line has begun the continued use of bio-LNG (liquefied biomethane), one of the carbon-neutral fuels, on i... -
K Line Welcomes 51 New Employees 川崎汽船、51名の新入社員迎える
President Igarashi Urges Them to “Take on Challenges with Animal Spirits” 五十嵐社長「アニマルスピリッツで挑戦を」 K Line held its entrance ceremony for fiscal 2026 on 1 April, welcoming a total of 51 new employees, comprising 40 shore-b... -
NYK President Soga addresses induction ceremony 日本郵船の曽我社長、入社式であいさつ
Stresses mission under Hormuz crisis and participation in final year of mid-term plan ホルムズ危機下での使命と中計最終年度への参画を強調 NYK on April 1 held its 2026 induction ceremony at its head office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where pre... -
MOL’s Tamura delivers first message as president 商船三井・田村城太郎社長、就任後初のメッセージ
Emphasises “a sense of ownership” and redefines earning power and capital strategy 「当事者意識」を強調、“稼ぐ力”と資本戦略を再定義 Jotaro Tamura, who assumed the post of president of MOL, delivered a “Company Anniversary Day President’s... -
Chiyoda and NYK Group sign basic agreement in CCS 千代田化工建設と日本郵船グループ、CCSで基本合意
Aiming to create global projects through optimisation of LCO2 transport LCO2輸送の最適化でグローバル案件創出へ Chiyoda Corporation, NYK and NYK Group’s Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) have signed a basic agreement aimed at collabor... -
Where is the area Iran calls a “safe corridor”? イランが「安全回廊」と呼ぶ場所とはどこか？
No indication of its existence or any transit fee has been made to Japan’s private shipping sector 日本の民間海運にその存在と通行料の打診なく Among industry sources, the view is strengthening that the waters referred to by the Iranian si... -
MOL and Hitachi to Develop Floating Data Centres from Converted Ships 商船三井と日立、中古船改造の「浮体式データセンター」
Proposal for new infrastructure to meet AI demand with no land requirement, shorter construction periods and use of seawater cooling AI需要に対応、土地不要・短工期・水冷活用で新インフラ提案 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Hitachi and Hitachi ... -
Is There Really a “Toll Gate” in the Strait of Hormuz? ホルムズ海峡に「料金所」は本当にあるのか
$2m transit claim lacks credibility, dollar payments pose sanctions risk, yuan settlement also speculated for China 200万ドル通航説に現実味乏しく、米ドル払いは制裁リスク 中国は人民元決済観測も Information has been circulating in the shi...
