China Focuses on Post-pandemic Maritime Activity!
In April, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning passed between two Japanese islands, Okinawa's main island and Miyakojima, in the East China Sea with...
Recommendations Issued To Handle Cyber Attack Threats
Cyber attacks have become an expanding and real threat to vessels which have shifted the risk from internal vulnerabilities to external ones. International Association...
AAPA Calls for “Sound Off” for National Maritime Day
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) year will commemorate National Maritime Day during the work week of May 18-22, says a press release...
What Exploded and Caught Fire? A Containership or A Tanker?
Explosion followed by fire occurred on board of Nigerian cargo ship which is also a tanker, at Lome port, Togo, on May 15, reports...
Floating Storage Hits Peak and Tanker Market Likely To Fall!
The seaborne crude exports are to fall over May and further cutbacks are scheduled in June.
The release of tonnage from floating storage...
Demand for Tankers and Floating Storages Plummet Amid COVID-19
Crude oil prices regained their footing in late April.
VLCC’s and suezmaxes reached $250,000 per day and $100,000 per day.
It is respectively...
LNG on The Verge of Collapse, Hit As Hard As Crude...
LNG is hit as hard as the crude oil industry and is on shaky ground.
20 cargoes of U.S. LNG have been cancelled...
Airport Congestion Eases As Forwarders Use Ocean Services
Shanghai airport’s cargo backlog is slowly easing.
The forwarders are still recommending shippers turn to expedited ocean freight.
China’s crackdown on shoddy PPE...
Researchers Say COVID-19 Can Enter Through Your Eyes!
COVID-19 virus can enter the body through your eyes.
It enters through the eyes by combining it with the ACE2 receptor.
It uses...
Cybercrime and COVID-19: Interpol Asks People To Be Vigilant!
While businesses and households navigate Covid-19, cybercriminals are making the most of the disruption and finding ways of penetrating corporate defences.
Cybercriminals are...
Retired Supply Ship Put Up for Display!
Retired supply ship Hongzehu has been handed over to a memorial hall and will be open to the public.
First launched in 1979,...
Shipping Company Launches Japan’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel!
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. launched Japan’s first LNG bunker vessel (LBV) at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
...
Bulk Carrier Runs Ashore!
Bulk carrier runs aground in the Parana river, writes Mikhail Voytenko for Maritime Bulletin.
Mars Harmony grounded
Bulk carrier Mars Harmony ran aground at 387 kilometer...
How Seafarers Are Keeping Global Trade Afloat in Times of Corona!
According to a Guardian report written by Karen McVeigh , working in a cargo ship is a ‘Ticking time bomb’ as contracts aren’t honoured...
WHO : The Coronavirus Will Never Go Away!
According to a CNN report, the World Health Organization has said that the coronavirus spreading across the globe could become a constant presence.
A Virus...
Container Ships Under Quarantine As Crew Suffer “Asymptomatic COVID”!
3 container ships and cruise ships are put under quarantine in Santos Brazil, raising a question if something is wrong with Santos, reports Maritime...
Cruise Ships Hit By Unclear Deaths Among Stranded Crews!
Four cruise ship workers died of non-coronavirus causes while stranded at sea, report says.
A woman who jumped overboard and a man who...
Panamax Container Ship Under Quarantine Until May16!
Panamax container ship is put under quarantine until May 16th at Brazil, after 10 crew tested positive for Coronavirus, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Crew tested positive
Container...
Darwin’s Iconic Ship HMS Beagle Docking Site Declared Protected Site!
According to a BBC report, the remains of a rare 19th Century dock built for Charles Darwin's ship HMS Beagle has been recognised as...
5 Ships That Carried The Deadliest Infection in History!
Throughout the world ships have been in the cause of gruesome infectious disease outbreaks including the recent coronavirus.
Even the origin of the...
