ATPI Expands Indian Footprint with New Offices in 5 Key Cities to Tap Growing Marine Travel Demand

Expansions in Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and enhanced Chennai operations bolster ATPI’s presence in India’s thriving Marine travel market ATPI, a global leader in marine travel and maritime logistics services, has announced a significant expansion of its operations across India to capitalize on the country’s surging demand for corporate travel, marine crew logistics, and specialised

Are We Ready for the Hong Kong Convention?

On 26 June 2025, the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) will officially enter into force. It marks a critical global shift in how ships are recycled, aiming to eliminate the historical image of unsafe and polluting shipbreaking yards. With the Convention’s enforcement, two key documents become

MARITIME E&T FOCUS

Challenges aplenty to educate, train recruits and upgrade with reval short courses, as background and mindset of subjects to instil syllabi for useful circumstantial situational recall without loss or delay is what’s it about. Easily said and done? Doubtful! Forget jargons like ‘knowledge transfer’, rote memory as for RoR (CA in Nav), memory bank and

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BALTIC INDICES 27/05/2025 DRY        INDEX:      1296 (- 44) CAPESIZE  INDEX:      1809 (- 91) PANAMAX   INDEX:    1208 (-38) SUPRAMAX  INDEX:   974 (-9) HANDYSIZE INDEX:    587 (+6) BCI   TC AVG $/DAY 15005 (- 752) BPI82 TC AVG $/DAY                   10869 (- 349) BSI    TC AVG $/DAY                 12314 (- 112)BHSI TC AVG $/DAY                  10567 (+ 116) TIMECHARTER ‘Saphira’ 2021 82577 dwt dely

Wärtsilä to Power US’s First Battery-Electric Ferries

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the electric propulsion system for three fully battery-electric, high-speed ferries that will operate in the San Francisco Bay area. The zero-emission vessels will be the first full electric high-speed ferries to operate and be built in the USA. The order with Wärtsilä has been placed by the shipyard All American

Unlocking Opportunities for Women in Ship Recycling

International Day for Women in Maritime is not just a symbolic celebration. It is a call to transform how we view, integrate, and empower women across every corner of the maritime world—including the rugged, often overlooked ship recycling industry. At Alang, Gujarat, which recycles around 30% of the world’s ships, the picture is slowly but

DP World Nhava Sheva Ramps up Asia Connectivity with New Services

DP World, a leading global provider of smart end-to-end supply chain solutions, welcomed the inaugural calls of the CI6/SIS/CISC2 and SI8/AIS5 service at its Nhava Sheva terminal, strengthening the terminal’s connectivity with key Asian economies and enhancing trade efficiency through improved maritime links. The new services – CI6/SIS/CISC2 and SI8/AIS5 – offer expanded market access