O'Carroll Ship Broking

Private equity firm Bridgepoint buys Ponant

The club will no longer write direct business via Bermuda

Environmental awareness is an increasing necessity, but can shipowners have a commercial interest in saving the planet when they are too busy trying to save their businesses?

Court hearing postponed to September 10

Greece’s Scarlet Shipping says authorities are ‘totally and ultimately responsible’ for sinking

Short-changed creditors and lenders attack ‘unfair and illegal’ proposals

But cash will be available only to ‘good prospects’ sourced through private equity partners

Rubber-stamp parliament approves widely expected appointment

Death of Syrian hostage follows two-year ransom stalemate

Retailers threaten to start diverting cargo ‘within the next week’

Battlelines harden as USMX and ILA resume war of public letters

Container traffic will move over from nearby Mina Zayed in next six months

Shipping industry on the couch

Owners, investors and banks are responsible for ordering gamble that failed

Plans for an airport in the Thames and a barrage outside Bristol simply will not fly

Shipping will benefit even if China-style boom proves elusive

The eurozone crisis will dampen continent’s imports this year

Questions raised over thoroughness of certification process

Blunt message from maritime co-ordinator as industry seeks to solve its plight

Vessels to be chartered back to the Brazilian iron ore miner