‘All We Want Is To Go Home’ Says COVID19 Stranded Crews

Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are finding themselves stranded at sea, sometimes for over a year, and with no end in sight, as a...

Scientists Hosting 4000 People COVID19 Concert To Find New Normal

According to a Daily Mail article, German scientists are planning to stage a concert for 4,000 participants to track how COVID-19 spreads and see...

Profile of a Killer: Unraveling the COVID19 Mystery

Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling infection doctors had never seen before, the world’s scientists and citizens have reached...

2 Billion Doses of Oxford COVID19 Vaccine To Be Produced

According to a Reuters article, an experimental vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in...

Biennial Posidonia Officially Cancelled for 2020

The organisers of the world’s biggest maritime exhibition announced the cancellation of the Posidonia 2020, says a press release published on their website. Event cancelled The...

COVID19 ‘Purpose Driven Digital’ Technology Services Is the New Normal

Microsoft Inspire aims to an all-digital format to maintain social distancing. This new format requires an evolution in how we engage with our...

Metal Eating Bacteria Accidentally Discovered by Microbiologists

A new kind of bacteria that eats metal is discovered by scientists after suspecting the existence for more than a hundred years but...

Bring Home Crews Struggle Continue Despite Pledges by Countries

The struggle to bring home crews amid coronavirus chaos continues despite efforts to ease transit restrictions for seafarers, reports Reuters. Struggle continues Industry officials say that...

Historic First Mission To Mars Launched

United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is underway. The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport. Hope's arrival...

Copenhagen Conference 2020 – Smart Maritime Network

SMN plans to announce a roadmap for the reintroduction of the 2020 conference series. The conference will address the twin forces of digitalization...

MSC Launches New South-east Asia Loop ‘Seahorse’

MSC has become the latest shipping line to revamp its intra-Asia service offering. MSC has updated four existing intra-Asia services. It is launching...

Capsize Market Tumbles Following Poor Demand

Pacific Capesize rates plunge sharply in July amid excess vessel supply due to lack of demand. Sharp fall in Capesize time charter equivalent...

Exemption To Self-Isolation for New Crew Puts Sailors’ Lives at Risk

In St.John's, sailors aboard an offshore supply vessel are panicked about their safety following the approval to four American technicians to join the...

A New ECU Research Untangles the ‘Blackbeard Lore’

It’s been speculated that Blackbeard intentionally ran his flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, aground near Beaufort in 1718. Now, more than 300 years...

‘Black Fish’ That Blends In Sea – A ‘Deep Sea’ Mystery

Some species of deep-sea fish have evolved blacker-than-black skin to protect them from being eaten – or to help them sneak up on...

Scrubber Retrofit Installations Plunge Amid Low Fuel Price Spread

The fuel spread between HFO and LSFO is so low that the retrofitting order intake in scrubbers is pretty much almost zero. All...

DP World Negotiating To Acquire An Indian Flag Carrier

Global port operator DP World Ltd in advanced talks with Dubai-based Transworld Group to buy Shreyas Shipping and Logistics Ltd and Avana Global...

Integrating Hydrogen Fuel Cell Projects for Carbon Free Shipping

  Maritime sector is a large contributor of CO2 emissions mostly due to cruise-boat tourism, freight shipping and ferry transport. The Fuel Cells and...

Coronavirus Pandemic Defers Construction of World’s Largest Cruise Ship

Coronavirus pandemic delays construction of world's largest cruise ship, says an article published in FoxNews. Construction paused Royal Caribbean International has delayed the construction efforts of...

Increased COVID19 Uncertainty Leads To Second Hand Tonnage Boom

The familiar theme of the year so far, repeated itself for yet another week. Shipowners opted for more dry bulk second-hand tonnage, as the...