17 MAY 2025 Following the newly-announced pause on the White House’s 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods, many American importers are rushing to pay a lesser amount and get their goods into the United States now, avoiding the risk that the levy might go up again in future negotiations with Beijing. Many …
Read More »SUEZ CANAL TRIES TO WOO BACK SHIPS ANNOUNCING DISCOUNT FOR LARGE BOXSHIPS
16 MAY 2025 The Suez Canal Authority is intensifying its marketing efforts to woo back the world’s ships to the shipping route. In a concerted marketing effort, the authority is highlighting opportunities and adding financial incentives after a disastrous year in 2024. The canal is a major source of foreign …
Read More »INSURER COVERS COSTS WHEN PORT AGENT FAILS TO GET A PILOT FOR A SHIP
15 MAY 2025 The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) is highlighting how it stepped in to aid one of its customers when a simple oversight racked up large fees. The provider of professional indemnity insurance settled a claim that it acknowledges was a lack of communication that led to a …
Read More »MOORING LINES IN POOR CONDITION CAUSED CARGO RORO ENDURANCE TO BREAK FREE
14 MAY 2025 Worn-out mooring lines that were not replaced on time are being called the reason a US-flagged cargo RoRo broke free from its dock and out-of-control hit a pier and dry dock at the Port of Bremerhaven in Germany. Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) issued …
Read More »ROBBERIES CONTINUE IN SINGAPORE STRAIT WITH SIX SHIPS HIT IN MAY
13 MAY 2025 ReCAAP (Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia) is sounding the alarm as the robbery spree in the area around the Singapore Strait continues. The organization, which marked 20 years, is expressing concern and warning of the possibility of further incidents. …
Read More »CAPTAIN APPEARS IN HONG KONG COURT ON CHARGES FROM 2023 PIPELINE BREAK
12 MAY 2025 In what appears to be a surprise development in the two-year-old case related to the damage of a gas pipeline in the Baltic, China on Thursday charged the captain of the containership suspected in the incident with a criminal charge related to the incident. The South China …
Read More »AGING VESSELS, MANNING, AND TRAINING ISSUES AFFECT SEAFARERS’ HAPPINESS
11 MAY 2025 While crew satisfaction has stabilized, the latest edition of the Seafarer Happiness Index highlights the strains from aging vessels, safe manning issues, and a lack of training among the key concerns of seafarers. The quarterly survey run by The Mission to Seafarers, in collaboration with Idwal and …
Read More »MEN TEND TO FALL IN LOVE FASTER THAN WOMEN, NEW STUDY SHOWS
13 MAY 2025 It sets your heart racing, it puts butterflies in your stomach, and is a non-stop distraction for your mind – but that feeling we call love is something men fall into more quickly than women, according to new research. A team of researchers in Australia and New …
Read More »SOME PROFESSIONS HAVE MUCH LOWER RATES OF SUICIDE. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?
12 MAY 2025 One reason teachers have a low suicide rate may be that they find meaning in their jobs. (StockPlanets/Getty Images) Where you work affects your risk of dying by suicide. For example, loggers, musicians and workers in the oil and gas industries have much higher rates of suicide …
Read More »LNG INDUSTRY WARNS U.S.-BUILT SHIP MANDATE COULD DERAIL ENERGY EXPORTS
11 MAY 2025 U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump’s administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule that will require producers to move an increasing percentage of their exports on U.S.-built vessels as part of a broader push to revive domestic shipbuilding. The U.S. is …
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