Man Falls Down a Hatch Onboard Containership

Man who fell down a hatch while working on a container ship rescued by two Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), reports The Straits Times. What...

Experts Call Divergence Between Crude and Product Tanker Markets

Euronav and Scorpio calls highlight divergence between crude and product tanker markets, reports Freight Waves. A big seasonal boost Speaking on Thursday’s call with analysts, De...

Oil Demand Slump Reverses Amid COVID Second Lockdowns

The coronavirus outbreak is threatening to put an already stalling recovery in oil demand into reverse. The world’s failure to deal effectively with...

14 Crew Abducted from Heavy Lift Vessel

A Chinese heavy lift ship was attacked and 14 crew kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea, reports Maritime Bulletin. Cargo ship attacked Cargo ship was attacked at...

Officials Detect Coronavirus on Frozen Shrimp Packaging

The Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission had found one positive sample on the inner packaging of imported frozen shrimp from Saudi Arabia. The positive...

COVID Vaccine & Biden – Mix Bag of Effects for Shipping

The stock market soared on Monday in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and Pfizer’s vaccine announcement. Both news bombshells will affect ocean...

[Infographic] Pfizer To Ship 5000 COVID Vaccine Doses Per Container

Pfizer goes solo on U.S. shot distribution, opting out of government channels, reports Freight Waves. Pfizer Inc. will manage distribution of its COVID-19 vaccine on...

Can Biden’s Presidency Lead To Ease On The Australian Coal Ban?

  US president-elect Joe Biden's election victory could indirectly ease Australian coal suppliers' access to China by dampening geopolitical tensions, although this is unlikely to...

US Presidential Results To Reduce China Trade Tensions

Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the $6.6 trillion-a-day currency trading world, the undisputed victor is China's yuan. As...

Bunker Sales in Singapore Steady Despite Tough Market

Singapore's bunker sales are expected to remain steady to slightly higher throughout 2020 on a year-on-year basis. This is despite expectations of dwindling...

Laden Cargo Ship Stuck in Port Since June

India’s merchant ship remains stuck at China’s northern ‘Jingtank’ port since June, reports TheHitavada.  What is the reason? Indian Merchant ship ‘Jag Anand’, belonging to a...

Painful Crude Tanker Market Collapse Awaits As COVID Hangover Continues

Chinese water torture is defined as “a painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a...

First of Its Kind Crew Care Initiative To Combat COVID Scare

At a time when a raging pandemic is making life hell for everyone, the healthcare of seafarers working for months in ships without any...

MSC Set To Transform Its Global Communications System

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has selected 8×8 to transform its global communications onto a single cloud platform, says a press release published on their...

Methanol To Be the Ultimate ‘Bridge’ Marine Fuel After IMO Approval

According to a Ship Insight article, the long-awaited formal adoption of interim guidelines on ethyl/methyl alcohol fuels by IMO Maritime Safety Committee provides genuine...

How Robots Are Assisting Human-To-Human Contact in the Pandemic

With the pandemic cutting off people, coronavirus patients are having a hard time living alone in the hospital battling the virus which is draining...

Yangzijiang Secures Newbuild Orders Worth $1.03bn

Yangzijiang seals 10 boxship shipbuilding contracts with an unnamed Japanese owner for the construction, reports Splash 247. Vessel contracts Singapore-listed Chinese private shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has...

[Watch] Typhoon Wrecks Havoc, Leaves 39 Dead, 22 Missing

A week and a half after the Philippines suffered a deadly hit from a super typhoon, another storm battered the country overnight into Thursday,...

Wärtsilä and Fincantieri Continue Work on Cruise Ship Solutions

Wärtsilä works with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the supply of broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships...

Bunker Demands Back at Pre-pandemic Levels

Very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) production climbed to six-month highs this week as demand for the shipping fuel at most ports are back...