11 MAR 2023 The first commercial installation of an automated high-bay storage system for containers is planned at the Busan New Port in South Korea. The storage system which is designed to increase productivity at the port will be integrated along with the existing truck operations as a retrofit on …
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11 MAR 2023 Somewhere in the darkness, something moves. Your heart beats a quick percussion inside your chest. Panic rises. It’s hard to think straight. And deep inside your gut, there’s a queasy feeling that something terrible is about to happen. According to a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study led by researchers from …
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10 MAR 2023 When Maersk and MSC announced that they were winding up the 2M Alliance and going their separate ways, the two shipping industry titans claimed that a change in their individual business strategies had rendered their alliance unworkable. In the ensuing weeks, multiple editorials attempted to dissect the …
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08 MAR 2013 Hempel joins the International Maritime Organization (IMO’s) Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety to work with industry to support shipping’s emissions reduction pathway and to mitigate against the spread of invasive species. Key messages: • Hempel joins Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety. • Through …
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07 MAR 2023 The IMO may finally be moving closer to a zero-carbon future, with more shipping nations backing stronger targets and a global carbon price Giant oil tankers are slow to change course. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN agency that sets minimum safety and environmental rules for …
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06 MAR 2023 Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. But the plan has attracted controversy. At first …
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05 MAR 2023 After a slow start to the season, Russia’s grain exports are booming as buyers load up on its attractive bumper supplies. The country’s shipments of wheat — its main crop — almost doubled in January and February from a year earlier, Logistic OS data show. Buyers shunned cargoes earlier …
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04 MAR 2023 In 2021, India set an ambitious target to double its ship recycling capacity by 2024, with the aim of generating 150,000 jobs and increasing its ship recycling market share from 30 percent to 50 percent. To support this goal, India passed the Recycling of Ships Act and acceded …
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03 MAR 2023 Are we in the midst of a wellbeing pandemic? The question may seem curious, even contradictory. But look around, the concept is everywhere and spreading: in the media, in government institutions and transnational organizations, in schools, in workplaces, and in the marketplace. To be clear, it’s not just …
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02 mar 2023 Ukrainian seafarers have largely returned to international shipping thereby restoring balance in crew availability, reports Danica Crewing Specialists on the anniversary of the war in Ukraine which impacted crewing rotations and seafarer welfare on a huge scale. Demonstrating their resilience in the face of horrendous adversity, Ukrainian …
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