Delay in Covid 19 Vaccination in US, A Sight of Concern...
According to analysis from NBC News, it could take the US nearly a decade to vaccinate enough Americans to bring the pandemic under...
Free Movement Between UK and EU in Distress
A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.
The UK stopped following...
Vital Solution To Reduce Air Pollution in Shipping Industry
There is an immediate need for improvement of air quality of ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea, by using better-quality fuels and greener...
[Watch] Sailors Stuck On 2 Ships Off Chinese Coast Cry for...
According to a recent article published in MSN, Indian sailors stuck on 2 ships off Chinese coast cry for help.
The 2 stuck vessels
23...
Pandemic Disruptions On 500th Anniversary of 1st Global Voyage
Disease, mutinies and uncharted waters nearly sabotaged the global circumnavigation of the expedition led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Five centuries later, the pandemic looms as...
Gilead Signs Billion-dollar Drug Deal for Hepatitis
Gilead has agreed to acquire the German drugmaker Myr Pharmaceuticals and its marketed therapy for chronic hepatitis D, also known as delta hepatitis, reports...
Industry Voices: Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021
This time of the year is always a good opportunity to consider lessons learned and set new year’s resolutions for a new start.
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New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Times of Corona
With 2020 coming to an end, people are happily biding adieu this troublesome year which only brought sickness and sadness with it. While no...
100 Reasons To Smile About in 2020
While this year seems especially hard, there are silver linings. Out of coronavirus comes creativity. Out of quarantine comes bonus time with family. Out...
12 Months of COVID Can Be the Turning Point in Saving...
According to a Guardian article written by Jonathan Watts the horrified year is coming to an end with a lockdown in several parts of...
Positive Stories from the Shipping Industry in 2020
With the pandemic and the 2020 sulphur cap, the shipping industry had a challenging time this year but despite all odds it sailed through...
UK Rollout Oxford Vaccine With A 12 Week Second Dose Plan
According to a Guardian report, the Oxford vaccine rollout plan has been changed over concerns regarding giving millions the first jab with a wait...
Uncrewed Surface Vehicles To Measure Pollock Abundance
This may be the first time data collected using uncrewed surface vehicles were used to help produce an annual estimate of abundance for a...
Top Maritime Stories in 2020
What a year! With 2020 coming to a close, gCaptain reports the top maritime stories that continued to make headlines all year long.
IMO 2020
The...
MPA Singapore Revises The Number of Persons Onboard Pleasure Crafts
MPA Singapore in its latest PortMarine Circular, reminds all pleasure craft operators, owners and masters to comply with the measures stipulated in the COVID-19...
Panama Canal Opening in 2021 Offering 50 Feet of Draft
A year ago the Panama Canal faced with low rainfall in the basin, had to take measures to maintain operations, says an article published...
Singapore Prohibits Sign-on Crew With Travel History To The UK
According to a recent PortMarine Circular from MPA, Singapore has announced that from 23 December 2020, visitors with recent travel history to the UK...
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Acquires Two Scrubber-fitted Ultramax Bulkcarriers
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announces the acquisition of two modern scrubber-fitted ultramax bulk carriers, says a press release published on their website.
Scrubber fitted vessels
Eagle...
Genco Shipping & Trading Is Offloading Seven Handysizes
US-listed Genco Shipping & Trading is offloading seven handysizes, says an article publish in splash247.
What Happened
UK-based Tufton Oceanic is linked to six of the...
Sunny and Stormy Moments of Commercial Shipping Industry 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has shaken the global maritime transport.
The pandemic waves have disrupted supply chains and cargo flows across the world. Global...