Yearly Archives: 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line Looks Into Legalizing Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
The initial wave of coronavirus vaccines have begun to ship to doctors and pharmacies across the country, and the first group to receive them...
Analytics Predicted Global Oil Demand Will Rise in 2021
Global oil demand will rise in 2021, but not enough to surpass 2019 levels as the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh on transportation fuel...
Ground Breaking Technology Transforms Classic Photo into Colour
For decades, the river Tyne clattered and hummed to the sound of shipbuilding.
Hundreds of vessels of every kind were built at different...
Will The Shipping Industry Help Curb The Overflow Of Marine Plastics?
No one these days can deny the huge problem plastics poses to our planet and oceans. Marine plastics are suffocating coral propyls, smothering the...
Coronavirus Scare on “Cruise-to-nowhere” Becomes A False Alarm
A passenger who tested COVID19 positive aboard a “cruise-to-nowhere” from Singapore has been found not to have the virus, Singapore’s health ministry said.
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SHI Wins AiP for First Ship Design To Prevent Infectious Diseases
Samsung Heavy Industries has succeeded in developing the world’s first ship with infectious disease prevention technology.
SHI has won an AIP from the...
VLCC Witness Marginal Rise Amid Steady Aframax Market
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 50th week of this year. The report dated 11th December 2020 provides a valuable...
MSC Seals A $15M Second-hand Containership Deal
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to hoover up second-hand boxships at pace with the latest deal, reports Splash247.
$15m Lomar deal
MSC has acquired...
Capesize Falls & Panamax Stays Firm in This Week’s Bulk Market
Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 50th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated...
Berthed Tanker Suffers Explosion
A tanker berthed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reportedly suffers an explosion at around 2210 UTC Dec 13.
The cause for the explosion is due to...