20 FEB 2023 As Europe resorts to desperate measures to contain a growing immigration crisis, the UN has condemned a move by Italy to enact stringent laws against NGOs and humanitarian groups involved in search and rescue (SAR) missions in the central Mediterranean. Italy has moved to impose stricter conditions …
Read More »BUNKER BUSINESSES MERGE IN PUSH FOR GREEN SHIPPING
20 FEB 2023 International marine fuels group Baseblue, created through the merger of three bunker players, aims to hone in on greenshipping as part of the growing push to decarbonise the industry, executives said on Tuesday. Shipping, which transports around 90% of world trade and accounts for nearly 3% of the …
Read More »FIRST AMPHIBIOUS CREW TRANSFER VESSEL COMMISSIONED
19 FEB 2023 The UK’s Commercial Rib Charter, which bills itself as Europe’s largest Rib operator, is commissioning a unique crew transfer vessel designed to meet the challenges at the Scroby Sands RWE Wind Farm, a nearshore installation less than two miles from the UK coast. The vessel, named CRC Walrus, …
Read More »FLOATING NAVAL MINE EXPLODES ON A BEACH IN GEORGIA
18 FEB 2023 After a storm over the Black Sea, Ukraine’s military has warned coastal communities near Odesa of the risk of drifting naval mines. The warning comes shortly after the detonation of a contact mine on a public beach in Batumi, Georgia’s second-largest city. Floating Soviet-era YaM-type mines have …
Read More »CHINA AND AUSTRALIA: HOW COAL SHIPMENTS RESUMED AFTER TWO YEARS OF TENSION
17 FEB 2023 China’s trade relations with Australia showed concrete signs of thawing with coal shipments resuming after more than two years, and hopes of a return of lobster and wine sales. Bulk carrier Magic Eclipse was anchored off the southern port city of Zhanjiang on Thursday morning, according to Bloomberg shipping data. It’s …
Read More »MAERSK SUES EVERGREEN OVER IMPACT OF THE EVER GIVEN GROUNDING
16 FEB 2023 Maersk has filed suit against rival Evergreen over the delays caused by the infamous grounding of the boxship Ever Given in the Suez Canal two years ago. The Ever Given went aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, shortly after she entered the southern entrance. Her length greatly exceeded …
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