Yearly Archives: 2022
Time for EU To Rethink Its Shipping Laws and Why?
European Commission proposals to bring shipping into the bloc's carbon market contain exclusions for small commercial and military vessels.
These vessels would leave...
The Swanky “Leaning Tower” Of San Francisco Will Continue To Sink!
the tower's uneven settling has caused cracks in the surrounding sidewalk and the basement walls of its smaller
the tower had leaned a...
Mega Containership Under Quarantine After Crew Gets Positive Antigen Test
Container ship GUAYAQUIL EXPRESS was diverted from San Antonio Chile, to Valparaiso, Chile, after on arrival from Callao Peru on Jan 12 as...
Does Too Many Vaccine Shots “Improve Or Harm” Our Immune System?
Booster shots every fourth months might eventually weaken the immune system
Israel has started to release a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot
Scientists have...
MMEA Detains 2 Vessels for Illegal Anchoring
The Maritime Malaysia Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Wednesday (12 January) has detained tanker VS Glory and cargo ship Lorraine over separate alleged illegal anchoring...
Panama LNG Transits Drop 30% in December Amid Atlantic Diversions
Interbasin spreads helped shift trade flows
January sees Asia buying appetite pick up
LNG transits via the Panama Canal plunged 30% in December as...
This Shipping Giant Runs Out of Green Fuel To Power Its Eco-vessels
Maersk can’t find enough green fuel to power its carbon-neutral ships, reports Quartz.
Scarcity of green methanol
On Jan. 10, Maersk confirmed that it had ordered...
Global Pandemic To Impede Tanker Market in 2022?
The swift reintroduction of international travel bans to stem the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has derailed the already faltering turnaround in...
China Jails 3 People for Upto 4 Years Over COVID Breaches
China has despatched three folks to jail for as much as 4-plus years over breaches of guidelines that led to a virus outbreak, in...
China’s Natural Gas Demand, LNG Import Growth To Slow
China's natural gas demand will continue to rise in 2022, but the growth rate is expected to be slower than that in 2021, dampened...