28 DEC 2020 Seafarers are invisible victims of COVID-19. Thanks to local restrictions and logistical challenges, hundreds of thousands have been stranded at sea – marooned on vessels for, in some cases, months beyond agreed contracts. Here Inchcape Shipping Services explains how it combines a physical network with virtual transparency …
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27 DEC 2020 Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should budge to open the way to a new, post-Brexit trade pact, drawing a swift response from the bloc’s negotiator defending the union’s right to protect its interests. With less than two weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s orbit, …
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26 DEC 2020 Far away on India’s western coast, a small town has been in the headlines for some time now. Alang, situated in the Indian state of Gujarat, is the largest graveyard for ships all over the world, handling about 40 percent of the world’s scrap tonnage. Now, Alang’s …
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Police officers, wearing face masks, supervise the disinfection of a worker near a ship with containers at a port, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel corona virus, in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China. 25 DEC 2020 As COVID-19 vaccines emerge, the importance of allowing travel and …
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24 DEC 2020 The geared container ship Maersk Cadiz was boarded by pirates off West Africa on Saturday afternoon, Maersk Line confirmed Sunday. While the Maersk Cadiz was under way on a short transit from Ghana to Cameroon, she was attacked and boarded by a gang of “criminals,” Maersk said in a statement Sunday. …
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21 DEC 2020 Nearly five months after the grounding of the bulk carrier Wakashio off the island of Mauritius, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) which had chartered the vessel, announced its action plan designed to enhance its safety processes and culture aboard its ship and ones it charters. While saying the investigation is …
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20 DEC 2020 The environmental catastrophe caused by the grounding of the bulk carrier Wakashio off Mauritius was among the worst maritime casualties of 2020. The resulting fuel spill received wide media coverage – and for a good reason, as the bunker fuel spread into pristine coastal habitats characterized by their ecological …
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19 DEC 2020 With a range of new technologies all competing to meet the challenges to provide eco-friendly maritime solutions to achieve the goals of the IMO on emissions, shipowners are facing difficult decisions. A joint research project launched by the classification society DNV and shipbuilder HHI Group sought to …
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18 DEC 2020 A fire broke out in the hold of a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in New Zealand’s Napier port today. Operations in the port were briefly suspended while local fire crews were brought in to fight the fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand reported that it was called to …
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17 DEC 2020 The toll on seafarers continues to rise in the Gulf of Guinea with reports that eight crew members early this morning. The threat to seafarers remains high in the region with the security services warning that additional incidents are likely in the coming days. The latest incident, …
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