Marcus Hand

Singapore

Editor at Seatrade Maritime News

Singapore-based journalist & editor of Seatrade Maritime News. My thoughts on happenings in the maritime industry

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Articles

Not all USTR proposed port fees will be implemented

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

Speaking to a Senate committee meeting on tariffs US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was also asked about the proposed fees on Chinese-built vessels calling at US ports. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, from Louisiana State, asked about the proposed fees commenting that the state had some of the largest ports in the country by tonnage with commodities from the US flowing through their terminals for export globally.
Managing supply chains in times of disruption

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

The pandemic, Red Sea diversions and tariffs - the supply chain has been hit by multiple disruptions in recent years. In the latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast you're going to be hearing from Niki Frank of CEO of Asia-Pacific for DHL Global Forwarding about multi sourcing strategies and logistics.
Alternative fuelled engines are the future of shipping

2 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

If you are a shipowner today and you want to order new vessels the big questions are: What type of fuel will we use in the future? Should we invest in dual-fuel now, or alternative fuel ready, or should we wait? Someone at the sharp end of these questions is Dominik Schneiter, CEO of engine manufacturer WinGD. Speaking to Seatrade Maritime News at Sea Asia 2025 last week Schneiter said that the energy transition was something where the whole WinGD organisation feels it can make a difference.
Robbers hit six ships transiting the Singapore Strait in 48 hours

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

The incidents took place between 28 and 30 March involving three container ships, two bulkers and a tanker. The first incident occurred on 28 March at 06:30 hrs, a further two incidents were reported on 29 March between 04:08 hrs and 05:15 hrs and three incidents occurred on 30 March between 01:25 hrs and 02:55 hrs. According to ReCAAP the robbers only managed to steal items in two of the incidents.
ENEOS Ocean becomes NEO

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

NYK has taken over all of ENEOS Ocean’s shipping business, excluding crude oil tankers, from 1 April and acquired 80% of the shares in the company. The acquisition by NYK will cost approximately JPY76 billion, however price adjustment of shares is yet to be finalised. Koichi Chikaraishi, President of NEO, commented: "Today, NYK Energy Ocean Corporation has been established. ENEOS Ocean provides high-quality marine transport services to companies in Japan and overseas.
March 2025 in review

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand |Gary Howard

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia. Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.
Six factors that enabled China to dominate global shipbuilding

3 weeks ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

Speaking on the ‘Shipbuilding – a macro view’ panel at Sea Asia 2025 Adam Kent, Managing Director of Maritime Strategies International (MSI) noted that last year Chinese yards captured around 75% of all new orders and in sectors such as dry bulk and container shipping the share of contracts was around 80%. “In 2000 China was responsible for less than 10% of shipyard output and over the course of the last 25 years has gone from a minor player to being a very, very dominant player,” he said.
Which shipping sectors would be worst hit USTR port fees?

1 month ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

The USTR proposals are designed to penalise what the US government sees as unfair support by China for its shipbuilding sector and to help spur a resurgence of the US shipbuilding sector. However, with China today in a dominant position in shipbuilding globally the impact of port fees on Chinese-built ships would be far reaching.
First results being seen from Singapore – Rotterdam green corridor

1 month ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

The two ports inked a cooperation agreement to strengthen the work they are doing on the Rotterdam-Singapore Green & Digital Shipping Corridor which was set up in 2022 to strengthen decarbonisation. The green corridor has brought in a total of 28 partners to work on the implementation of alternative fuels and the digital solutions for improved efficiency on the 15,000 km route between the two key ports in Europe and Asia.
Geopolitical tensions reshaping global trade warns Singapore Senior Minister

1 month ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Marcus Hand

Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned of an acceleration of structural shifts between major powers which the maritime sector needs to prepare for.