Wallenius Wilhelmsen To Restart Vessels from Cold Laid Up

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has decided to reactivate up to 9 of its 16 vessels that are currently in cold layup, reads the website. Reactivation of vessels...

Freight Rates Sky-High Not Likely End Soon

The frenetic levels of containerized cargo movement that have driven freight rates sky-high will not likely end soon, according to a top Maersk executive....

Cruise Industry Progressing Towards Cleaner & Greener 2050

According to a new poll from Mundy Cruising, Luxury cruise customers believe the sector is making progress towards a sustainable future reports Travel Weekly. Survey...

Cruise Ships Invest in Various Features To Attract Passengers

In recent years, cruise lines have done much to reshape the sailing experience: exploring partnerships with star-level chefs to elevate the food. As result...

Carnival’s Next Largest Ship To Run On LNG

Mardi Gras, Carnival Cruise Lines’s largest “Fun Ship” ever, is ready to set sail. Of course, it will be months before even the first...

Falling Oil Prices Vs Tanker Market Boom

Tanker shipping was one of the few winners amid the global rout in stock markets and oil prices seen during the first few months...

A Topsy-Turvy Year for World Economy, Say Experts

  The world economy will be exiting the pandemic weighed down by much bigger debts and increased inequality that could hobble growth in the...

Ship With Gifts That Sailed from England in 1613

An article published in Scroll.in picturizes the East India Company ship sailed from England in 1613 for Surat and Bantam in company with the...

Container Shipping Growth In 2020 Not the Best

Growth in the global container fleet has dropped to the slowest pace in four years, according to shipping intelligence service Alphaliner. The global fleet saw...

8 Myths About Covid 19, Is It True or Untrue?

After the outburst of coronavirus, a lot of myths have been going around the world with regard to covid 19. But there has...

Weekly Tanker Time Charter Estimates

A number of timecharter fixtures reported over the last few weeks for VLCCs across all periods, rates for one-year moved up to $28,000/pdpr, says...

DAMEN Rejuvenates Seven CMA CGM Vessels

Damen Shiprepair and Conversion (DSC) recently carried out a series of works on 7 CMA CGM owned vessels, says a press release published on...

“K” Line Expands “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions”

“K” Line is expanding the installation of its Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions performance management system to include chartered vessels, says a press release published...

JMU Hands Over Third SmartShip To Wan Hai

Japan Marine United has delivered a new 3,055 TEU container ship to Wan Hai Lines as the third in an eight-ship series, says an...

FDA Reprimands Officials Seeking To Alter Vaccine Dosing Schedule

FDA said that the idea of changing the authorized dosing or schedules of COVID-19 vaccines was premature and not supported by the available...

Tanker Market Hits A Shaky H2 2021 With COVID Resurgence

Fundamentals point to slow recovery in freight rates Slower inventory stock draws to dampen tanker demand Marine bunker spreads to provide little support...

Wilson Sons To Kickstart Building of 6 New Tugboats

From the first quarter of 2021, Wilson Sons will start the construction of six tugboats, at the Group’s shipyards in Guarujá (SP), reports Sea...

MAAP Adopts Kongsberg Digital’s Sim-Based eLearning Solutions

Kongsberg Digital reports that the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) has adopted its new K-Sim eLearning solution, as well as commissioning...

How Shipping Lines Are Dealing With Empty Container Congestion at Ports

Ocean shipping lines are deploying sweeper and extra-loader vessels to Australia, at a high financial cost, to help clear the empty container build-up, reports...

SCFI Recorded A Staggering 190% Gain On The Year 2020

The final Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for 2020, published on 31 December, recorded a staggering 190% gain on the year, says an article...