How Autonomous Shipping Is Evolving for A Pandemic Hit World?
According to a Venture Beat article, the world of autonomous shipping is staring at a major revolution with the pandemic fast pacing development and...
[Watch]How N95 Masks Can Be Made Reusable in a Electric Cooker
In a major development, researchers out of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show household electric cookers can be used to decontaminate N95 respirators for...
Researchers Find Interbreeding Between Humans and Neanderthals
A new analysis of the genomes of the most famous of ancient humans Neanderthals and Denisovans has revealed an as-yet-unidentified ancestor for our...
The Curious Case of Mysterious Seed Parcels
States warn residents about the unsolicited seed packages delivery that have spread around the world.
The USDA collects the packages to test seeds...
AI Based Screening Software Deployed To Root Out Misdeclared Cargoes
AI based screening deployed to root out misdeclared cargoes, the source of boxship fire accidents.
ZIMGuard system scans shippers’ cargo declarations at early...
Digitalisation Key To Logistical Challenge During Covid 19
Riviera conducted a webinar on Container Shipping Leaders to understand how digitalisation helps mitigate the challenges in container shipping.
The experts discussed on...
Mega Container Vessel Runs Aground
A container ship Mackinac Bridge ran aground early in the morning Aug 19 in Hong Kong waters, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
The container ship was proceeding...
U.S. Suspends Tax Exemption on Income from International Shipping
Donald Trump says that the Asian trading hub is no longer eligible for the continued preferential treatment.
This suspension of bilateral agreement is...
Ton-mile Demand For Oil Tankers Plunge Due To OPEC Restrictions
Ton-mile demand, a proxy for demand for oil tankers has slumped by 18.6 percent.
It has dropped to a three-decade low.
Exports were...
Supply Chain Giant Expand Footprint With New Feeder Acquisition
DP World-controlled Unifeeder Group has confirmed it is buying Transworld Feeders FZCO, Avana Logistek , including its subsidiary Avana Global FZCO, and Transworld...
Floating Storage Tumbles To 2-Month Low Amid Inflated Oil Market
The floating crude storage has tumbled to more than two-month lows as the incentives for storage start to recede.
Floating volumes peaked at...
AI System To Monitor Ships in Real Time
Nippon Yusen gets ready to monitor ships in real time out of Philippines.
The monitoring facility will employ artificial intelligence to analyze data...
Bulker Crew Force Crew Change Saying ‘No To Sail’
The crew of another ship have taken matters into their own hands in a new front in the unfolding crew change crisis.
Exhausted...
Container Shipping Costs Tumble Amid Increasing Service Level Fiasco
Container shipping service levels dropping as costs and rates rise.
Service level problems happen through a number of transport crises, such as increasing...
[Watch] China Launches Maiden Indigenous Hybrid Luxury Cruise Ship
According to an article published in Xinhuanet, China's first homemade hybrid twin-hull luxury cruise ship was delivered in eastern Jiangsu Province.
Homemade luxury cruise ship
The...
Plan Your Vacation Onboard 70-year-old Lighthouse Ship
Lightship Amsterdam is a 70-year-old British lightship or a lighthouse in a boat form.
The ship has two bed and breakfast-style suites both...
DNV GL Employee Arrested on Espionage Charges
An employee from DNV GL has been arrested by Norwegian authorities.
The employee has been arrested on charges of espionage.
He is accused...
Scientists Puzzled Over Lower COVID19 Spread in Africa
Africa has one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far.
Antibody surveys suggest more Africans have been infected...
[Watch] Tanker on Fire After Collision, 14 Go Missing
An oil tanker collided with a sand barge near the estuary of Yangtze River off Shanghai on Aug 20, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Tanker LONG...
EU Ship Recycling Regulations To Impact Residual Values
According to a Seatrade Maritime News report, Dr Anil Sharma, founder, and CEO of GMS, the world’s largest cash buyer of end-of-life ships, warned...