Yearly Archives: 2020
2020 Pre-Chinese New Year Box Import Bump Disappoints
According to a Freight Waves report, the U.S. containerized imports from Asia usually jump at the tail end of the year and the early...
Drones Might Aid in Catching IMO 2020 Violators at Ports
A recent article, published in Freight Waves highlights how drones are important in port regulation and how it's going to increase in the coming...
Shippers Seek More Mature 2020 Pricing As Surcharges Bites
According to an article published in Freight Waves, the new IMO 2020 low-sulfur fuel regulations are a necessary but unwelcome burden for container shipping...
China’s LNG-fueled VLCC To Be A Winner for Future Natural Gas Demand
According to an article published in Platts, Chinese state-run company Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation's recent order of an LNG-fueled VLCC is a significant development...
Weaker Vessel Demand Pulls Baltic Index 773 Points Down
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for the 20th straight session to a fresh over eight-month low on weaker demand across all...
Shipowners Advised To Avoid Persian Gulf As War Risk Premia Spike!
According to an article published in Platts, the cost to deliver commodities is set to rise as additional war risk premia on merchant ships...
GSF’s Top Ten Tips for Sulphur-Surcharged Shippers
According to an article published in Global Shippers Forum, with the introduction of new global rules for limiting sulphur pollution from ships on 1...
M/MARITIME Acquires Its Second Japanese Kamsarmax Vessel
M/MARITIME takes delivery of second Japan Marine United built Kamsarmax vessel, M/V NEFELI.GR, says an article published in their website.
About the vessel
On the...
[Watch] 50th Anniversary of Fratelli Cosulich Group
Fratelli Cosulich Group is a 160 years old proudly family-owned company operating in the Bunkering industry since 1969. After 50 years, our Bunker Department...
First Integrated Maritime IoT System on Active Working Vessel Installed
According to a recently published IoT Tech News article, KVH and Kongsberg claim success with installing maritime IoT system on active working vessel.
Joint maritime...