Top Performing German Owners Since SMM 2017

With SMM this week, VesselsValue has put together an infographic looking at the best performing German owners...

German Maritime LNG Platform supports ban on Heavy Fuel Oil Use in Arctic

This week the German Maritime LNG Platform signed the Arctic Commitment, joining a diverse group of international...

German and French Ministries Plan for Stronger Eurozone

German and French finance ministries will set up a joint working group to make proposals for strengthening the eurozone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Monday after a meeting with new French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in Berlin.

German rate setters call for preparing end of ECB’s easy policy

Germany’s two representatives on the European Central Bank’s main policy-making body called on Monday for it to prepare to wind down its aggressive stimulus policy as soon as economic conditions allow it.

German ECB Official Under Fire for Praising Inflation

A top European Central Bank official has drawn sharp criticism in her native Germany for doing the unthinkable: praising inflation.

German conservative euro-MP breaks ranks over IMF role in Greek bailout

IMF participation is no longer crucial for Greece’s bailout programme, a German euro-lawmaker close to Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, breaking ranks with Berlin’s official line that the programme would end if the Fund pulled out.

German Shipping Firms Convicted for Discharging Sludge

Two German shipping companies that owned and operated the general cargo ship Nils B pleaded guilty to an environmental crime in US federal court, admitting that they knowingly failed to keep records related to the discharge of sludge into the ocean.