Seatrade Maritime News

1 day ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Michele Labrut

Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) is opening a new office located in Santiago, Chile. The container shipping company said the expansion marks a significant milestone growing its presence in Latin America and enhancing services for the burgeoning market in Chile.

1 day ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

The 21-year-old Maersk Sana remains adrift and a tug from Europe will only arrive ‘in the next several days’ the Danish shipping company said in an updateThe 8,450 teu Maersk Sana was struck by an engine room explosion on April 28, injuring three seafarers, one of them seriously. The vessel has continued to drift with only auxiliary power for 15 days.

2 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Katherine Si

According to the General Administration of Customs, China's total imports and exports value grew 5.6% year-on-year to RMB3.84 trillion ($529.8 billion) in April when the US escalated tariffs on Chinese goods to 145% starting April 9. Exports increased by 9.3% year-on-year and imports slightly up 0.8%.

2 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced sanctions on 101 tankers in the UK’s largest round of sanctions so far at an Oslo meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) on Friday. JEF members include Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and UK. Two insurance companies were also sanctioned. Earlier this year, Norway’s Romarine AS listed around 30 tankers on its website that were sanctioned by the EU, UK or US.

2 days ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Gary Howard

Draft frameworks in the pipeline to support timely, decisive action in emergency situations. Gary Howard, Middle East correspondentThe UAE Federal Maritime Authority has prepared draft frameworks on improving interagency communication and decision making in the event of an emergency situation, according to a senior representative of Dubai Ports Authority. Speaking at Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East last week during a session on the subject of places of refuge, Capt.