Yearly Archives: 2020
Cargo Ships Exempted from Quarantine To Avoid Supply Chain Disruption
THE BUREAU of Quarantine (BoQ) has exempted all cargo ships from the required 14-day quarantine amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) threat, reports Business World.
What...
Greater China Operations Normal Despite Scrubber Delays and High nCoV Alert
Scrubber installations in China may get delayed due to Coronavirus, reports Safety4Sea.
Container operations normal?
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, scrubbers installations in China may...
Chemical Tanker’s Voyage Interrupted, Put Under Quarantine
Tanker from Shunan port, Japan, put under quarantine with 7 crew having corona-like symptoms, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Voyage interrupted
Chemical tanker AWASAN PIONEER with cargo of...
2020 A Challenging Year for Carriers As They Balance Demand & Supply
According to Drewry, 2020 will prove another challenging year for ocean carriers in terms of capacity management, says an article published in the LoadStar.
Although...
ABB Puts Forth Zero Emission Technologies To US Congress
ABB Marine & Ports has delivered testimony in the US House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about the future of marine technologies,...
Japan in Hopes of Finding the Coronavirus Vaccine
Japan Times reports that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases has succeeded in cultivating and isolating the new coronavirus, first reported in the Chinese...
Your Guide To Tackle Fires On-Board!
A fire onboard may happen in every vessel and has to be managed not only successfully, but also quickly, in order to prevent larger...
Shipping Companies Aggravates the Frankenstein Fuel Allegations!
Shipping companies respond to Clean Arctic Alliance, reports Safety4sea.
Shipping organizations and companies from bunkering and refining industry wrote an open letter to Dr Sian...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 3, 2020
Protection Vessels International has released the 3rd Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2020. The report summarized on 29th January 2020 highlights the various incidents that...
IMO 2020 Effects: VLSFO Expensive Compared To Fuels
According to an article published in Ship and Bunker news, following the January 1 introduction of a 0.50% sulfur cap on marine fuel, bunker...