US Coast Guard has appealed a verdict in an offence case, in which a Maersk captain in April was suspended for four months after having shown ”inappropriate conduct” toward a deck cadet. The case is one of several sexual offence cases aboard Maersk vessels.

After marathon negotiations, EU member countries passed a mandate late Tuesday for inclusion of shipping into the union’s emissions trading system. A proposed special fund for the industry’s transformation does, however, not appear to be on the table.

French CMA CGM has made big investments in container ships in the last two years. The acquisitions have consolidated the carrier’s position as number three on the list of the world’s biggest container carriers.

Supported by a number of high-profile names from the global shipping industry, CBS’s new Blue Board Leadership Programme’s first module is already half full. The faculty team includes BW Group Chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao.

Demand in the US moves from goods to services, and this results in lower import of Chinese goods to the US, according to logistics heads. Data from China confirms declining orders at Chinese companies.