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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16 DEC 2020 If the coral refuge of the Red Sea can survive local pollution, scientists think these reefs might be the last ones standing on a rapidly warming planet. But that’s a big ‘if’. Right now, life in this region is moored to the fate of a 45-year-old tanker, …
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15 DEC 2020 The unprecedented container collapse aboard the boxship ONE Apus could end up costing $200 million in cargo damage, according to an estimate from a claims consultant. On November 30, on a voyage from Yantian to Long Beach, ONE Apus encountered 20-foot swells at a position about 1,600 nm northwest of Hawaii. In …
Read More »14 DEC 2020 Two smaller container ships operating feeder routes along China’s Yangtze River collided overnight near Shanghai, causing one of the vessels to capsize. At least three sailors were reported killed in the accident with the search ongoing. The Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Center coordinated the rescue efforts. …
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12 DEC 2020 Britain’s Royal Air Force released dramatic images of what is believed to be the world’s largest iceberg as it drifts from the Antarctic shelf towards South Georgia island. Using enhanced technologies fitted aboard an RAF Airbus 400M, the crew, which is part of the British Forces South …
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10 DEC 2020 Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Tuesday became the first COVID-19 vaccine makers to publish final-stage clinical trial data in a scientific journal, clearing a key hurdle in the global race to produce safe and effective drugs for the coronavirus. The study, published in the respected Lancet medical journal, confirmed that the vaccine works in …
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09 DEC 2020 The Japanese flagged container ship ONE Apus, which suffered a massive container loss at sea, arrived in the Port of Kobe, Japan, December 8. The ship’s owners, Chidori Ship Holding, and its managers, NYK Shipmanagement, confirmed that the ship is now safely berthed after losing 1,816 containers overboard …
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08 DEC 2020 England’s National Health Service (NHS) has released the details of its official rollout of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, which will begin early this week. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “This coming week will be a historic moment as we begin vaccination against COVID-19. “We are prioritizing the …
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02 DEC 2020 The United Nations General Assembly has called on UN Member States to designate seafarers and other maritime personnel as key workers and implement measures to allow seafarers stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic to be repatriated. In a resolution adopted yesterday during the 75th session of the United Nations General …
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