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06 JULY 2021  Abstract Disruption and congestion are occurring across the global maritime supply chains. Since the summer of 2020 rising capacity shortages in terms of boxes, ships and port infrastructure have driven maritime and port actors to find alternative options and to optimize infrastructure usage. Much of the contemporary …

5 JULY 2021 For the first time in more than a year, we’re feeling some hope – or at least cautious optimism – that the pandemic could recede to the background. But experts want us to know that there is still a concern that new mutations of the virus could bring it back, and …

04 JULY 2021 Elsa, the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic storm season, is bearing down on the Caribbean as extreme weather continues to batter the Northern Hemisphere. Hurricane Elsa is about 5 miles (10 kilometers) north of St. Vincent, heading toward Haiti and Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center …

05 JULY 2021  For more than a year, the major seafarer unions, shipping lines, and organizations including the International Maritime Organization have been warning of the problems being caused in the shipping industry by COVID-19 related travel restrictions and the failure to recognize seafarers as essential workers. Renewed travel restrictions …

04 JULY 2021 More than 179 million Americans and more than 44 million Britons have received their first dose of a two-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The US has authorized vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, while the UK has authorized Pfizer’s shot as well as one made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. Both countries have authorized Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, which is a single dose. The …

03 JULY 2021  Importers of hazardous cargo in Tanzania will have to incur extra storage charges after authorities announced plans to ban the storage of dangerous goods within the Dar es Salaam port premises. Following the port of Beirut tragedy last year, Tanzania has joined a growing list of countries …

02 JULY 2021  Authorities in Nigeria are pushing for the removal of the war risk insurance required for cargo vessels that call in the country due to the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (Nimasa) Director General Bashir Jamoh has called on the …

01 JULY 2021 Scientists have revealed a fascinating new design for an incredibly tiny, inflatable spinal cord implant, suited for treating severe chronic back pain that doesn’t respond to medication. The inflatable electronic device is part of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) setup, a type of well-established therapy that delivers mild electric …

30 JUNE 2021 An unladen MSC containership is under tow to Singapore after an engine room fire left the ship disabled and one crew member dead in the Indian Ocean. The Liberian-flagged MSC Messina was en route from Colombo to Singapore when it reported a fire in the engine room …

30 JUNE 2021  The containerized shipping industry has been essential to global commerce for its low shipping costs. However, high freight rates are starting to have an impact on consumer goods. Already, consumers have started to feel the pinch of the surge on items such as furniture and coffee. Along …